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Newcomers Clubs Welcome You and Provide Instant New Friends

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Moving to a new town can be very stressful.  Moving in itself is considered to be one of the top three stressful situations you will experience besides death and divorce.  You can make your move much more fun by finding a Newcomers Club near you.  It isn’t even required for you to be a very new member of a town or city to join them.  The members of the Newcomers clubs make you feel welcome and a part of their club no matter how long you have lived there.

Newcomer club opportunities

Newcomer clubs are designed to help new members of a locale have the opportunity to meet other people, participate in fun events they have scheduled all year and help you find other resources you might need after your move.  I was invited to join one after I had lived in a new town for 3 years.  I wished I had known about it much sooner.  It felt like I had found my family and friends once I started participating in some of the fun side groups they had created.

Each group is different and it depends on how large the club is as to what they offer.  We had choices of a wine tasting group, hikers group, several quilting groups, even more book groups, bridge groups, gourmet cooking group, theater groups, crafting groups and more.  It was so comfortable to attend these different activities and have time to get to know the wonderful ladies and be treated as if I had been their friend forever.

Newcomer clubs have websites

Most Newcomers Clubs have a website.  You can also check the local papers for information.  One new town I moved to had advertised their activities in the paper to make sure new folks could find them.  Many members have been a part of the club for over 20 years.  They are the ones that make sure there is someone there to make new residents feel like they just came home.

November 16, 2010 Posted by | Arts & Crafts, Computers & Networking, Education, Entertainment, Games, Health, Home Life, Reviews | , , , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment

You can help make a Wish come true!

Making children's wishes come true

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Make A Wish Foundation is a wonderful place where dreams really do come true.  With your help the Make A Wish Foundation helps children from the ages of two and a half  to 18 years with life threatening medical conditions be able live their dreams.  There are so many ways you can participate too.  They make a wish come true every 40 minutes so they need all the help they can get.

Be part of the wish

You may enjoy being a part of the wish granting team where you go and interview kids who have been referred to Make A Wish.  You would be close to the kids and get to use your creativity as to how you can make their specific wish come true.

You may also help with special events and their outreach.  If you have the ability to help put a program together and organize it this would be a terrific opportunity to participate.  You might also enjoy the community fund-raising positions.  Make A Wish is committed to getting the community involved so they regularly do fundraisers.  It helps keep the awareness levels high for everyone as well. They also need office assistants to help with the paperwork side of things.

How you can help

Do you have a gift for speaking publicly?  Then come aboard with their Speakers Bureau where you would represent the foundation at speaking engagements.  If you have a talent for speaking then this would be right up your alley.  The more they talk about the foundation the more folks want to help.

There are also internships available for students.  What an amazing opportunity to gain quality experience working with this foundation.  It would be an exceptional plus on your resume. You may also participate by referring a child to the foundation.  If you know of a child with a life threatening medical condition you would contact Make A Wish via their website.

Of course, you may also simply donate funds to the foundation by a single donation or become a partner by donating monthly.  You may do that also through their website. Want your donation to stay local?  Then simply search for the area foundation where you live. Dreams really do come true, especially with the help of folks like you!

References:

www.makeawish.org.

November 16, 2010 Posted by | Business, Ecomonics, Finance, Health, Home Life | , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment

   

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