Happy Halloween from the Dread Pirate Shelly and her Terrible Sea Monster Jake This was my mother and our family dog preparing to visit a convalescent hospital on Halloween, many years ago. Every week Shelly and Jake visited patients in the hospital for rehabilitation, and they came to be well known around our little community. My […]
Tag: Compassion
Where do I start? by Moxie Gusto
A fairly common goal in our rag-tag community is to inspire others to help those in need and generally do more good in the world. We all have our own methods of drawing attention, but what do you do once you’ve got it? More often than not, the response we get from people is very […]
Simple Gestures
Sometimes all you need to do to really help someone is to listen. Never underestimate the effectiveness of a simple and heart-felt “How are you doing today?” If you find out someone is really struggling, take the time to listen, no matter what. Be late to work. Be late getting home. You never know what […]
Moxie’s Coat Drive 2011
My first coat drive in 2010 was a great experience. With very little planning and no experience, I collected 25 warm coats in 5 days. I only visited the offices within the same building where I work. That was nice, but I had an entire year to plan my next coat drive. This year I […]
Moxie’s Coat Drive 2010
In December of 2010, I held my first coat drive. I was inspired by people in my life who were very quick to help anyone in need, and I want to be one of those people It was a very long time ago, but I know what it is like to have to be outside […]