Dedicating
her time
to helping
others is
second
nature to
Lenore
Morris.

Lenore Morris: She doesn't leave until it's finished.

Mrs. Morris, whose apartment is decorated
with many of her own needlepoints, says she vol-
unteers because she feels good about helping
others.
"I do not have the desire to play cards," she
says. "I want to do something helpful in the
world; there is no other reason. I want the sat-
isfaction of knowing that I am contributing some-
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do not have the desire to play
cards. I want to do something
helpful."

—Lenore Morris

thing and hope that it will help someone."
Mrs. Morris attributes her values, including
the desire to help others, to her parents.
She remembers when, as a child, she would
watch her mother help care for immigrant chil-
dren when they were ill.
When she became a parent herself, Mrs. Mor-

ris found more volunteer opportunities. An el-
ementary-school principal approached her at a
PTA meeting. She was in desperate need of a
Girl Scout leader.
"I was never a Girl Scout," says Mrs. Morris,
who is the oldest of six children. "None of the
Jewish girls I grew up with were Girl Scouts, ei-
ther.
"But I helped the group out and ended up stay-
ing with them for 10 years. I even went through
training to be a Scout leader. I still see some of
the kids and I have given them jobs where I.
work."
When Mrs. Morris is not helping others, she
loves to spend time reading. Her favorite books
are autobiographies.
"I'm interested in reading about how people
made their way," she says.
When the weather is nice, Mrs. Morris enjoys
walking, often for as long as an hour. And when
not getting exercise, she is baking — usually for
others.
"The girls at the JARC office love my man-
delbread," she says. ❑

