May 2012
5 posts
Helice,
“Your story and commitment to young people are remarkable. I thank you for your unswerving focus on making a value-added difference in the lives of others. The blue ribbon ceremony is a very, very special event. WELL DONE!”
Bill Kowba
Superintendent – San Diego Unified School District
May 14 kicks off the Go Summit
Led by some of the nation’s most sought after sales/leadership trainers and motivational speakers, The Go Summit promises to be a career and life-changing event. http://thegosummit.com/
DMI receives a Grant from SDG&E
Difference Makers International has received a grant from SDG&E to teach our one-year “Bully NO More” student train-to-train leadership system at Wolf Canyon Elementary School in Chula Vista, CA. Principals report, “Every school should have this program because it just works!”
STATE FARM/CAUSE AN EFECT — INTO THEIR FATHERS’ ARMS PROJECT — “Happy Is the Man Whose Children run into his Arms Even when He has Nothing in his Hands.” — We Need Your Votes Folks! POPS was one of 100 finalists selected out of 3,000 entries in the Cause an effect contest. Voting is on now at State Farm on FB. Look for a red square with the words Cause and...
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May 14 kicks off the Go Summit – at the Hyatt...
If you have aspirations of living a richer life, making a difference and playing a bigger game, if you’re serious about achieving your desires and designing the life you dream about, The Go Summit is for you! #gosummit. http://thegosummit.com/
April 2012
3 posts
the Go Summit →
Go Above and Beyond! KimKelley Productions is proud to announce the Go Summit, the foremost productivity and motivation gathering in Southern California! May 14 & 15, 2012.
Register TODAY!!!!
International Training
This month we begin our SST programs with awesome folks in Australia and Venezuela via Skype. World-wide Who I Am Makes A Difference communities.
March 2012
5 posts
Go Blue!! Today is the third annual Difference Makers Day in the Bahamas.
A Great Celebration is underway.
Bahamas Difference Makers Day - March 28
The Bahamas Baptist Community College,
Youth Empowerment Programme Presents:
Third Annual Difference Maker’s Day - Bahamas
Theme: “Who I am Makes A Difference”
BBCC Academic Building
Wednesday March 28, 2012
11:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.
Let’s Unite Bahamas!!!!!!!
PS - A Different Thanksgiving
About three years ago when the families of my five brothers and my sister gathered for a Thanksgiving meal, I added something different to the desert table. I place a bowl full of the Blue “Who I am Makes A Difference” Ribbons. When my brother had finished saying a Thanksgiving prayer, I announced the presence of the ribbons. I invited everyone in the family to randomly pick up a ribbon or two,...
Youth Voice
Today’s Youth can, will and DO have a voice for change. Check out http://youtu.be/Fa9noMHnGCY Support Express Yourself Teen Radio today….
Happy Birthday to Dr. Seuss. Which of his stories is your favorite?
Be sure and read it to your kids this weekend.
You will make a difference.
February 2012
20 posts
Pre-Teen Years Can Be Amazing
My 10 year old daughter (11 next month) came to me the other morning and asked if I would like some breakfast. I was working in my office. I said, “Sure.” She then asked her older brother (14), who happened to also be home, and he happily said yes as well. After a few minutes, I could hear her working in the kitchen. I thought I would join her and have some quality mother/daughter time. She...
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds...”
– George Bernard Shaw.
“Make your future dream a present fact, by assuming the feeling of the wish...”
– Neville 1944
ALL children should be empowered
“I want you to know that my dream paradigm shifted after this last training, and I thank you for that. I grew up in juvenile halls, camps, placement homes and state youth authority. I was groomed in those places to graduate to prisons and penitentiaries.
We don’t hear about the children that are in this cycle of imprisonment very often because society would rather forget or ignore the fact...
"I decided to honor my mom, she is a cancer...
“I decided to honor someone close to me. I honored my mom. She is a cancer survivor. She inspires me every day, to live life to the fullest and not take life for granted, because life is fragile and it can be taken from us in an instant. I told her that I love her and I am so proud of her, for staying strong through her illness, but also now that she can and is helping other people get...
Testimonial from Women who honors Inmates with...
“I help do groups for women inside Lancaster County Prison. I give each woman a blue ribbon, basically following the (Blue Ribbon Ceremony) steps - though I do not try to attach the Blue Ribbon to their prison garb. It has sometimes been very emotional. Once after I gave out 2 or 3, one of the women asked me if she could give a blue ribbon. So I handed her one and she turned to one of...
"Who I Am" Energy Cards...the perfect gift! →
Teen Declaration To His Peers
“I want the children of the world to know that I am their advocate, companion and friend. And that together we are going to change the future of the world. No matter what the past has brought, we are going to decide the future.
If you have allowed yourself to be oppressed in the past, today is the day to realize your power, and with that power create your future. If you have been hurt,...
A MUST READ! How Blue Ribbons transform women... →
Ten women sit in a circle in an overheated, dimly lit room in Lancaster County Prison, they are here to learn a lesson that all of us — the embattled and the comfortable — need to learn.
Mary Steffy, a mental health advocate, delivers it.
You are important.
You mean something.
Love yourself.
Have a dream.
“Steffy tells the women that they were born with an innate value, something...
"All you need is love"
Its a great day to spread the love! Whether you have a Valentine or not, spread love to those around you! <3 <3 <3
“This Thing Works! Ribbon Testimonial from South...
“Beginning of February 2012 I invited Patti to our office premises. Patti is our real estate agent. When she arrived she looked fabulous (as usual) and it was during this time, when we were together assessing the property, she blurted out that she was going through a divorce. She apologised that she had not been in touch with me, but she was feeling so awful, that she could only cry.
I was...
Please vote for these great teens! →
Featured Blue Ribbon Story
At the Regional League of Cities – 42 US Congress people, Senators, Mayors and dignitaries representing 482 Dessert Mountain Division Cities in California each received a “Who I Am Makes A Difference”® Blue Ribbon for their help with an anti-bullying recognition program that the City of Barstow, CA. council has adopted. Each honoree was given extra ribbons to Pay It Forward.
COL. DAN ERMER,...
Testimonial from teacher
Dear Difference Makers,
I would like to thank you for giving Bay Park Elementary School the opportunity to participate in such a wonderful program. This program was very empowering for our students. In such a simple way, the children are learning a new way to show respect, love and compassion to each other. Who would have thought such a simple gesture could be so powerful.
My second graders...
How do you show your love and appreciation?
A) Hug
B) Tell someone why you appreciate them
C) Cheer them on for their dreams
D) All of the above! Honor someone with a “Who I Am Makes A Difference”® and show your love and appreciation in the best way possible!
www.DifferenceMakersInternational.org
Tune in to Enlightened Networking and hear some... →
Tune in Friday at 8 a.m. PST for an enlightening interview with Helice “Sparky” Bridges..speaks about Difference Makers’ International IGNITE WHATS RIGHT ™ campaign…a global movement Giving Youth A Voice For Change!
Sign up and get the log in information here www.enlightenednetworking.com.
Testimonial from the principal at Bay Park...
“Difference Makers” is already making a difference at Bay Park Elementary School!
Last Thursday we kicked off our new program, Giving Youth a Voice for Change…Bully NO More! Leadership Program as part of Difference Makers International’s “Ignite What’s Right”® global movement. It began with an assembly led by Helice “Sparky” Bridges, Founder and CEO of Difference Makers International. Students...
January 2012
22 posts
Research suggests...happiness is contagious!
According to Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Diego: “When an individual becomes happy, the network effect can be measured up to three degrees. One person’s happiness triggers a chain reaction that benefits not only his friends, but his friends’ friends, and his friends’ friends’ friends. The effect lasts for up to one year.”
Why Appreciation Matters So Much - Tony Schwartz -... →
Difference Makers International believes that acknowledgment in the form of appreication is key to happiness and successful living. Read an article reporting some research conducted on this topic and why this matters at the workplace.
“Feeling genuinely appreciated lifts people up. At the most basic level, it makes us feel safe, which is what frees us to do our best work. It’s also energizing....
Honoring a true Difference Maker, Roberto De La...
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...
Listen to the founder of Difference Makers being... →
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!
Tune in today at 12 pm PST for Helice Sparky...
TODAY! Listen to Helice Bridges and Roberto De La Peña discuss one of the most serious issues facing our youth, bullying. They will be interviewed on the “Express Yourself” teen radio program. Tune in at Noon- 1 pm PST at-
http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2014/express-yourself
Resilience
jayduhhh:
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...”
– C. S. Lewis
HELICE “SPARKY’ BRIDGES interviewed by teens! ...
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...”
– Ananda Coomaraswamy
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...
YMCA kids are making a difference!
3rd, 4th & 5th graders at the Joe & Mary Mottino YMCA in Oceanside, CA just helped cut, count & beautifully package our “Who I Am Makes A Difference”® Blue Ribbons for our “Giving Youth a Voice for Change”…Bully NO More! year long project 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 without the...
We love this idea! Thank you Mary Kay Cosmetics...
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...
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...
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?
