Glory Outreach 
Volunteer Spotlight

Sylvia Jackson

When it comes to special people, Sylvia Jackson is the BEST!  Sylvia is a shining star in the sky of Glory Outreach.  She is a tireless supporter of the program and has helped in countless ways.  Sylvia first connected with Glory Outreach through Executive Director Elizabeth Englert.  She was interested in helping the children of Jamaica and soon introduced the program to her church, New Beginnings Interdenominational Church in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.  Soon, the church adopted the program as a mission project and they are currently raising money to send 7 (!) children to school.  They are also spearheading the 2007 shipment to Jamaica and have donated storage space and are helping organize and pack for the shipment. 

Sylvia also works at A Little Miracle Child Development Center in Oak Grove, Kentucky and has brought the story and mission of Glory Outreach to the children with whom she works.  In June, during the daycare's Week of the Child, Sean Wallace – program director in Jamaica, visited the daycare and gave a presentation to the children about life in Jamaica.  The children saw pictures of how children their age live and how difficult it is to go to school.  As a daycare project, the children selected Jamaican children as pen-pals and wrote them postcards and letters. 

Ms. Sylvia’s good heart does not stop with Glory Outreach.  Always thinking of ways to help broaden the horizons of her daycare children, she organized a field trip for the children to Elizabeth’s Fox Run Farm. 16 children, ages 5-12, spent the day at the farm having a scavenger hunt, taking a hike, grilling out and riding horses.  The children again sent postcards to their Jamaica pen-pals and are learning life lessons about giving and sharing.

Sylvia hopes to go to Jamaica to share her love for the Jamaican people.  We appreciate her efforts and Glory Outreach is grateful to have such a kind and wonderful friend and volunteer!

Click here to see the children at A Little Miracle