Last weekend, I had breakfast with a friend who works at a large synagogue in Denver.  She told me that lots of people join the synagogue hoping to find a community to connect with.  Her job is to put on events and activities and create groups to help people find those communities.  When it doesn't happen, she said, it is usually because they don't attend the group. One younger couple who had been so excited to join the synagogue called her a few months later discouraged tha

Here is a little something I made to promote the river races. Hope you enjoy it! If you want to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather or know anyone who does, let them know about the Waldo County YMCA River Races. March 28 and April 5. Click and sign up.

Last month, a local principal called and asked for help. One of their students had been missing a lot of school. His mom works early in the morning. She has to leave before school opens, and on many days there simply wasn’t anyone to drop him off. That’s the beauty of our partnership with RSU 71 — and the generosity of this community. We were able to provide a scholarship for Bus Stop Before Care. Now his mom drops him off in time to get to work, and our team makes sure he ge

I am writing this on the last day of the year—December 31. This morning, we made breakfast sandwiches for our early birds. In response to a question about “why today?”, I said it was to celebrate the last day of the year and asked if he would be doing anything special to mark the beginning of 2026. He responded, “No. It’s just another day!” That’s true. It makes me wonder if those days are worth the extra status—as if they were first-class fliers with access to special lounge