The Race of Life: How One Runner’s Act of Kindness Inspires Us All
Abel Mutai, a runner from Kenya, was just a few feet from the finish line, but became confused with the signage and stopped, thinking he had completed the race. A …
What’s Your Plan?
July 2023 Mentee Newsletter Everything that becomes significant requires a plan, a draft, a forethought. Can you imagine a home being built without planning the layout, taking measurements, choosing the …
Gratitude changes EVERYTHING
We have focused on gratitude in previous newsletters and feel to mention again this simple, powerful tool to pass along to your mentees. It doesn’t cost anything and requires no …
Building Trust
Mentor Message by Dave Fisher (current mentor) I believe trust is the foundation of any successful mentoring relationship. As my mentee and I have strengthened our trust in each other, …
See the good…in ALL things
The past few months have been brutal for my mentee. Her child was hospitalized with severe pneumonia, her boyfriend walked out on her, her grandmother was at the brink of …
Keep Moving Forward
My husband is a big college basketball fan, and the month of March is his favorite time of year! What we love most about the NCAA tournament, known as March …
Support the Solution…Not the Problem
I’ve had some interesting experiences lately with my mentee that have reinforced two core principles that under gird the work we do at Hand in Hand. 1) We don’t support …
The despised “B” word…BUDGET
The reason we didn’t budget our money varied from being lazy to not wanting to be controlled. I, on one hand, didn’t want to put in the extra time to track the expenditures. My wife, on the other hand, didn’t want to live within certain restrictions for things she wanted to buy.
A hug is a perfect gift. One size fits all.
by Chris Dunn I recently met a woman who is a new referral to Hand in Hand. She is a single mom who just moved to the area and doesn’t …
Experiencing Financial Abuse
“The devastating impact of financial abuse lasts longer than other areas of harm from an abusive relationship,” says Shannon Thomas, a licensed clinical social worker and certified clinical trauma professional who has conducted extensive research on financial abuse. “It undermines the survivor’s ability to navigate through life in every way.”