Honoring a true Difference Maker, Roberto De La Pena!
Roberto De La Pena’s first experience with Difference Makers International was as one of the youth sponsored into our weekend leadership training. Walking into day one of the training, he was convinced it was going to be another boring “youth program” and was skeptical of the impact this could have. By the end of the weekend, he decided to return to the next scheduled training and bring his sisters and friends along with him. Five years later, he has continued on to become one of your DMI Youth Ambassadors, volunteered countless hours of community service with us, created a Blue Ribbon Assembly at his high school, High Tech High, presented on stage with the founder of DMI, Helice “Sparky” Bridges, and now for the first time has co-taught with Helice Sparky Bridges at a “Conflict Resolution Adventure Training” last Friday held at UCSD. The training was for his peers in the student government at San Diego City College to improve on their conflict resolution.
Roberto said the training was a “complete and total success.”
Thank you Roberto for being a Difference Maker and spreading our message..and Giving Youth A Voice For Change!
Listen to the founder of Difference Makers being interviewed by teens about bullying!
Bullying is the most common form of violence in our society. Our two guests, Helice Bridges and Roberto de la Pena bring us the facts about bullying-the causes, effects, and ways to eradicate it.
These youth know what they are talking about! Tune in for a very interesting interview and some great facts and ways to prevent bullying!
Resilience
Resilience is a dynamic process whereby individuals exhibit positive behavioral adaptation when they encounter significant adversity, trauma , tragedy, threats, or even significant sources of stress.
Resilience is best understood as a process.
"For what you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are."
HELICE “SPARKY’ BRIDGES interviewed by teens! VoiceAmerica…Express Yourself Teen Radio.
Topic: BULLYING.
Tune in on January 24th at noon PST for a 30 minute interview. Go to: http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2014/express-yourself
"The artist is not a special kind of person; rather each person is a special kind of artist."
Shifting the focus! A must read poem
MUST READ THIS BACKWARDS. First read this poem top to bottom, THEN read the poem starting at the end. The shift is remarkable. It’s all about perspective!
Lost Generation.
I’m a part of Lost Generation
and I refuse to believe that
I can change the world
I realize this may be a shock but
“Happiness comes from within”
is a lie, and
“Money will make me happy”
So in thirty years I’ll tell my children
They are not the most important thing in my life
My employer will know that
I have my priority straight because
Work
Is more important than
Family
I tell you this
Once upon a time
Families stay together
But this will not be true in my era
This is a quick fix society
Experts tell me
Thirty years from now I will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of my divorce
I do not concede that
I will live in a country of my own making
In the future
Environmental destruction will be the norm
No longer can it be said that
My peers and I care about this earth
It will be evident that
My generation is apathetic and lethargic
It is foolish to presume that
There is hope
And all of this will come true unless we reverse it.
YMCA kids are making a difference!
3rd, 4th & 5th graders at the “Y” in Oceanside just helped cut, count & beautifully packag our “Who I Am Makes A Difference”® Blue Ribbons for our “Giving Youth a Voice for Change”…Bully NO More! at Bay Park Elementary School in San Diego.
Thank you YMCA for helping to make our programs come to life! We could not do our work with the support of amazing individuals and groups like the YMCA.
If you would like to volunteer, please contact us at: info@blueribbons.org
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Speech(I Have A Dream) (by CurtHenniganImpact)
Get inspired on this Monday morning!
We love this idea! Thank you Mary Kay Cosmetics for spreading our message!
In our Mary Kay office we are gearing up for the New Year and working to ensure that our office is running like a well-oiled machine. While we pride ourselves on efficiency there is no greater joy for us than making sure each and every one of our Beauty Consultants feel important. They are the cornerstone of our business and each one is a unique individual but when you are blessed with 350 birthdays a year we needed to come up with a great idea to honor each while being able to cost-effectively ship out birthday gifts to them.
At our Christmas staff luncheon our boss, Vicki Auth, National Sales Director with Mary Kay, had the fantastic idea of creating a birthday card that does more than just celebrate the recipient but can bless those around them too! In the past we used the “Who I Am Makes a Difference” ribbons in training sessions and retreats but she thought we could incorporate the ribbons as their gift. The ribbon lets them know how much they mean to us while allowing them to share their joy with others.
In the card we created they get two ribbons, one for them to keep and one for them to give away, as well as the ribbon story. Once they give their ribbon away we encourage them to share their own personal ribbon story with our office. We then will select one story to be featured in our monthly newsletter.
Support Difference Makers International
Purchase your tickets for clients, friends, family or yourself to the 2012 Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course from Difference Makers International the week of January 23-29th and —-
- Receive up to 50% off “any day” tickets!
- Support Difference Makers school programs to eradicate bullying. We receive 88% of all ticket sales.
- Get people out in the sunshine enjoying golf and our fantastic San Diego weather.
- Bring a group and spend a beautiful day at the golf course watching professionals!
Order tickets today! Email us at info@blueribbons.org
99,275 Blue Ribbons distributed in 2011!
We hope you were one of the lucky ones to give or receive our “Who I Am Makes A Difference”tm Blue Ribbon! If not…there is always this year! Visit www.DifferenceMakersInternational.org. Who can you honor with your Blue Ribbon?
About DMI
Difference Makers International is dedicated to giving children and adults of all ages life skills and educational programs so that they become confident, creative and successful citzens able to transform mediocrity and negativity into a world of possiblity, pro-activity and prosperity.
Difference Makers International is is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational corporation founded in 1983 and headquatered in San Diego, CA. For more information, make sure to visit our website! Click on our Contact Us page!
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