GOOD MORNING AND
HAPPY FRIDAY!
Lady Blues
Volleyball- The Lady Blues have traveled to Gulf Shores, Alabama to compete in
the Foley Tournament. Wishing them the
best of luck and safe travels!
Graham Steer
Football- The Steers will be in action vs WF Hirschi this evening at Memorial
Stadium in Wichita Falls. Tickets can be purchased at the GISD admin office
today through noon or online at this link Steers
vs Hirschi. Kickoff will be at 7:00 pm. GO STEERS!
Graham
Area United Way (GAUW)- GISD’s annual United Way campaign is underway!
Each employee has the opportunity to help Build a Bridge for our community by
donating to the GAUW. 100% of your donation stays in our local community to
assist the following agencies:
Bethel Children’s
Day Care
Graham Backpack
Buddies
Graham Girls
Softball
Graham Youth
Baseball
Meals-On-Wheels
Salvation
Army-Graham Unit
Senior Citizens Center
Virginia’s House
Young County 4-H
Young County
Child Welfare
The initial phase of our campaign begins
this coming week when you receive your preprinted United Way pledge/donation
form from your supervisor or department/campus administrative assistant. You
can choose to provide a one-time donation or to donate via payroll deduction
over 10 or 12 months. The deadline to contribute during the first phase will be
Friday, September 6th.
To add a little friendly competition to
our campaign we will run two contests during the first phase of our campaign:
● The
campus/department that has the highest percentage of people that contribute
$100 or more will win a Hamburger/Hot Dog Lunch prepared by Sonny Cruse, Don
Davis, and Robert Loomis.
● The
campus/department that has the highest percentage of people that contribute $20
or more will win a free drink from Sonic.
The competition is just for fun. Please
keep in mind that every donation is a good donation and can help Build a Bridge
for someone in our community!
Retirement
Planning- We have arranged for Lee Hayes from First Financial Group to come to
the district on September 9 and 10 and visit with each campus regarding
retirement planning. I encourage you to consider placing a portion of the new
raise into a vehicle that will benefit you years from now. You will be receiving a form via email that
will allow you to select whether or not you wish to participate in this
opportunity.
Today's blog post
is part one of five from a message I found several years ago. It is a long
message so I thought it would be best to break it up into separate posts. The
author is unknown to me, but it speaks to me… I hope it does to you as well.
Enough
A time comes in your life when you finally get it... When in the midst
of all your fears and insanity you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out - ENOUGH!
Enough fighting and crying or struggling to hold on. And, like a child
quieting down after a blind tantrum, your sobs begin to subside, you shudder
once or twice, you blink back your tears and through a mantle of wet lashes,
you begin to look at the world through new eyes. This is your awakening. You
realize that it's time to stop hoping and waiting for something to change or
for happiness, safety, and security to come galloping over the next horizon.
You come to terms with the fact that he is not Prince Charming and you are not
Cinderella and that in the real world there aren't always fairytale endings (or
beginnings for that matter) and that any guarantee of "happily ever
after" must begin with you and in the process, a sense of serenity is born
of acceptance.
You awaken to the fact that you are not perfect and that not everyone
will always love, appreciate or approve of who or what you are... and that's
OK. (They are entitled to their own views and opinions.) And you learn the
importance of loving and championing yourself and in the process, a sense of
newfound confidence is born of self-approval.
You stop complaining and blaming other people for the things they did
to you (or didn't do for you) and you learn that the only thing you can really
count on is the unexpected. You learn that people don't always say what they
mean or mean what they say and that not everyone will always be there for you
and that it's not always about you. So, you learn to stand on your own and to
take care of yourself and in the process, a sense of safety & security is
born of self-reliance...to be continued
"two of five next
week"...Have a nice day!
CORNY
JOKE OF THE DAY:
How
many apples grow on a tree?
All
of them
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