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Jake's Mission Guest Posts

The Value of Appreciation

May 6, 2010

Excerpt from The Simple Truths of Appreciation,
by Barbara Glanz

“My friend, Bob Danzig, has an amazing story. Simple words of appreciation and encouragement changed his life. Bob was in five foster homes during his youth, and said he spent his childhood trying to find someone to love and appreciate him.
When he was nine years old, he [...]

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A Police Officer Named Robbie

April 14, 2010

 
While in North Carolina a couple of weeks ago, our car’s alternator went out forcing us to pull over which happened to be at the entrance to Western Carolina University.  It was a Friday evening, on a holiday weekend, in a small town.  Quite a comedy of events began to occur, however, I’ll spare you the details.  [...]

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Bethany’s Message

April 5, 2010

In March, we initiated a monthly winner drawn randomly from our Facebook Fans.  Our first winner of a DWR Wristband, DWR Hat, and DWR Decal is Bethany from Fort Myers, Florida.  After learning she was the winner, she wrote the following and gave her permission to share it with all of you!  We can only [...]

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“If Everyone Did What Was Right!”

March 30, 2010

Contemplate the contents of this wonderful poem by Robin Moynihan….

IF EVERYONE DID WHAT WAS RIGHT!
If everyone did what was right
There would be no reason to fight
The wars would all cease
And love would increase
Leading the world to endless peace…
If everyone did what was right
~
If everyone stopped speaking lies
Then everyone would become wise
No person would ever get [...]

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Anthony’s Gift

March 23, 2010

Meet Anthony, Jeremy’s friend. 
In yesterday’s post, I shared the story of Jeremy.  His generosity peaked the interest of his friend, Anthony, and now this young man has chosen to ”make a difference”.  Here is his story as told by his grandmother.  It’s a heartwarming story about Anthony, and when his mother passed away at a young age, he was surrounded [...]

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Jeremy’s Gift

March 21, 2010

This story was brought to my attention a few weeks ago.  I emailed Mr. Franks and inquired if I could share his son Jeremy’s story on our blog.  It is an incredible testimony of the human spirit, and how one child’s selfless act can make a difference.   
“After reading your
email, Jeremy and I visited the web-site [...]

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Everything You Do MATTERS

March 20, 2010

The following is a guest post submitted by Kelly Rich.

“Just wanted to share this with you because you are making a difference every day in the lives of others!” ~ Kelly Rich, LMSW Utilization Management HFHS Kingswood Hospital

“I can count on one hand the times in my life when I heard a story and…could not stop thinking [...]

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Locks of Love & Miss Kaitlyn

October 19, 2009

Miss Kaitlyn, my beautiful 9-year-old niece, surprised me the other day.  She is a sweet, quiet, beautiful young lady who loves Hannah Montana and all things girly.  One of her most striking features is her long, strawberry blonde hair. 
Last week there was a knock at my door and there stood my niece with the biggest smile on her [...]

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