Archive for Personal Growth
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham Stepping Outside of the Comfort Zone Have you ever stopped to think that as we get older, we get more complacent with our lives? We get “stuck in a rut” so to say. We are comfortable doing the same routine – and our comfort zone is decreasing. On the other hand, look at t...
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August Calendar of Events
Support Groups and Informational Seminars Quad Cities Alzheimer’s Association – Are you or someone you know a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s? Get support from our 24/7 Helpline, alz.org/greateriowa 1-800-272-3900, or local address and phone: 2208 E. 52nd St., Ste. B, Davenport, IA 528...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Kari Smith My 4-H Experience The words still echo in my mind today: I pledge my HEAD to clearer thinking, I pledge my HEART to greater loyalty, I pledge my HANDS to larger service, and my HEALTH to better living, for my club, my community, my country, and my world. Yes, I am a 4-H girl ...
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Having Fun to Help Others
Shriner organizations raise money through participation in parades throughout small town America. By Mary Schricker Gemberling “Never does a Shriner stand so tall as when he stoops to help a child.” Hunter Woodhall, thirteen years old, plays basketball, football and soccer; he wrestles; he ru...
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RSVP: Lead With Experience
By H. Gayle Lundeen RSVP Disaster Services Coordinator Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Iowa and Western Illnois They CERT-ainly Want to Help A prominent author states that each person has 10 “love tanks.” These different tanks are acquired as we age and are each filled fr...
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The 27th Annual Race for the Cure!
By Christina McNamara-Schmidt Komen Quad Cities/Marketing and Fundraising Specialist Race for the Cure is the largest fundraiser for Komen Quad Cities. Please join us on Saturday, June 11, 2016 to raise funds to fight breast cancer at our 27th annual run/walk. Register at www.kom...
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Take Time to Smell the Roses
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home It seemed for some time that the mild end to the winter season would yield an early spring. Turns out that it mostly yielded, well…a mild end to the winter season. Although the snow was minimal and thus gone from the ground early this year...
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Gardening is Good for You!
By Mary Schricker Gemberling I have never questioned why I garden, but I do know that the benefits, both mental and physical, are far reaching. “We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.” As I write this article on a sunny mid-March day, I am ea...
