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jrdreistadt
Dec 17, 20203 min read
7 Tips to Write Innovative Proposals
Q: I’m working on a proposal related to drug and substance abuse that will benefit women, youth, and girls. I need innovative methods to...
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jrdreistadt
Apr 16, 20202 min read
7 Strategies to Effectively Engage Youth in Activities
Q: I lead a group of young people between the ages of two to 26. Attendance is very poor for our weekly meetings and are a bit hard to...
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jrdreistadt
Apr 2, 20202 min read
Six Tips to Manage Volunteers
Q: How can I better manage my volunteers? As a person who has worked in the nonprofit sector for 20 years, I know how important...
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jrdreistadt
Feb 6, 20202 min read
What I love most about being a teacher
Over the nearly 20 years that I have been a teacher, I have had the privilege of teaching and learning with thousands of interesting,...
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jrdreistadt
Sep 15, 20173 min read
Yoga is Free!
I went on my first yoga retreat in the 1990s, to a somewhat stoic place in the majestic Berkshire Mountains. At the time, I was a recent...
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jrdreistadt
Apr 5, 20171 min read
The Rose Guard
How can we appreciate the roses When our bread is nearly gone When our bread was Stolen from us last week. How can we feel any happiness...
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jrdreistadt
Nov 3, 20152 min read
Rediscovering the Library
As a young woman, I spent a lot of time in the library. It was more than a place to kill a few hours every day in-between school and...
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