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SIRIS Volunteer Profile – Steve Falcone

SIRIS Volunteer Profile: Steve Falcone Photo
Christina Clayton
SIRIS Volunteer Profile: Steve Falcone

Meet SIRIS Volunteer Steve Falcone. Originally from Philadelphia, Pa., Steve came to Carbondale in 1966 as a graduate student at Southern Illinois University. After graduation, he lived in Texas where he was an instructor at Southwest Texas State College. Later, following his passion for writing, he moved to Ireland where he wrote a book of short stories. After a year in Ireland, he came back to the States and lived in New England for a while. After years of traveling around, he eventually found his way back to Carbondale, a place where he could settle down and raise a family.

Shortly after his return to Carbondale, Falcone found himself back in the classroom as an English professor at John A. Logan College. He retired two years ago, but still works with the Theater Department directing plays.

Falcone says it was an interview with Dan Hill in the April 2011 issue of Signal that prompted his involvement with SIRIS. Falcone knew that if young men like Dan were doing their share to help, he could, as well. Falcone has been volunteering as a reader at SIRIS for almost six months now, and has fun sharing local tidbits with listeners. He believes it's important to support community service organizations like SIRIS because "nothing good is going to happen in the community without grassroots level support." He believes working with organizations that build the entire community is worthwhile, and hopes to inspire others through his service work.

Falcone's wife is a retired social worker, and also does a great deal of community work volunteering at the local food pantry. "We believe in doing what we can to help out the community, and believe that everyone should," said Falcone. "We're blessed to have pretty good health, and we're retired and feeling well…[we'll do] anything [we] can do to give back."

An interesting fact about Steve Falcone is that his children are actors living in Hollywood, and his daughter-in-law is actress Melissa McCarthy. When he's not busy writing or traveling, you can find him at home listening to NPR, or watching Inspector Lewis and Sherlock Holmes with his wife. He's also a huge sports fan who loves to keep up with all of the Philadelphia teams.

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