What a year 2013 turned out to be!!!!!!!!!! I hope you had as great a time in 2013 as I did. As we ring in 2014 I wanted to take a moment to say a great big THANK YOU to all of the organizations I got to walk beside in 2013. I learned so much this year. Many of you have asked what I will take away from this year of volunteering. I will take away the fact that each of us can BE THE DIFFERENCE! It doesn't matter if you are rich, poor, old or young. It doesn't matter what your faith is (or even if you have a faith). It doesn't matter what race you are, what ethnic background you have, what gender you are, what socioeconomic background you have. The only thing that matters is that YOU choose to reach out and help someone that could use a hand. It can be your neighbor, your family member, your friend or even a complete stranger. Opportunities to better the life of another person present themselves to us each and every day. I am hopeful that if you have been enjoying my blog this year, you will consider taking action when you see one of these opportunities present themselves in your future. You too can BE THE DIFFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I understand that what I did this year is not the norm. I understand that we don't all have time to volunteer with 40 different organizations. But I also understand that any amount of time that you can spare to help another is time well spent :) I will always remember this year. I will always remember the people I met and organizations I got to learn about. And I will always be looking for ways to BE THE DIFFERENCE. Here's to 2014!!!!!!!!!! May this coming year outshine the year we are about to put behind us. Wherever your journey may take you, I wish you all a blessed, prosperous, love filled new year.
Monday, December 30, 2013
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a year 2013 turned out to be!!!!!!!!!! I hope you had as great a time in 2013 as I did. As we ring in 2014 I wanted to take a moment to say a great big THANK YOU to all of the organizations I got to walk beside in 2013. I learned so much this year. Many of you have asked what I will take away from this year of volunteering. I will take away the fact that each of us can BE THE DIFFERENCE! It doesn't matter if you are rich, poor, old or young. It doesn't matter what your faith is (or even if you have a faith). It doesn't matter what race you are, what ethnic background you have, what gender you are, what socioeconomic background you have. The only thing that matters is that YOU choose to reach out and help someone that could use a hand. It can be your neighbor, your family member, your friend or even a complete stranger. Opportunities to better the life of another person present themselves to us each and every day. I am hopeful that if you have been enjoying my blog this year, you will consider taking action when you see one of these opportunities present themselves in your future. You too can BE THE DIFFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I understand that what I did this year is not the norm. I understand that we don't all have time to volunteer with 40 different organizations. But I also understand that any amount of time that you can spare to help another is time well spent :) I will always remember this year. I will always remember the people I met and organizations I got to learn about. And I will always be looking for ways to BE THE DIFFERENCE. Here's to 2014!!!!!!!!!! May this coming year outshine the year we are about to put behind us. Wherever your journey may take you, I wish you all a blessed, prosperous, love filled new year.
Friday, December 13, 2013
#40 American Red Cross
Today I completed my 40th Volunteer Opportunity and reached my goal!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW GREAT DOES THAT FEEL???? I joined the American Red Cross in delivering Holiday Mail for Heroes. Have you ever written a letter or sent a Christmas Card to a soldier or serviceman/woman you have never met? Have you ever wanted to? The American Red Cross offers a program in which you can send the letters to Holiday Mail For Heroes and those letters can be put in the hands of our brave military members. My job today was to assist in this task. By the time I arrived, all of the cards had been sorted into different piles for active military members and any serviceman/woman piles. I joined the American Red Cross Staff and Volunteers and together we loaded into a van, and headed out to deliver these cards into the hands of those brave men and women. We spent nearly two hours handing out Christmas cards to the residents of Grand Rapids Home for Veterans. We got to spend our afternoon greeting them, shaking hands, handing out cards and sharing the Christmas Spirit with each and every one of them. When we finished there, we continued on to the VFW Posts, American Legions Posts and even the Marine Corps Recruiting Office. At each location we did the same. Can you think of a more fitting end to this journey I have been on? I surely cannot. Imagine what fun I had today, spending time with our HEROES, sharing the Christmas spirit and genuinely bringing smiles to their faces. If you want to be a part of this, and BE THE DIFFEFRENCE, in the lives of our American Heroes, then please contact the American Red Cross at http://redcross.org
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
The End is Near
Who knows what this Friday is???? This Friday is December 13. That's right people, my lucky day. Friday the 13th has always been a favorite day of mine. I was born on Friday the 13 (July, 1973) I was married on Friday the 13th (August, 1993) and this year, I will complete my birthday adventure on Friday the 13th (December, 2013). I can't think of a better way to end this year long journey :) Stay tuned!
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