Winter Weekend
Make sure there is something on deck for each special winter weekend. Nine more weeks and then a few more. So much can happen in a short time. Three days. A snow forecast or two (maybe a few more.) Holidays Read More …
Tag: volunteer
Public Service
There are a lot of ways public service help…the public. Volunteering or being dedicated to a job that pays you for someone’s time. Running to save a life. Helping learn the rules of the area. Processing government required paperwork. Participating Read More …
Work To Do
We all have some work to do that doesn’t involve, well, work. Becoming our best self. Being better at something we like to do, but don’t do well (yet). Helping others learn something that we know well. Learning more about Read More …
Sunny Days and More
It is nice to have sunny days and more time than you think you need. Gathering together. More help than you has planned. Being able to participate. Adding new things to the task list. Even sitting outside and hanging out Read More …
Good at Other Things
We are all good at other things, but not all things. That’s perfectly normal… No one – nope, no one – can be good at everything. You don’t really get to pick some of those things, but you can practice: Read More …
What to Give
This is the time of year when people start to really think about what to give. Give your time. Give your support. Give your money to charities you support and need your help now, more than any other time of Read More …
Stay Where You Are
Sometimes, the best thing you can do is to stay where you are. be an advocate for what you know. be able to lend your experience. be a part of the growth and the change. be a leader, a volunteer, Read More …
Just a Number
When you are stuck in a place where in some respects, you are just a number. Waiting for the masses to be served. It can take several minutes that feels like hours, even when it isn’t – but then, the Read More …
In Return
It isn’t always necessary to get something in return, but sometimes, it is nice. There isn’t a hard and fast rule. Moms would say a Thank You note is always appropriate. So would Miss Manners and of course, Martha Stewart. Read More …
With Bells On
Today, I was able to volunteer an hour, just an hour of my time to ring the Salvation Army bell, and literally did so, with bells on …my red velvety Santa hat. It was ring, ring, tinkle-ling…while I was singing Read More …