Taking on Challenges and Even a Baby, Her Volunteer Spirit Triumphed!

"What's the Peace Corps" and "What's a social worker?" were two questions Diane Raleigh found satisfying answers to after leaving her New Jersey neighborhood most notable for its cabbage patches, and it was no Cabbage Patch Doll that she informally "adopted" for a year. I enjoyed hearing how her experience in International Living in Italy led to her living in Somalia and Nigeria, where being entrusted with a baby whose mother had died led her to help found a home for motherless babies--just one of her accomplishments. But maybe her greatest accomplishment was an enthusiasm and appreciation for the people with whom she always felt a commonality.