Archive for Personal Growth
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Back to School
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “In its highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teach- it is to inspire the desire for learning. Once a student’s mind is set on fire, it will find a way to provide its own fuel.” .........Sydney J. Harris Each year about mid-August, I get this fleeti...
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RSVP: Lead With Experience
By Julie Ross Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Eastern Iowa and Western Illnois Education Volunteering: It’s Not Just for Retired Teachers Did you know that RSVP of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois puts great emphasis on finding volunteers to support educational activities? Many o...
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Perennial Varieties
By Richard Jauron Iowa Stare University Extension – Horticulture Perennials are beautiful plants that live three or more years, die in the ground each fall and return in the spring. There are many different types of perennials. Horticulturists with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach...
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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...
