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Winter 2008
Family Care
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MiracleMilesfor Kids
A Thought or Two
Jim Roberts, CEO
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Family Care Network, Inc.
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Features
Our Mission:
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01 Letter from CEO
The Power of Hope
03 Inside Family Care Network
Community Partners & New Hires
04 Caring for Clients
National Mentor Month & Redening Family
06 Event Recap
Sponsor a Child for Christmas
07 Community Connection
Polar Express Night & McCarthy Car Give-A-Way
09 Events
Miracle Miles for Kids 2008
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The Family Care Connection 01 A Thought or Two
Do you ever have the dreadful feeling that life as we know it isprecariously teetering on the pinnacle of utter collapse? Am I theonly one who has turned on the nightly news only to regret it? Imean...talk of recession, or was that depression; wars, barbarismand genocide; famine and mass starvation; nations unraveling;incompetent, corrupt, mean-spirited politicians; escalating oilprices; unthinkable terrorism; nuclear proliferation; mega-tril
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lion dollar national debt; stock market meltdowns; violence inour own backyard, lying and corporate corruption... you knowthe headlines. I hear a lot of folks speak of their concerns andfears; people who genuinely worry about their future, and theirchildren’s and grandchildren’s futures. And, for good reason.The truth is, humankind has always teetered on the pinnacle of collapse. The history of civilization is replete with catastrophe,violence, barbarism, wickedness, corruption, and, seemingly,unbearable, unbelievable, heart wrenching situations and ob
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stacles. Yet, here we are. The resiliency of the human spirit is notonly astonishing, it is heartening. Time and time again, man’sexistence has been down for the count, only to rise again totake up the ght, like the phoenix rising from the ashes. Anyonecan give up; it’s the easiest thing in the world to do. But to holdit together when all seems lost, to jump into the fray againstinsurmountable odds, that’s true strength. I believe every one of us has been designed with grit, guts and gusto, enough to be anovercomer. But that’s not good enough. There is an element, aningredient which is necessary to catalyze one’s resiliency and liftus above adversity—HOPE!I don’t know who said it, but I believe it, “Man can live about fortydays without food, about three days without water, about eightminutes without air, but only for one second without hope.” As a
The Power of Hope
by CEO, Jim Roberts
genuine, card-carrying (credit that is) Baby-Boomer, I have beenvery privileged to live under the shadow of a generation whichlived through and survived the Great Depression and World WarII. Oh, how I cherished and now miss those sparse moments of listening to these seasoned veterans of life as they shared withme their stories. Some were painful, some humorous, someheart wrenching, some miraculous; but all were lled with thatmagical ingredient—HOPE. It was hope for a better day. It washope for a loved one to return from war. It was hope for a mealor a job or peace. It was hope that fueled the motivational resand ran the engines of resiliency. The movies
Seabiscuit
and
Cin-derella Man
truly capture the essence of this phenomena; reallife stories about down and out underdogs rising to the top. Abroken racehorse and a broken boxer transformed the hearts of millions of Americans by giving them HOPE!So, what does it take to break the shell and release the trans
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forming power of hope? When you do nothing, you feel over
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whelmed, powerless and depressed. But when you get involvedor take action, you experience the sense of hope and accom
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plishment that comes from knowing you are working to makethings better. It’s like endorphins in runners. I like what Gandhisaid, “You may never know what results come of your action,but if you do nothing there will be no results.” I am convincedthat all of the great achievements in this world have been ac
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complished by tired, at times discouraged, people who refusedto quit the game, but instead kept on working.Not one of us knows what tomorrow will bring. But I do knowwhat we can bring to tomorrow—HOPE! At the risk of beingviewed as “political”, I would like to borrow the theme of one of our presidential hopefuls, “Yes We Can.” Politics aside, this is amessage of hope. You and I need to learn to be ambassadors of hope, and not purveyors of doom and gloom, especially if ourcommunity experiences some rough waters and rocky terrain
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