Not that long ago, Forbes listed the city of Dayton, Ohio as one of the fastest dying cities in the United States. The situation here isn’t great. We have lost a lot of manufacturing and other good jobs the past several years, and work here is scarce. Ohio has an unemployment rate of 10.1% (as [...]
If you read yesterday’s post, you know that I was going to share a story today about a great US Soldier on his way home from Iraq. He is the organizer of a group called Citizens 4 Change, and he truly cares about this country and its people. I have decided to wait until Monday to feature this [...]
Service Nation’s Mission Serve – has anyone even heard of it?!?! While perusing the news online this morning, I found an article about the First Lady and, I guess the Second Lady. They gave a speech yesterday thanking our Veterans and their families for the great service and sacrifice they have made for us [...]
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This year, I challenge you to do more than just remember our Veterans on November 11. Here are some relatively painless things that you could do tomorrow to show a Veteran that you care and value their service. If you have a coworker who has been in the military, how about saying something like “thanks [...]
I usually have a hard time being thankful on Mondays. My feelings about this day are akin to those of Garfield the cat. That said, I think simplicity is in order. These are the blessings I’ve counted in my life so far today. Perhaps you share some of these same blessings in your lives [...]
METRO Outreach Ministries feeds thousands of children in Dayton every week who are at risk of going hungry. They cook hot meals and even give the children groceries to take home for the weekends. METRO is truly a shining light of hope and help in the city. They put together 2,500 backpacks for in need [...]
November is the time for Thanksgiving in the United States. A series of events over the last few days has brought me to the conclusion that there is a need for more positivity in our lives. First I read a friend’s facebook post about Oprah’s book choices. The consensus was that there were already enough [...]