Community CVC Mastadons looking in the rearview mirror I am writing this column in the wilds of CampFIRE, our annual youth leadership camp above Buffalo at the YMCA’s…
Community Community Events +1 Harvesting the experience of your years Here’s an interesting tidbit I’ve recently learned – the term, legacy, is a loaded word. And there is an invisible…
Community Community Events +1 From words to action – middle schoolers for the win Middle schoolers! What a revelation they are! Over the last five weeks, I’ve spent quality time with several of them,…
Community Community Events +1 Middle school is hard. Can we make it better? No one ever says that middle school years are the best years of life. Absolutely no one. It is a…
Community Community Events +1 Generosity is infectious here and now I’m writing this as rain finally falls on the Bighorns. I speak for everyone who has watched the mountains burn;…
Community Community Events +1 The travel bug has returned I’m pretty sure I’ve packed more travel into my life in the last two months than in the last several…
Community Leadership training for the ages This was a big week for the Center for a Vital Community. On Tuesday, we graduated our seventh class of…
Community Legacy – it’s not just for the rich and famous The term ‘legacy’ is intimidating. Defined as the long-lasting impact of a person’s life, it’s usually used to describe political…
Community Introspections Don’t wait. Just do it. I was just in Peoria, IL, right after my niece’s extraordinary wedding because my dad had another major stroke in…
Community Community Events This could be you My first involvement of being involved with a nonprofit was somewhat unconventional. About a year after I moved to Sheridan,…
Community Community Events Civity – the gift that keeps giving Did everyone survive Thanksgiving a few pounds heavier but with familial relationships mostly intact? ‘Tis the season for ugly political…
Community Introspections Back-to-School Realities If you missed the ads in between the political spots, it’s back-to-school time. I have no idea why January, February,…