Food for thought Archives - United Way of Jackson County

Happy New Year! Wow, it’s almost here. As I drove in this morning, the sunrise was so beautiful in my rear-view mirror that it reminded…

Dee Anne EversonDecember 28, 2023

“Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it…

Hi! Long time, no blog. Not for good reasons other than I haven’t figured out how to load on our website. Now I know Troy…

It can be exhausting to have Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, and Giving Tuesday. Yesterday I thought, why not put up a small…

Dee Anne EversonNovember 30, 2021

The Big Idea. It means so many things to so many people. For many of us at United Way, it meant our education initiative to…

Thanksgiving Thanksgiving in hard times is an interesting holiday. And in COVID-19, it’s very hard to not be with our loved ones. In a meeting…

Dee Anne EversonNovember 25, 2020

Wow, I’ve just spent some time prepping for our Fire Relief Committee. We knew gifts were coming in from all over the country and from…

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I’ve been thinking about all the rambling I’ve done so far this year and I keep landing at this children’s song, “There’s a Hole in…

Dee Anne's Notes Food for thought

Some days I’m more hopeful than others. How about you? Some days you do need to see Winnie the Pooh animated dancing to just take…