An Army of Normal Folks
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Our country’sproblems will never be solved by a bunch of fancy people in nice suits talking big words on CNN and Fox, but byAn Army of Normal Folks just deciding “hey, I can help.” Hosted by Coach Bill Courtney from the Oscar-winning Undefeated, this podcast is building the Army and celebrating its extraordinary members. New episodes are released every Tuesday.
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Episodes
Christina Mendez: The Fashion Designer Who Wound Up In The Trades (Pt 1)
35m · PublishedWhile working as a fashion designer, Christina found herself being the only girl volunteering with an army of tradesmen to renovate buildings for nonprofits—and she loved it! The amazing work of Servant’s Heart Ministry has turned out to be her true calling that she never could have expected.
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Christina Mendez: The Fashion Designer Who Wound Up In The Trades (Pt 2)
43m · PublishedWhile working as a fashion designer, Christina found herself being the only girl volunteering with an army of tradesmen to renovate buildings for nonprofits—and she loved it! The amazing work of Servant’s Heart Ministry has turned out to be her true calling that she never could have expected.
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Jane Borochoff: Special Olympics for Jobs (Pt 1)
1h 11m · PublishedAfter marrying her husband whose son Bradley has an intellectual & developmental disability (IDD), Jane heroically gave up her own job to try to help train him for one. In our broken culture where 66% of adults like Bradley are not employed, Jane’s nonprofit called The H.E.A.R.T. Program has broken the mold and helped more than 1,000 adults with IDDs operate 90 vending machines, concession stands at Rockets and Texans games, and achieve their full potential.
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Jane Borochoff: Special Olympics for Jobs (Pt 2)
59m · PublishedAfter marrying her husband whose son Bradley has an intellectual & developmental disability (IDD), Jane heroically gave up her own job to try to help train him for one. In our broken culture where 66% of adults like Bradley are not employed, Jane’s nonprofit called The H.E.A.R.T. Program has broken the mold and helped more than 1,000 adults with IDDs operate 90 vending machines, concession stands at Rockets and Texans games, and achieve their full potential.
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Tim Sittema: Money Isn’t The Only Scorecard (Pt 1)
1h 7m · PublishedAfter decades working as a traditional real estate developer, one day Tim Sittema was shocked by a study that ranked his city of Charlotte as dead last in upward mobility out of the top 50 cities and he couldn’t unsee this reality. Tim felt called to dedicate 50% of his time on a type of development that you would never do if your goal was to make money: affordable housing. He’s since built around 500 affordable housing units, with another 500 on the way!
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Tim Sittema: Money Isn’t The Only Scorecard (Pt 2)
34m · PublishedAfter decades working as a traditional real estate developer, one day Tim Sittema was shocked by a study that ranked his city of Charlotte as dead last in upward mobility out of the top 50 cities and he couldn’t unsee this reality. Tim felt called to dedicate 50% of his time on a type of development that you would never do if your goal was to make money: affordable housing. He’s since built around 500 affordable housing units, with another 500 on the way!
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Alice Marie Johnson: Bloom Where You’re Planted… In Prison (Pt 1)
45m · PublishedIn 1996, Alice decided to “bloom where you’re planted”—in prison. After receiving an unexpected life sentence, she got to work serving her fellow prisoners by helping them with vocational training, organizing plays, the very first Special Olympics events in a prison, and even loving some as they died as a hospice volunteer. And once she got pardoned, Alice’s service has only accelerated.
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Alice Marie Johnson: Bloom Where You’re Planted… In Prison (Pt 2)
53m · PublishedIn 1996, Alice decided to “bloom where you’re planted”—in prison. After receiving an unexpected life sentence, she got to work serving her fellow prisoners by helping them with vocational training, organizing plays, the very first Special Olympics events in a prison, and even loving some as they died as a hospice volunteer. And once she got pardoned, Alice’s service has only accelerated.
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Jessica Lamb: Changing Lives One Tattoo At A Time (Pt 1)
43m · PublishedJessica is a survivor of child molestation and human trafficking, who found her calling helping other survivors transform painful reminders of their past into symbols of hope. Her nonprofit Atlanta Redemption Ink, and their network of 80 tattoo shops across the country, have helped 673 people get tattoos removed and covered up that were from their sex traffickers, gangs, addiction, or self-harm.
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Jessica Lamb: Changing Lives One Tattoo At A Time (Pt 2)
1h 4m · PublishedJessica is a survivor of child molestation and human trafficking, who found her calling helping other survivors transform painful reminders of their past into symbols of hope. Her nonprofit Atlanta Redemption Ink, and their network of 80 tattoo shops across the country, have helped 673 people get tattoos removed and covered up that were from their sex traffickers, gangs, addiction, or self-harm.
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An Army of Normal Folks has 110 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 84:59:41. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on June 18th 2023. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 13th, 2024 17:12.