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Married volunteers share passion for serving others

BY Ramonica Jones Luckett

December 20, 2023

When Dick and Mimi Murphy started volunteering at MD Anderson in 2011, they had no idea how much giving back would impact the patients they served. They certainly didn’t know how much it would impact their own lives. 

With more than 5,000 volunteer hours between them, the Murphys look forward to their weekly drive to MD Anderson’s Texas Medical Center Campus from their home in Sugar Land, about 20 miles southwest of Houston. Before...

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Volunteers Dick and Mimi Murphy
Volunteer Saloni Cholia wears her blue jacket in the garden at MD Anderson

College student thrilled to volunteer again at MD Anderson

BY Ramonica Jones Luckett

January 03, 2023

Like most college seniors, graduation, starting a career and making a mark on the world are top of mind for Saloni Cholia. An ecology and...

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