Thanks to MENTOR National Health and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, January became National Mentoring Month in 2002. National Mentoring Month has three focuses: to raise awareness of mentoring and the need for mentors, to recruit individuals to mentor, particularly in areas where there is a waiting list, and to promote
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The first women’s rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, NY in July of 1848. The convention was held over two days with 300 people in attendance. This peaceful social, religious, and civil rights movement laid the foundation of the women’s suffrage movement and, eventually, for the creation of the 19th amendment. Nearly a
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One minute your daughter is taking her first steps and the next minute she is asking for your car keys. As parents, we aren’t sure where the time goes but it sure does go fast! Your teen is experiencing a lot of new emotions and changes as they grow up and sometimes it can be
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Through my personal and professional experiences, I have found that many of us are in the pursuit of happiness. However, this pursuit can seemingly be a bottomless pit, because when we finally get the “thing” that makes us happy, we start believing there is something else that would make us more happy. Thus, the pursuit
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Every year around this time, we are reminded of all that we are thankful for. Here at Gilstrap & Associates, we’re all thankful for the rewarding work we do and the people we can help. As we are getting ready to say goodbye to our work family for the holiday weekend and spend some time
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