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Do you ever look in the mirror and question whose reflection you are seeing? You haven’t aged more than a day but you look and feel much older than your years.
Sometimes life just beats you down so hard that it is difficult to mentally overcome all the obstacles being thrown your way. It has a way of spiraling you into a state of depression. One where it is easier to admit defeat than fight your way out of it.
For some, it is an illness, a damaged relationship, job loss, keeping a family together, a tragedy, or a combination of things that piles up on your shoulders that you feel like a thousand pounds of weight bearing down on you.
It is in that moment of darkness that you realign your perceptions of life and begin to ask yourself some questions. How superficial was my life before? All the pet peeves I had were meaningless with respect to the suffering around us? What purpose and meaning do I serve in this life? It is these deep fetching questions that just compound the sense of despair.
Life is hard. I can quote until the cows come home the words of great literary writers and poets, but the words are nothing more than ink on paper. It is when the breaths become harder, the silences more deafening and the loneliness so isolated that reality really sets in.
What then?
You can sift through all your old photo albums and remember your childhood and how you had no responsibility, you were invincible and everything was simple and innocent but those are nothing but mere memories; reflections on past moments. The unknown is in front of you. If life is this hard now, will it get easier? The likelihood is not.
This by no means is a proclamation that suicide is an option or to run away to a remote island somewhere away from all communication. This is the life we lead. We think about our grandparents that went from not having a phone or TV to all this. What a remarkable evolution. Maybe we can look back and say times were easier back in the day and now technology is corrupting us, but that is nothing more than a set of excuses.
I don’t know the answer. I don’t even one when you stop being tired. I don’t even have to advise at this point on how to overcome it. Many are fortunate to have family, friends, values, and faith that guide them through what seems overwhelming. Some do not. Maybe clinging on to the few things that are consistent is the right start.
Whatever the answer is, we are listening. I guess in the end, whether you are a friend, foe, or stranger if you can help someone, in a way you are helping yourself by giving yourself a sense of purpose and achievement in making another life better, even for a moment.
When the winter comes When it is cold and dark When there is no one to turn to When the emptiness fills your heart with a shallow pool of sorrow When there is no sign of light
Keep me in your heart
Remember me Not as I am now, but as I was when you smiled
Keep me Hold me Cherish me Forever I am by your side
My last breath is gone but I can feel you The disease may have shut down my senses but it did not win
I have left you for a place I cannot understand It is a world not comprehended by words, thoughts, beliefs or faith It is a being not defined A time without a clock A feeling without emotion
Surreal to the human eye Calm to the immortal soul
I have shared my last breath with you; not my last beat
My heart goes on
Not inside me but you.
You hold it close You remember me You share these stories You wake up each day with a smile and lay to rest each night with a calm
I will always love you Please feel no hate Please feel no fear
You are not alone My spirit lays beside you
When you shed a tear, I will dry your eyes.
It is now that the strength comes near and protects you in a moment of weakness
I have exhaled and now my breath is gone
I love you I miss you I am near Reach out your hand and I will guide you each day of your life.
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES, May 29, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/
— It is not about training it is about driving behavioral change that changes
culture.
The Submarine Way (TSW) was enlisted last month by the Charleston
Police Department (CPD) to conduct a year-long leadership training program. We
will begin our work immediately and are excited by the vision of a more
community-centric, inclusive culture within the department. The Submarine Way
will use tools like their bestselling book, Diversity and Inclusion,
The Submarine Way, and UP PERISCOPE, Putting
Traditional Leadership in the Crosshairs. This leadership development program
focuses on building inclusive leaders that partner with their communities. All
areas and levels of the police department will be included in this initiative.
Additionally, internal trainers and masterminds will be created within the
department to develop ownership and cascading of this powerful project with the
assistance of The Submarine Way’s resources and expertise. The Submarine Way
has conducted programs for other law enforcement including the Raleigh Police
Department and the Florence South Carolina Police Department.
Law Enforcement has difficult jobs, protecting the community and themselves
while building relationships with the community. The Submarine Way (TSW)
teaches law enforcement to identify the strengths of each individual and the
community and leverage these strengths for a better relationship. Charleston
Police Department will be taught and experience, the patent published System of
inclusion through workshops, case studies, online learning, and continuous
reinforcement. Given our past successes with other cities, communities and
police departments, this intense year-long journey, will further improve the
culture of the Charleston Police Department to a level that it will become a
model for others to emulate.
In order to drive lasting behavioral change and therefore lasting cultural
change, you must have the following components. We call this the C.O.R.E.
process of producing exceptional results:
C ommitment – From senior leadership and key players within the department and
the city. The City of Charleston and the CPD are ALL IN
O n Target Training – It must be applicable, realistic, relevant, and
immediately actionable. It also must be immersive and interactive. CHECK
R einforcement – 90% of what is learned is forgotten within 30 days without
reinforcement, it is called learning decay. The CPD and TSW have partnered to
bring the significant reinforcement resources TSW has to be utilized in
combination with internal masterminds and facilitators trained by (TSW) to keep
training, keep reinforcing and creating true ownership of this crucial program
WHEN ALL OF THESE ARE ACCOMPLISHED THEN YOU GET
E xceptional RESULTS
John Gregory Vincent
The Submarine Way
+1 828-202-7639
Dorchester
Seniors, Inc, a non-profit organization based in Summerville and St. George,
has been working through the COVID-19 pandemic, providing meals to seniors
across Dorchester County. From March to May, Dorchester Seniors has distributed
23,183 meals, and still has six days remaining in the month with meal
deliveries.
Dorchester
Seniors prepares all meals within the Summerville location and distributes them
out at both centers via the home delivered meal program. Monday through Friday
each week, seniors receive a hot nutritious meal, 1/3 RDA approved, and two
additional meals for the weekend. Currently, Dorchester Seniors has 12 routes
delivering meals, nine in Summerville and three in St. George. “Having the
ability to provide daily personal contact through this isolation period is very
important,” stated Jean K. Ott, Executive Director, “that is why we have
decided to continue daily meal delivery rather than one delivery weekly.” This
allowed Dorchester Seniors to assist seniors with basic needs such as toiletry
items, nonperishables, and paper products through the pandemic. The
organization is proud to say following CDC guidelines and safety protocol, they
have remained open through the COVID-19 closures.
Through
closings due to social distancing and quarantine, Dorchester Seniors has
followed CDC guidelines on contactless deliveries for seniors at home.
Partnering with LowCountry Food Bank, Joy Campbell and I Serve With Joy, and
Trident Area on Aging, Dorchester Seniors has been able to provide commodity
boxes, cereal, and nutritional education to seniors while they are safe at
home. “The greatest of all things,” says Ott, “is our dedicated volunteers, who
have assisted with packing meals and delivering them in the community during
this time.”
Remaining
cautious, the Summerville location has opened to limited public for wellness
and fitness classes. These classes are practicing social distancing and must be
enrolled through the 50+ Fit program. With group dining not being available,
Dorchester Seniors is still providing meals to seniors through their homebound
meal program weekly and are always looking for volunteers. If you would like to
volunteer in the Summerville or St. George area, please call (843) 871-5053.
Due to the
amount of seniors being served during this pandemic, anyone can donate items to
Dorchester Seniors through Amazon Smile and their website wish list at www.dorchesterseniors.com .
ABOUT DORCHESTER SENIORS,
INC.
Our Mission is to provide
opportunities to all senior citizens of Dorchester County to enhance their
educational, mental, social, spiritual and physical wellbeing.
To achieve this goal Dorchester
Seniors, Inc. will work cooperatively with other community agencies and
organizations through advocacy for senior citizens and interagency coordination
including outreach assessing needs and planning actions.
Blackbaud
(NASDAQ: BLKB), the world’s leading cloud software company powering social
good, today releases its eighth annual Industry Review, which
provides key learnings and trends in employee philanthropic behavior and
companies’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs. The 2020 report
analyzes data from a subset of Blackbaud customers, 150 companies and nearly
4.5 million employees, collected between January and December 2019 within
Blackbaud’s YourCause CSRconnect® and GrantsConnect®
solutions.
“This
review tells a powerful story of companies that seek to deepen the connection
they have with the people who walk through their doors – literally and
virtually – every day,” said Rachel Hutchisson, vice president, corporate
citizenship and philanthropy, Blackbaud. “Although the data was collected
before the COVID-19 pandemic, this time has emphasized how important it is to
align around social impact and the important role companies play in driving
change and inspiring and empowering employees to support the causes they care
about.”
Key
findings from this year’s Industry Review include:
Employees
are more likely to engage when companies offer both giving and
volunteering opportunities – 75% of companies that offer
both giving and volunteering opportunities for their employees have twice
the engagement of companies only offering one or the other.
Employees
who donate are more likely to donate again
– Once employees become donors, 87% of them will become returning donors
year over year.
Connection
is key – Employees who work from a
company’s headquarters location are engaged in giving 2.5 times more than
remote employees.
Companies
on opposite ends of the employee size spectrum are alike in giving
behaviors – Companies with under 1,000
employees and over 100,000 employees are donating the most.
Bringing
like-minded employees together can be effective
– Companies that offer employee groups through CSRconnect see an
approximate 12:1 employee engagement rate ratio when compared to companies
that do not offer groups to employees.
Think
globally – More than half of companies
evaluated have a global giving and/or volunteering element to their
program, and when comparing 2018 to 2019, the average annual donation
amount per global employee jumped 32%.
This
year’s Industry Review provides data-driven insights for CSR and
employee engagement professionals to benchmark their programs and learn from
others, so they can continue to expand and maximize the effects of their
philanthropic efforts. The robust report looks at programs and employee
engagement by geographic region – both in the U.S. and globally – and also
analyzes companies of all sizes to provide a holistic view of the current
industry.
Blackbaud
(NASDAQ: BLKB) is the world’s leading cloud software company powering social
good. Serving the entire social good community—nonprofits, higher education
institutions, K–12 schools, healthcare organizations, faith communities, arts
and cultural organizations, foundations, companies and individual change agents—Blackbaud
connects and empowers organizations to increase their impact through cloud
software, services, expertise and data intelligence. The Blackbaud portfolio is
tailored to the unique needs of vertical markets, with solutions for
fundraising and CRM, marketing, advocacy, peer-to-peer fundraising, corporate
social responsibility, school management, ticketing, grantmaking, financial
management, payment processing and analytics. Serving the industry for more
than three decades, Blackbaud is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina,
and has operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica and the
United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.blackbaud.com
or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
Except
for historical information, all of the statements, expectations, and
assumptions contained in this news release are forward-looking statements that
involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding
expected benefits of products and product features. Although Blackbaud attempts
to be accurate in making these forward-looking statements, it is possible that
future circumstances might differ from the assumptions on which such statements
are based. In addition, other important factors that could cause results to
differ materially include the following: general economic risks; uncertainty
regarding increased business and renewals from existing customers; continued
success in sales growth; management of integration of acquired companies and
other risks associated with acquisitions; risks associated with successful
implementation of multiple integrated software products; the ability to attract
and retain key personnel; risks associated with management of growth; lengthy
sales and implementation cycles, particularly in larger organization; technological
changes that make our products and services less competitive; and the other
risk factors set forth from time to time in the SEC filings for Blackbaud,
copies of which are available free of charge at the SEC’s website at
www.sec.gov or upon request from Blackbaud’s investor relations department. All
Blackbaud product names appearing herein are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Blackbaud, Inc.
Local
In-home Senior Care Company Expands Support of Seniors and their Families in
the Tri County Area
CHARLESTON, SC Senior Helpers®,one of the nation’s premier providers of personalized in-home senior care,
today announced its Charleston, SC-based location has acquired Lowcountry Companions,
a provider of home and hospice care to elders throughout Mount Pleasant and
Charleston, South Carolina. The acquisition of Lowcountry Companions
complements Senior Helpers of Charleston’s mission to help local seniors
continue to enjoy the comfort of their own home despite age-related illnesses
and mobility challenges. Low Country Companions will now operate under the
Senior Helpers of Charleston name.
“Our acquisition of Lowcountry Companions strategically
expands our reach in South Carolina allowing for more growth of in-home and
hospice care opportunities, said Amy Petersen-Smith, owner of Senior Helpers of
Charleston. “In light of recent events, home-based care is on the front
lines of healthcare and we’re passionate about supporting our community. We are
proud to provide a valuable resource to local elders and their family by helping
to alleviate the stress associated with caregiving and ensure a better quality
of life for families through personalized in-home senior care.”
“Lowcountry Companions’ outstanding reputation and
high-quality services will serve Senior Helpers objective to ensure a better
quality of life for seniors and their families by providing dependable and
affordable care,” said Tali Wells of Lowcountry Companions. “Amy and
her team at Senior Helpers bring a wealth of knowledge and commitment, caring
and kindness, and years of experience. The combination of companies and
complementary offerings will fuel growth, allowing us to help support more
seniors in the community, while maintaining best-in-class care.”
Senior Helpers operates with a vision to be the
leading home care company in each community it serves. Its caregivers
in the Tri County area are trained to offer the highest level of care
possible based on the company’s Senior Gems® Alzheimer’s and Dementia care
program. As the gold standard for excellence in personalized in-home senior
care, the program was developed in conjunction with nationally recognized
dementia care expert Teepa Snow, Positive Approach, LLC. Local
residents will also benefit from the company’s Parkinson’s Care Program, a
specialized training program for its caregivers created in conjunction with
leading experts from the Parkinson’s Foundation’s Centers of Excellence
network.
Senior Helpers of Charleston will continue to
operate during the current COVID-19 pandemic as an essential health service and
home health agency. The company will offer Personal Protection Equipment (PPE),
provided by Senior Helpers and designed to help ensure all its caregivers and
clients remain safe and also continue providing optimal care for seniors and
their families during this critical time when they are most vulnerable.
Senior Helpers of Charleston is located at
359 Wando Place Dr. Suite B Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464. For more information,
please visit www.seniorhelpers.com/sc/charleston. For inquiries, please call Amy Petersen-Smith at
(843) 628-3486 or email amy.smith@seniorhelpers.com. Senior
Helpers of Charleston is also hiring caregivers. For more information on
available jobs, call (843) 628-3317 or visit https://www.seniorhelpers.com/sc/charleston/careers
About Senior Helpers®
Senior Helpers® is the nation’s premier provider of in-home
senior services ranging from specialized care for those with diseases, such as
dementia, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, to personal and companion care to help
individuals looking for a little assistance with daily activities. Founded in
2002 with a vision to help seniors age with dignity despite age-related
illnesses and mobility challenges, Senior Helpers® has hundreds of franchised
and owned businesses that have cared for tens of thousands of seniors.
Senior Helpers® was the first and remains the only national in-home care provider to be certified as a Great Place to Work. The company has been named by Fortune Magazine as one of the best places to work in the aging services category and one of the best places to work in the state of New York. Senior Helpers is named to the Entrepreneur 2020 Top Low-Cost Franchises list as well as one of Entrepreneur’s Top 500 Franchise Companies. Moreover, the company is an approved partner in the Military Spouse Employment Partnership. Senior Helpers is also an active member of the Healthcare Leadership Council—an exclusive alliance of leading healthcare companies from all health sectors committed to advancing the American healthcare system. Learn more by visiting http://www.seniorhelpers.com.
We had the honor of attending the opening nights of the new Bruce Munro at Brookgreen: Southern Light exhibit at Brookgreen Gardens and what a sight to behold.
We captured some of the images from this opening gala event an want to share the magic with you.
Boeing transported more than 150,000 protective eye goggles and face shields as part of the company’s ongoing COVID-19 airlift efforts
Partnered with the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) to deliver the goggles and face shields to frontline health care professionals in the MUSC Health system
PPE to be used by MUSC Health care team members to assist with statewide COVID-19 community testing and outreach efforts, which are critical to recovery and a staged economic revitalization
CHICAGO, May 11, 2020
/PRNewswire/ — Boeing
[NYSE: BA] today completed another set of COVID-19 airlift missions, deploying
three Dreamlifter aircraft to transport more than 150,000 protective eye
goggles and face shields from China to the United States. Boeing worked in partnership with
the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) to
deliver the personal protective equipment (PPE) to frontline health care
professionals in the MUSC system.
“Today’s delivery puts essential personal protective equipment in the
hands of South Carolina’s frontline health care
professionals and helps MUSC further support the community during the COVID-19
pandemic,” said Boeing President and CEO Dave
Calhoun. “I am incredibly proud of our Boeing team members
throughout the world for their work to help stop the spread of COVID-19 and
thankful for our government and industry partners that have joined us in the
pandemic response.”
The MUSC Health team will use the PPE as they support the revitalization of the
economy and ramp-up COVID-19 community outreach efforts, including diagnostic
testing and antibody testing, across South Carolina.
MUSC Health, under the guidance of the South Carolina Legislature and in
partnership with South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
(DHEC), has established mobile screening and collection sites in rural and
underserved areas.
The mobile setup allows health care providers to rotate sites, reaching
people experiencing barriers to health care access for COVID-19 screening.
Rural and underserved communities have experienced disparities in access to
COVID-19 screening, testing, prevention and treatment in South Carolina and across the U.S.
The MUSC Health team leading this effort were the first in the U.S. to
launch a combined virtual urgent care platform and drive-through specimen
collection site. They are now bringing a version of this successful model to
the communities that need it most.
“On behalf of our entire MUSC family, I’d like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the Boeing team for helping to make today’s critical PPE shipment possible,” said MUSC President, David J. Cole, M.D., FACS. “These goggles and face shields will allow us to continue to expand our ability to test and monitor for COVID-19 as businesses and communities start to move forward. Increasing access to testing in the areas of greatest need throughout our state is an essential part of this work. We must continue to protect our most vulnerable populations. Boeing and MUSC have a longstanding partnership, and today’s delivery is yet another example of two great South Carolina institutions coming together in support of our local community.”
Similar to previous airlift missions flown by the Dreamlifter – a converted
Boeing 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter – the medical cargo was transported in the
lower lobe of all three aircraft, while 787 component parts were flown in the
main deck cargo hold. Boeing donated the cost of the mission transport, with
Atlas Air operating the flights on behalf of Boeing. Boeing has scheduled
additional flights, to deliver a total of 400,000 units of PPE to MUSC, in the
near future.
Boeing continues to support local communities and the heroic health care professionals working
tirelessly to stop the spread of COVID-19. Boeing is coordinating closely with
U.S. government officials on how to best assist areas with the greatest need.
Leadership Support
“We are grateful for the role Boeing continues to play in collaborating
with our health care professionals to help ensure our frontline workers in the
fight against COVID-19 have the equipment they need to stay safe while caring
for our people.” – South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster
“I want to thank all those who worked so hard to ensure this shipment
of critical PPE is arriving in Charleston today.
Protecting our frontline health care workers, who put their lives on the line
every single day, is absolutely essential, and this will help MUSC do exactly
that.” – Sen. Tim Scott
“Our frontline health care workers have proven themselves to be the
heroes of the crisis we are facing, and the folks at MUSC are a great example
of that. I am immensely grateful for all the work they have done to care for
South Carolinians. We’ve seen Americans rise to meet the immense challenges we
are facing time and time again, and companies like Boeing are no exception.
Thank you for ensuring that our frontline health care professionals have the
necessary resources to fight this virus.” – Rep. Joe
Cunningham (SC-01)
“I am grateful to the Boeing Dreamlifters for bringing PPE to MUSC. In
this time of incredible uncertainty, I am thankful to see private and public
organizations come together to help keep our community healthy and
safe. As a native Charlestonian, I know firsthand that MUSC Health works
hard to protect our families, especially now from the coronavirus, and they
will continue to help our community recover from this pandemic. I appreciate
Boeing for supporting such an important cause.” – Rep. Joe Wilson (SC-02)
“It’s incredible to see American companies rise to meet the numerous
challenges our nation faces in this battle against COVID-19. I’m particularly
proud of Boeing for airlifting personal protective equipment to South Carolina for the MUSC hospital system. MUSC
Lancaster and MUSC Chester are two critical health care facilities in South Carolina’s 5th Congressional
District and I’m extremely grateful for them, as well as companies
like Boeing who are working hard behind the scenes to support our
nation’s health care efforts.” – Rep. Ralph Norman
(SC-05)
“I’m grateful for the dedicated workers we have in South Carolina – from the manufacturing lines to the
front lines – and today’s delivery is another example of how South Carolinians
come together. Being able to expand our testing efforts at this level is
critical in helping us tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and care for our community.
Team work across industries and organizations demonstrates the spirit of our
State. Thank you to everyone, especially MUSC and Boeing, who made today’s
vital delivery possible.” – South Carolina State Senator Marlon Kimpson
(District 42)
“Through the generosity and logistical might of Boeing, our local
health care providers are receiving much needed equipment to keep them safe
while they care for the most vulnerable in our community. We should all be
inspired by the efforts of Boeing and their teammates, because together, all
challenges can be met.” – North Charleston
Mayor Keith Summey
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