Guardian Angels in Unexpected Places

I wanted to run this article the day it came out, but I'd already posted that day, so I figured it was timeless enough to wait until I needed one close at hand, so here ya go. A story about a Wal-mart worker who is helping people save money in different ways than you'd think. Thanks to Nicole Brodeur of the Seattle Times for this little item of good news.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009803285_nicole04m.html

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A Very Happy Ending for One Seattle Area Reading Teacher

Click on the link to read about a Seattle-area middle school reading teacher who recently lost his job in a controversial budget cut. Of the 160 teachers who were cut in the face of a huge budget shortfall, he has just learned that he is also one of the nearly 60 teachers who are being called back to work. Read more about his silent protest and the wonderful work he has been doing helping middle school children become readers.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nicolebrodeur/2009357212_brodeur19m.html

Thanks again to Nicole Brodeur of the Seattle Times for bringing her readers up to date on this story.

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Victory in Seattle Neighborhood Gardens

This is a story that started, much like a lot of great ideas, with a thought and a seed. Read Nicole Brodeur's article in the Seattle Times about neighborhood gardens that are building community, filling food banks, and teaching people the wonders of growing a garden. See if you can start something like this in your community, if there isn't one already.

Thank you once again, Nicole, for a thoughtful and upbeat article about the astonishing power of neighbors helping neighbors. Ultimately in this global village of ours, we are all neighbors, are we not?

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nicolebrodeur/2009330268_brodeur12m.html

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Reaching Out a Helping Hand

Once again Nicole Brodeur, Seattle Times writer, has a struck a responsive chord in an article that posted yesterday. She talked about all the needy families and individuals being helped during difficult times by the local area food banks. She also reminded her readers that the "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive is happening today in King County. They are doing a food drive here in Kitsap County as well. The postal deliverer left a plastic grocery type bag in my mailbox yesterday. I put in my nonperishable items for them to pick up again today as they go around delivering the mail. I even got out early this morning and strolled down to the mailbox to make sure I got it ready in time.

Even if you don't have a food drive event like that going on in your neighbor this week, I hope you'll use this blog as a reminder to share what you can spare for those in need. If we all do a little, a lot of people are benefited.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nicolebrodeur/2009194119_brodeur08m.html

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More Women who Made Their Mark in History

This is a story about five octogenarians and members of the Mary Mahoney Registered Nurses Club, a group that was formed on July 9, 1949. It got its name from the woman who was the first African American to graduate from nursing school, the New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston. The year was 1879. If you click on the link below, you can read about Seattle Times writer Jerry Large's recent visit with five of the women from this club. We honor these women as we near the end of Women's History Month.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/jerrylarge/2008946162_jdl30.html

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