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We honor Labor Day with this special issue. Instead of the typical business articles we post, we use today's issue to pause. To breathe.
- We celebrate the compassionate labors of you, your employees and volunteers.
- We recognize the many patients and their families you're serving who experience this day as ending a "last" summer together and facing unknowns ahead.
You inspire us. To "inspire" means to "breathe." Today, we hope to inspire you with some favorite "Today's Encouragement" posts from recent months. (We value your feedback. Do you like this format? Let us know with a simple click on today's final post.)
3. We all require and want ...
4. Let us remember ...
5. It is during our darkest moments ...
6. The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is ...
7. If you want to be the best ...
8. When you first get a hill in sight ...
9. If you don't like the road you're walking ...
10. You have brains in your head ...
11. I can't change you ...
12. Rarely are opportunities presented to you in the perfect way ...
13. Monday is for ...
14. Twenty years from now ...
15. I wonder if my first breath ...
16. Quick Question: Do you like this Labor Day special edition?
2nd Annual Walk for Hospice raises over $60,000 for the Aroostook House of Comfort
The County, Presque Isle, ME; 9/19/24
The Aroostook Hospice Foundation is proud to announce that the 2nd Annual Walk for Hospice, presented by Event Sponsor McCrum Family Holdings, LLC, raised over $60,000 in support of the Aroostook House of Comfort. Held in memory of Dr. David Jones, the event was a powerful and moving tribute to those impacted by hospice care. The Foundation extends heartfelt gratitude to everyone who contributed to the event’s success. The Walk for Hospice not only aims to raise essential funds but also to increase community awareness and celebrate the lives of those impacted by hospice care. This year’s event saw tremendous support with 15 Trail Sponsors, 12 Community Sponsors, 22 Friend Sponsors and 10 In-Kind Sponsors, and boasted a remarkable turnout of 32 teams and 335 participants. The day offered families, friends, and colleagues a beautiful opportunity to walk, reflect, and honor their loved ones in a memorable and meaningful way.
New: Everyone breathes in air, but it's a wise person who knows when to use that air to speak and when to exhale in silence. ~ Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Queen of Dreams
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If you want to be the best you have to do things that other people aren't willing to do. ~ Michael Phelps, Olympic swimmer 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, the most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals. Click here for his post-Olympic Foundation, with its vision "to save lives and help build healthier families."
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You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. ~ Dr. Seuss, in Oh, The Places You'll Go
Rarely are opportunities presented to you in the perfect way, in a nice little box with a yellow bow on top. ... Opportunities, the good ones, they're messy and confusing and hard to recognize. They're risky. They challenge you. ~ Susan Wojcicki [Click here to read Susan's role in creating Google in 1998, and her more recent role as YouTube's CEO, 2014-2023.]
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I wonder if my first breath was as soul-stirring to my mother as her last breath was to me. ~ Lisa Goich-Andreadis, 14 Days: A Mother, A Daughter, A Two-Week Goodbye
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