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Ordinary Generosity. Extraordinary You.
“The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.” – Walt Whitman Do we really need a reason to be generous? To remember the fallen on 9/11, my kind action was to bring donuts to the office this morning. … Continue reading
Return On Investment
“My life is my message.” – Mahatma Ghandi Sometimes when you give, it doesn’t give us much in return. Maybe it was a check you wrote for a cause that you didn’t really care about. Or, you chipped in a … Continue reading
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Tagged donation box, giving money, Giving Our Time, giving time, small donations
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Earthly Preparations
“Be prepared.” – Boy Scout Motto I’d like to say that my family is fully prepared for an earthquake. After all, we have an emergency kit with food, water, and other necessities. Yet, after watching a webinar on earthquake preparedness, … Continue reading
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Tagged 72hours.org, Cert trianing, disaster, earthquake, emergency preparedness, emergency response team, preparedness, USGS
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Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 319 – Volunteering Is Fun. Alarmingly So.
“I never did a day’s work in my life. It was all fun. ” – Thomas Edison When I speak, everyone jumps. At least today they did. We ran an office evacuation drill, but since the building managers wouldn’t sound the … Continue reading
Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 312 – Preparing For Change
“Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I performed CPR today, but I didn’t save a life. My “victim” was a training dummy brought in by the first … Continue reading
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Tagged change, cpr, cpr training dummy, emergency preparedness, positive change, postaday2011, preparation
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Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 308 – Time Contraction
“Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac, and as fruitless as Coke versus Pepsi and boxers versus briefs.” – Jack Lynch For a long time I tried not to use grammatical contractions … Continue reading
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Tagged contractions, formal grammar, freerice, Giving Our Time, postaday2011, thinking of others, Time
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Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 306 – The Frost Of Our Expectations
““Anger always comes from frustrated expectations”” – Elliot Larson Frost covered everything on a crisp and clear morning. I did not expect frost, but it came anyway. It covered the garden plants and our car, killing off the former and … Continue reading
Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 199 – Responding To The Group Email
Today was the first day in our new office. Got a group email asking for some help unpacking boxes. I helped. We get a lot of group email requests, but to how many do we actually respond? Obviously, we don’t … Continue reading
Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 196 – Moving Our Giving Forward
Took my daughter to work with me on the last day in our old office. The movers are moving our office to a new location this weekend. Which means for the past few weeks I have been packing up all … Continue reading
Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 189 – Ways To Combat Volunteer Fatigue
Brought Krispy Kreme doughnuts into the office today. Heading downtown at lunch to pick up some ****** for my father’s belated Father’s Day gift. (can’t say, it’s a surprise!). Some ideas on how to combat volunteer fatigue: Get a good … Continue reading
