Not only this but Nancy finds time to get involved in her community. We wanted to get a further grasp her contribution, so we constructed a list of 10 questions to see if we could do just that! Check out the interview below......
Q1: How long have you been involved with community activities?
A: For almost 7 years.
Q2: What is FOGAS and what is your involvement?
A: FOGAS wants to reduce the number of homeless and unwanted animals at local animal shelters, to promote community awareness and utilization of the spay and neuter services provided by FOGAS and to improve the quality of life for pets. FOGAS (Friends of Guthrie Animal Shelters).
Q3: Are you on the board of any organizations, if not would you like to be or is that a future goal?
A: My career and home life do not currently allow time for that; however, I would consider being on a board in the future.
Q4: What is the Cancer Walk/Relay for Life? Do you do walks for them?
A: Time permitting, I walk. Every summer there is a local 24 hour fund raiser. I have walked with and for the AHA for the past 5 years.
Q5: Your “Dream Trip” is to go on a Mission Trip to a 3rd world country, describe what a mission trip is and how it works?
A: Find sponsors’ for materials and expenses. Take material, build schools and churches, build water purification centers, recruit teachers and take bibles; spend months teaching about God; teaching how to cook healthy with the resources’ you have available.….
Q6: On this Mission Trip, if everything were to go flawlessly as planned, what all would you hope to have accomplished?
A: To make sure every child has clean water, safe housing and environment, nutritional food, access to proper education and health care, to leave behind a desire in people to thrust for and WANT to learn more about helping themselves; and to leave many resources’ behind for that purpose. To leave a desire for them wanting to understand God, and His promises’.
Q7: What would be your top 3 countries of choice (Chronologically if applicable)?
A: Panama, Mexico, Africa…
Q8: What got you interested and started in helping out the less fortunate?
A: I am very blessed! I have talents (I’m a carpenters daughter), have good health and am relatively strong, I believe part of our purpose in this life is to share what we are blessed with! We are a spoiled county - in general - (that does not mean we don’t have our share of starving children and un-safe environments) WE DO. Until my dream comes true, I’ll help where I can in my local communities…
Q9: What is your favorite part about what you do for your community?
A: We are a small community. I like knowing lots of quality people who honestly care for - and help each other. It makes my heart feel happy and healthy. What more can you ask for?
Q10: What has giving to others and helping out the less fortunate taught you over the course of time?
A: Again – THAT I AM BLESSED BEYOND WORDS! That NO matter how bad I feel I may have it, someone else has it worst. That life is a precious GIFT, and it is to be shared!
Erma Bombeck:
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, “I used everything You gave me.”
... And that's Nancy Kemp in a nutshell, very endearing. We hope to see you off to one of your Mission Trips someday...
--- RP
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