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What Have You Been Up To This Year?
I believe that volunteering pays. Volunteering makes your circle of influence larger, brings you in contact with people you never would have met, sharpens your skills and creates new ones and makes you a more rounded person. You could choose to sit on the couch and watch tv or you could take one day or…
Read MoreThe Long Story
I sent a video to the Oprah Winfrey Show. Ms. Winfrey has asked that small towns across America send her a video explaining why their town is so special. Her production team will choose the most creative towns and come to visit. September 8,I was checking my Facebook Newsfeed looking for interesting things to write…
Read MoreOprah, we’re talking to you!
I’m part of a team that has created a video to invite Oprah to come to Hampton, Iowa. You can view it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsOlN1vZnwM The next step will be for the Hampton area community – and all our friends (that’s you) – to contact the Oprah Winfrey Show. It’s important that she see how our…
Read MoreAnother reason to come to Hampton
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 28, 2010: Hampton Iowa Press Conference On Thursday, Sept. 30 at 10:00am at the Windsor Theatre, Hampton, Iowa, the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a Press Conference to announce the following things: 1. Band Shell Renovation Fund Raising Ends. 2. Community submits video to “Oprah, come…
Read MoreFamily as Rechargers
I sometimes forget how important family can be to help you recharge your batteries. I attended a wedding of my first cousin’s daughter last night. It was at the Temple of the Performing Arts in Des Moines. It’s an old Masonic Temple that has been restored and is frankly quite beautiful. The service and reception…
Read MoreWin Win in Hampton
Sister Mildred Leuenberger, OSF from Stacyville was a big winner. Sister Mildred won $100 worth of Chamber Bucks in a contest in the Our Iowa magazine June/July issue. The winner was announced in the August/September issue. Sister Mildred was visiting a friend in the nursing home and that friend gave her a copy of the…
Read MoreCollections
Need someone to come pick up that old washing machine? How about that TV that weighs a ton? We’ll do it! The Geneva United Methodist Church is having a fund raising Collection Event. Only this time there’s not a collection plate going around – it’s a fella named Tom and his crew in their vehicle. …
Read MoreState of the Country
The pickers are running. It’s early this year. Temperatures at night are in the 50’s and in the 60’s and 70’s during the day. Saturday we pick grapes. The geese are still here, for now. Catepillars are fat and fuzzy – means a cold winter. Could it be the soybeans will be picked by early…
Read More1:1 Initiative
Last night the Hampton Dumont High School handed out Mac laptops to their students. Free. Parents came along and spent 2 hours learning new things like safety and care of the computer, what local businesses provide for their children in terms of computer needs and things the kids can and cannot do on the computer. …
Read MoreDid It Work?
A couple of days ago I asked for your help. We were raising money to renovate and repair our local Band Shell. I asked that you give a $1 via a PayPal link and mention my company Debworks in the comments. It made it much easier to track and the organizers knew to forward that…
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