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...
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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...
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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
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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...