Archive for Personal Growth
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The Culturally Competent Family
By Lindsey Hornbaker Community Education Program Manager Child Abuse Council When I was a child, my family welcomed a Malaysian exchange student from a local college into our home, offering friendship and support as she navigated a new culture. Our new friend invited other international student...
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Publisher’s Corner
By Eloise Graham Grammar That Gramma Needs to Share Our youth and young adults today are so busy texting and abbreviating everything, no punctuation… well, it seems as if all of the rules we lived and learned are no longer in existence. Let’s start with a simple text conversation and see if yo...
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Community Partners Make RSVP Volunteer Recognition a Success
By Dave Layton Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois RSVP volunteers were honored in grand style at two great events supported by the efforts of many business and non-profit partners. They were treated to great food, fun entertainment and an outstanding master...
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Fathers Everywhere
By Mary Huebbe Marketing Consultant Ridgecrest Village When I was young and growing up, I didn’t have a father. I did, but I didn’t really know him, and he didn’t seem to have any desire to know me. I was the youngest of seven. There really wasn’t much time for me with him. Around the...
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A Good Lesson
By David W. Deuth, CFSP President, Weerts Funeral Home One of my college professors had a proposition that piqued the curiosity of every student in the room on the first day of class. “I don’t take attendance in this class,” she began. Fellow classmates exchanged smiles and nods, con...
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RSVP participates in Honor Flight Mail Call in Celebration of Older Americans Month
The following is from the Administration for Community Living part of the US Dept. of Health and Human Services By Dave Layton Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Iowa and Western Illnois When Older Americans Month was established in 1965, only 17 million living Americans had reache...
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The Key to Staying Pain Free, Reduce your Risk of Chronic Disease and Stay Independent….Get Moving! May is Senior Health and Fitness Month
By Marie A. Wisely Choice Home Health Care Inc., CPHQ-Agency Administrator Evidence suggests people who are active have a lower risk for heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, some cancers, depression and dementia. As little as 30 minutes of vigorous exercise per day, five times per weeks can...
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Yard and Garden: Properly Dividing Perennials
By Richard Jauron Iowa Stare University Extension – Horticulture Herbaceous perennials (those that die back in the fall and emerge in new growth in the spring) are commonly divided for three reasons: to control size, to rejuvenate plants and to propagate a prized perennial. Horticulturists wit...
