Pennsylvania couple retires to serve others in Mercy Volunteer Corps

Published: 2007-09-07

ERIE, Pa. (CNS) -- Dottie and Skip Glover could have done what many couples do when they retire: travel, spend more time with friends or take up a new hobby. Instead, they enlisted with Mercy Volunteer Corps, a program of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas that invites women and men to serve people who are economically poor or marginalized. Last summer, the Glovers, now 63, rented their home in suburban Erie and, with the blessing of their four grown children, took off for a year of service in Philadelphia. "It was wonderful," said Dottie Glover, a former Catholic elementary school art teacher, describing the past year. "We loved where we worked," added Skip Glover, who retired from human resources and accounting work for local manufacturing firms. During their year of service, Dottie Glover was the activities and recreation coordinator at Calcutta House, a personal care facility for 27 residents living with AIDS. Skip Glover volunteered at Bethesda Project for homeless men and women. The couple lived with other volunteers in a former convent.

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