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It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. — Confucius The Climate Resilience Fund came to our community this week…

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The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. – Albert Einstein Here we are the beginning of a…

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“We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.” --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I lost hope this week and thought for a day…

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“Well, we have a whole new year ahead of us. And wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with…

Dee Anne EversonDecember 24, 2024

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…

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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…