Enjoy the View: Looking Toward the Year Ahead

 

Another year is rapidly approaching its end, which provides an opportunity with the dawn of the new year to plan for a fresh start and decide where you hope to be by this time next year.  We thought we’d take the opportunity in this month’s newsletter to share a plan to help you...plan. J

Strategize

First, take some time to look over the past year and assess your activities.  Continue what worked; cut what didn’t (or re-work it to bring effec...

A Holiday for Health

Since 1960, the first Monday in October has been set aside to celebrate and focus on the health of children.  In the spirit of that, we decided to take a few moments to share our take on childhood health and how we can help the children in our lives be the best that they can be, both inside and out. 

Promote Activity 

According to information compiled by the Department of Health & Human Services, only one in three children is physically active each day.  Here are some thin...

Summer Scholars

The early morning alarms are silent and the buses aren’t rolling now—for the next couple months anyway.  While you may be glad for the less hectic start to the day and the lighter traffic on the road, there is a downside to summer break: “summer learning loss.”  Statistically, children and teachers must spend six weeks of each school year re-learning old material to make up for the knowledge lost over the summer months.  Because our hope for your children and ours is for the...

A Community That  Cares

There are nearly 1,000 non-profits in Grand Traverse County, nearly 100 of which are designated as “public charities.”  We are blessed to live in a place where giving is at the center of what we do.  A few short weeks ago, we were fortunate to be able to participate in the 2017 Circle of Friends Luncheon benefitting the Traverse Bay Children’s Advocacy Center.  As we listened to the speakers share their touching stories and looked out over the crowd of attendees, we we...