Depending on the health of an organization’s volunteer program, some leaders may feel they are constantly training and retraining people to perform the same task. They may struggle to retain volunteers responsible for a certain team, or who help plan or execute certain events. I’ve seen leaders try to enforce a minimum length of timeContinue reading “It’s Not a Life Sentence”
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Rites of Passage
I’ve mentioned before that my husband and I are members of a local park. It’s just beautiful all year-round in different ways and includes walking paths, a historic home, museum, playground, and tons of gardens. When the weather is nice and the flowers are at their peak, we see many lovely ladies in their glittering,Continue reading “Rites of Passage”
The Street Fair
Summertime around here means street fairs pop up downtown and in neighboring communities. Our town has an annual art fair, a Friday farmer’s market, and a scarecrow festival. The town up the street has a wonderful French market on Saturdays all summer long. A carnival stops all over the area for months. I love goingContinue reading “The Street Fair”
Frohe Weihnachten
I happened to be fortunate enough to vacation in Vienna, Austria, three weeks before Christmas. I have been to Europe before, but not during Christmastime. Vienna is famous for their Christmas markets like Holland (Amsterdam) is famous for their tulips. They pop up in almost every town and are of varying sizes and complexities; drawingContinue reading “Frohe Weihnachten”
Oktoberfest
My husband and I both have German heritage. We have both been to Germany, my husband and his family many times growing up as a United Airlines family. I can speak German, or at least I can still understand it if it’s spoken slowly enough or written down. Every once in a blue moon, IContinue reading “Oktoberfest”