April 2022: Introducing Valerie
Thanks to your generous support, Do For One is growing. Please join me in welcoming Valerie Listwon as Do For One’s newest staff member!
“I feel like I found a place where I can be myself and help others with God holding all of our hands.I am the type of person who knows how it feels not to have help so I try to be that person for others. My son has his own experience with [disabilities]. Being a single mother I have felt my own experience of injustice in this world. I want to be the change the world needs. So I started my journey with Do For One.”
Valerie Listwon is the Associate Coordinator of Do For One NYC. She is a special education advocate, a student at John Jay College, and a dedicated mother of two. She has a lifetime of experience with families affected by disability – including her own family – and through serving other parents and individuals in need. She was born and raised in Brooklyn and now lives in Midtown Manhattan. She loves to run, loves to dance, loves Thai food, and exploring the city on foot. Valerie describes her passion as serving God by advocating for justice and equality for people from every conceivable background. contact Valerie@DoForOne.org
She first heard about Do For One when it was announced at her church Hope Church NYC Midtown. Valerie says, “as soon as the service was finished, I went straight up to Jane. I knew I wanted to join something so passionate in my heart.”
“I come from a family with many members that have disabilities. I knew God would bring me someone that I would understand. “ She says, “Takeima and Ms. Jenkins let me into their hearts and home right away.”
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