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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 219 – The (N)Ever-Changing View
Volunteered to work the Toastmasters booth at the Washington County Fair booth for much of the afternoon and evening, which gave me a unique view. The O-Gee donut booth was across from the Toastmaster booth at the county fair. This … Continue reading
Posted in In the community
Tagged Giving Our Time, Toastmasters, Volunteering
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Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 218 – A Pink Balloon
Cooked supper for the family and brought my daughter a small gift which inspired some thoughts about the gifts we give. Today was a beautiful day. Blue skies and warm green grass. It was one of those Oregon summer days … Continue reading
Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 217 – A Gift In Your Honor
Bought a friend a drink over breakfast, ironically, not knowing today was his birthday… Also found an easy way to give online that is one step better than just giving money. Ran across this article on mashable.com today. Seven easy … Continue reading
Posted in In the world
Tagged chickens, giving money, Helping Out, Needs Of Others, plan usa
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Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 216 – Progress
Volunteered again teaching reading and writing skills over lunch to the pre-K kids. Today, at the Leap Start program I’ve been volunteering with, I got to work with large groups of kids. Our tasks were to trace, and draw the … Continue reading
Posted in In the community
Tagged Children, Making A Difference, Volunteering
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Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 215 – Your Perspective Counts
Volunteered some perspective on a brainstorming challenge on sparked.com for a non-profit trying to build credibility. Every single one of us has a unique perspective on the world. Although sometimes similar, we all view the world through our own personal prisms. … Continue reading
Posted in In the world
Tagged aging parents, credibility, Helping Out, Online Volunteering, perspective, prism
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Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 214 – A Walk In The Park
My daughter and I took a bouquet of flowers from our yard to a sick neighbor … Took a long walk in the park tonight with my kids, just like in an old movie. Remember the old movies where people … Continue reading
Posted in In the Neighborhood, In the world
Tagged Children, old movies, summer, Time, walk in the park
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Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 213 – At Least There’s One Good Thing Going On In Washington
Kid time tonight – piano tutoring and video’ing some of their antics at their request … Also played a little freerice.com after reading this about an organization doing good things in Washington D.C. Reed Sandridge is doing a Year of … Continue reading
Posted in Around the House, In the world
Tagged Children, dc central kitchen, Hunger, robert egger, Volunteering, Worldwide Day Of Giving, Year Of Giving
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Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 212 – Investing In The Future
Scheduling and goal setting today for my Toastmasters club, Timber Talkers. … Rounded up a few errant shopping carts in the grocery store parking lot … And gave some thought to investment. When we invest in the futures markets, we … Continue reading
Posted in In the community, In the Neighborhood
Tagged Giving Our Time, investment, money, Toastmasters
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Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 211 – Those Little Cash Register Donation Boxes
Took the kids swimming this afternoon. It was followed by a change in attitude. After a thorough pruning in one of our local swimming pools, the kids talked me into going to Uwajimaya, an Asian grocery store. As children often are, … Continue reading
Posted in In the world
Tagged and flavored tea, asian grocery store, Charity, donation boxes, dragon fruit, Going Beyond Your Comfort Zone, japanese earthquake, lame excuse
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Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 210 – Does It Matter If The CEO Of Goodwill Makes $300,000?
Took a bag of clothes and a lamp to Goodwill, which made me think about Goodwill itself. Goodwill Industries is an icon. When people think about giving something away to charity, Goodwill is it. A couple years ago, a neighbor made … Continue reading
Posted in In the community, Tigard Good Neighbor Center
Tagged Charity, Goodwill
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