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Couple aiding daughter finding time to help others

By Julie Wurth
Monday April 28, 2008

Vanda Bidwell

From left, Marie Wells, Cecelia and Tom Tang and Colleen Stovall, all volunteers at Catholic Worker House, set out desserts for lunch last week. The Tangs are Malaysian retirees who have been helping out while their daughter is studying at the University of Illinois.

CHAMPAIGN – Making retirement plans? How does an unpaid job helping homeless people in a faraway country sound?

Tom and Cecelia Tang, a retired couple from Malaysia, found themselves with lots of time on their hands when they moved to Champaign-Urbana to be closer to their daughter at the University of Illinois.

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