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By Casey [email protected]
ngela Hays Carey, the Di-rector o Career Servicesand an adjunct
aculty
member at Stevens-Henager Col-lege in Idaho Falls, says her
am-ily has a motto that they createdwhen her sons were little. A
signwith the motto on it hangs at thebottom o the steps in her
home;With great blessings comes greatresponsibility.
Te phrase is similar to UncleBens in Spiderman, but or Careyand
her amily, it revolves aroundcontributing and volunteeringwithin
their community.
Basically we tell [our children]to use their blessings to bless
thelives o others, said Carey.
Carey started working at Ste-
vens-Henager College in 2009,shortly afer it opened and
waspromoted to the Director o Ca-reer Services last year. Te
schoolis a private, non-prot, proes-sional college and has roughly
130students.
Carey said her primary goal atthe college is to help students
ndcompanies that they love workingor so they can be happy in
theircareers.
I help all the students herelearn how to go out into the
com-munity and nd jobs, networkand become involved, said Car-ey. We
strongly encourage ourstudents to volunteer and try toprovide
opportunities or them todo so. It is something that is
reallyimportant to our employers and itis part o being a good
citizen.
Since she started at Ste-
vens-Henager College,Carey has developedseveral new projects
andprograms. One such pro-gram is called Bridgingthe Gap: Math 4
Moms& Dads. Tis was a com-munity education coursedeveloped to
teach par-ents in the state o Idahohow to help their chil-dren with
math home-work.
Carey also startedOuttted to Interview,which took place on
Oct.4. She said it was a reeevent that was meant tohelp women who
are un-deremployed or unem-ployed to get back intothe workorce or
nd a
job they love.Besides being a
mother, Carey saidher volunteer workthroughout the years is one
othe things that brings her themost joy. She not only
headsundraisers and volunteers her
own time to a variety o goodcauses, but she also encouragesher
students to do the same.
In 2010, Carey was inspired tostart an annual undraiser
eventthat would appeal to her studentsas a volunteer opportunity.
Sincemany o the students at the collegeare single mothers, Carey
decidedto team up with the ShepherdsInn, a home or women acing
un-planned pregnancies. Te event iscalled Baby-Oh-Baby: Te
Moth-
er o All Baby Showers and occursevery April. It eatures a
varietyo extreme baby shower gamesplayed in groups o our.
Members o the military andthe reghters are yearly partic-ipants
in this event. Carey saidthe games are not your typicalbaby shower
games, and teamscan get very competitive.
People bleed. Tey are in-tense, said Carey.
Carey also acts as an IdahoFalls Chamber o CommerceAmbassador
and a Civitanmember or the area.
Te countless hours Car-
ey has spent volunteeringand serving Idaho Fallsthroughout the
years isshown by the hundreds othank you cards that arekept in a le
titled GoodNotes in her desk drawer.
When I am having a badday, or [i I am] extra tired,I go in there
and read some[o the thank you notes] toremind mysel what I amdoing
it or. Its not that it isall about receiving thanks,because it is
absolutely notabout that, said Carey. Butits nice to know I was
ableto give people the little pushthey needed to change
theirlives.
Carey said she has oundthat many people just needa tiny push or
a little bit ohelp in order to turn theirlives around and make
itbetter.
I just want to provide peoplewith that little boost that bene-ts
their lives and gives them theboost they need to nd success,
said Carey. Sometimes peoplejust need to know they can do itand
that there is someone thereto help.
Carey said that is exactly thereason why she and her
husbandspend so much time volunteering.
We have a motto that isomething doesnt bring us joythen we wont
do it. Lie is tooshort to not enjoy it. As Buddhasays, What is your
bliss? Findyour bliss and ollow it.
Find your blissCarey loves helping students find their dream
job
Angela Hays Carey
By Casey [email protected]
Jeanie Brady is a true believer o thestatement what you think is
whatyou get. Her lie has revolved around
making hersel think positively anddream big so that she can live
a happy lie.She said she has absolutely no complaintsand she has a
great lie because she want-ed a great lie.
Lie is a choice, she said.Brady has been the Director o Re-
source Development at the Good Samar-
itan Society in Idaho Falls or almost ouryears and she said it
is the best job shehas ever had.
I have never had a job beore where Ican say at the end o every
day that I havemade a huge difference in peoples lives,said
Brady.
Good Samaritan is a non-prot, nation-ide living center or
individuals who are
disabled. Brady said though the home isot a senior center, many
elderly people all
ver the country are involved in one o theGood Samaritan
locations because ofendisability comes with old age.
Tose are people that built our nation,
hats why I am so passionate about my job
and my position hereWhat I am doingis giving [the residents
here] quality o lieand comort, and care and love, said Brady.Its
what they deserve. Tey built our com-munity, they built our
nation.
Besides her involvement at Good Sa-maritan, Brady also spends
her time asa volunteer in a variety o ways. She hasheld a
leadership role in Civitans and was
an ambassador or the Chamber o Com-
merce.Brady said she loves a good challenge,
but in recent months and years she hascut back on the variety o
programs andorganizations that she is involved in, andhas chosen a
ew things to ocus all oher energy on. She has been guided bya
statement that hangs on her wall; Weofen ail when we get distracted
by taskswe dont have the guts to quit.
Her goal with the projects she is choos-ing to ocus her efforts
on is to make areal difference in peoples lives in the Ida-ho Falls
community and to leave a legacy.
One thing that Brady said has kept hergoing throughout all o the
projects androles she has taken on is the support romher husband
and two children.
Its easy to balance my job because myentire amily stands behind
me, she said.
Brady is not the only one in her amilywho has a strong drive to
help her com-munity. She works closely with her hus-band in all
areas o lie.
Recently, Brady and her husband be-came empty-nesters and have
been ableto dedicate even more time to their vol-unteer work.
We are just having a blast, said Brady.
My husband and I just barely began. We
are taking on Alive Afer 5he joinedCivitans to be with me. We do
everythingtogether. We are working as a teamwecall it the Brady
team.
Te Brady team does more thanvolunteer work together. Brady said
shehelps her husband with their super homestore, Bradys, which has
three locationsin the area. She does the marketing orthe company
and said her husband is agreat example o a boss who truly
caresabout his employees. She said his mainconcern is that they are
able to take careo and eed their amilies.
Brady explained that some o the keysto volunteer work are
realizing that ev-eryone matters and that it is importantto
understand where people are comingrom by walking in their
shoes.
Everybody should care, said Brady.You dont turn your back on
people. Pe-riod. Tis nation should be built on car-ing or one
another.
Bradys drive to serve others comes inpart, rom how much she
deeply caresabout positively affecting as many peopleas she can in
the Idaho Falls community.
Someone once said o Brady, I thereis a cause worth doing, you
turn around
and theres Jeanie.
Dream bigBrady aims to make a difference through work,
volunteerism
Jeanie Brady
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