JANUARY
2015
Garden Center Services
The View From My Chair A MESSAGE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Chrissy & Gerry
INSIDE THIS ISSUE THE VIEW FROM MY CHAIR Page 1 YEAR IN REVIEW Page 2 BOARD ELECTIONS Page 3 AROUND GCS Page 4
There is a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson that I would like to share with you as we begin 2015 with all of its’ questions, potential, and beautiful, blank calendar pages: “Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” I so appreciate this quote as I reflect back on the last month and recall how much energy, time, and resources went towards the celebration of Christmas and ushering in the New Year. Now I love the holidays, and do not mean to come off as any type of
Scrooge. I thoroughly enjoy all the Christmas parties, and especially the joy and excitement I experience on the faces of the individuals that attend our programs. I simply want to emphasize the message contained in Mr. Emerson’s quote, that each of the days that we are given contain the possibilities to make it a precious, nurturing experience. I believe that one of benefits of working with
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
the persons supported by our agency is their capacity for approaching each day with an enthusiasm and fresh perspective that has been muted in many of us. In the past as I’ve reached out to you for your support of and participation in the
mission of improving the lives of those individuals we serve, I don’t think I’ve done a good enough job of letting our participants speak for themselves. Just as many of us make resolutions at the beginning of the year identifying those accomplishments we hope to achieve, so too our participants have goals and objectives that they would like to see come true. We have captured some of these individuals expressing their goals for the new year on video, and you can watch these clips by going to our website. We’ll also list these goals in upcoming newsletters for those of you that don’t use the computer. In closing, on behalf of myself and the board of directors, I wish you a happy, healthy, and peacefilled New Year. May it be a year where every day is the best day in the year!