When I’m feeling down or low (like I was this morning) I listen to music by ALBOA (disc 2, track 4 is my favourite). The power of music sways many things. A low grade malaise is nothing, a mere puff of smoke dissipating. Got a favourite tune? Throw it on and let go. [...]
Continue Reading →Want to make small change? Do something by yourself. Want to make BIG change? Do something in community. Do something with a team.
Motivated teams provide leverage, creativity, various points of view (and therefore unforeseen insights), plus wider networks and resources. Teamwork is where it’s at.
Hero Work’s newest team is our Fundraising [...]
Continue Reading →This year is a rebuilding year for Hero Work. We’ve a BIG goal (a 100 makeovers in a 100 towns) and to get there we must rebuild with patience and strength. This means we will not organize an extreme makeover this summer. It would undercut the long term viability of the program. It’s a [...]
Continue Reading →Please join us for Hero Work’s first annual general meeting.
Where?
The Oak Bay Marina Coffee Shop (which will be closed and set up special for us). 1327 Beach Drive. Here is a map.
When?
Monday, July 12 at 8pm
What?
We’ll be voting in the executive. You’ll get behind the scenes [...]
Continue Reading →After much contemplation I had to tell Abel Sutton, “I can’t help organize a North Carolina makeover this year. There just isn’t enough time. But what if,” I proposed, “we were to chip away at it and do the makeover next year. That way we could do it right, because, remember, this makeover in particular [...]
Continue Reading →I have yet to hear back from Abel Sutton in South Carolina. I don’t know what’s up. I don’t know if the his makeover will move forward. I don’t even know if I’ll be able to give him all of the resources he might want. But, at this moment, I’m just grateful for the gift [...]
Continue Reading →Wow! What a phone call. Abel Sutton is passionate and intelligent. And yes, he wants to put on an extreme makeover in North Carolina. Way cool! (If you don’t know who Able Sutton is check out my previous post; link below.)
Like with me and my first makeover, Abel knows someone in trouble, has watched [...]
Continue Reading →I picked up an unexpected phone message by a man from North Carolina (he also sent an email). His name is Abel Sutton and he wants to organize a makeover.
He found us on the web, was ecstatic about our program, and has contacted me to see if Hero Work can help. He wants to [...]
Continue Reading →Today while waiting in a grocer store lineup, I happened to meet one of the many painters from the Casa Maria makeover. “What’s been happening with Hero Search?” she asked.
“Well,” I said, going with the obvious, “we changed the name.”
Her face soured, though she tried to hide it. “I liked Hero Search,” [...]
It’s been a while since you’ve heard from me.
I’ve been rebuilding the society for the long haul, incorporating all of the lessons learned last year (and there were lots). I started with the vision and mission statements, then worked my way up through every system. (More details to come.)
Recently, I was writing an [...]
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