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A great idea!!
When doing your Christmas and Holiday cards this year, take one card and send it to the address below. If we pass this on and everyone sends one card, think of how many cards these wonderful, special people who have sacrificed so much would get.
Please include a card to the following:
A Recovering American Soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
Washington,D.C. 20307-5001
Acquiring A Mental Edge
Affirmations are a great way to improve your thoughts and become more aware of what you want to accomplish, on and off of the golf course. They are even more useful when they are repeated often. Here is a list of 10 positive affirmations. Use this list or let them inspire you to write your own.
1. I have the ability to perform my work perfectly.
2. I enjoy being healthy in body and mind.
3. I love to feel happy in everything I do.
4. I am in charge of my life.
5. I am now open and receptive to all ideas.
6. I have definite, deliberate prosperous thoughts.
7. I give thanks for the realization of my desires and goals.
8. My goals come forth with perfect timing for me.
9. I have faith in myself and the people around me.
10. I create positive, creative thoughts and actions to improve my life.
Source: Randy Friedman is a corporate golf professional, speaker and founder of Golf Mind Power. She helps others by applying the visualization techniques of golf to business and life. Her new book, Your Inner Swing, shows how self-limiting beliefs can affect performance at work, in sports and even in one's personal life.
I was amazed this evening when I caught the story of D.J. Gregory on Nightline with Charlie Gibson. When I play golf I can hardly walk the 18 holes, let alone walk the 2008 PGA Tour.
This young man is an inspiration to us all, golfer or not. He had a dream and he got to live it thanks to the PGA.
According to the PGA Blog post of November 9, 2008:
D.J. Gregory, a 30-year-old native of Savannah, Ga., did not spend much time at home in 2008. Beginning in January with the first round of the first PGA TOUR event of the year, the Mercedes-Benz Championship, Gregory began a walk that surpassed everyone's expectations -- except his own.
Despite being born with Cerebral Palsy, the goal was simple -- to walk every hole of every PGA TOUR event, spanning 44 weeks. His journey ended when the final putt of PGA TOUR professional Jason Gore dropped at this week's Children's Miracle Network Classic presented by Wal-Mart in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Gregory's passion for the game of golf led him to submit a proposal to PGA TOUR Commissioner, Tim Finchem, with his desire walk every hole on the 2008 PGA TOUR calendar as a way to inspire and encourage others to follow their dreams.
Gregory was paired with a different player to follow each week, and he chronicled his experiences with that player in a weekly blog for PGATOUR.COM. Beginning with Boo Weekley at the season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship, Gregory's journey concluded this week with Gore.
"It's amazing," said Weekley. "(He) is amazing, very amazing. The Lord blessed (him), and blessed everybody he has walked with every step. He's awesome, very awesome."
"It was a great honor for him to pick me this week," said Jason Gore, with whom D.J. walked in his final event Sunday. "It was a very emotional week for him, but he is a wonderful story and an inspiration to us all. I am very proud to call him a friend."
As part of his weekly walks, which will have totaled nearly 1,000 miles after this week's season-ending Children's Miracle Network Classic, Gregory kept track of everything from his number of falls (29 to date) to the number of holes he has walked (3,184 to date).
Told by doctors he would never walk, Gregory initially got around by sliding with the use of his arms. As he grew, he gained the ability to walk with two canes, and then one. That one cane has been at his side for each step he has logged on the PGA TOUR in 2008
"This year has truly been a dream come true for me," Gregory said. "For the PGA TOUR to have given me the chance to live this dream of walking every hole of every week's tournament is incredible. From this, I just want people to know that if they have a dream, they need to chase it and never take no for an answer."
Gregory began the year off in Maui following Boo Weekley at the Mercedes-Benz Championship. Among the players he followed throughout the year were Zach Johnson (Wachovia Championship), Jim Furyk (Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial), Kenny Perry (Arnold Palmer Invitational), and 2008 Children's Miracle Network Classic presented by Wal-Mart champion, Davis Love III (Wyndham Championship).
Here's his story: http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/11/08/dj/index.html
If you live in the DC Metropolitan area I encourage you to attend a wonderful pre-Christmas event, "An Evening in December."
Spend an evening in December with friends and family by attending a holiday celebration with two friends, Grammy nominated, artist, songwriter, author, popular speaker, and singer Kathy Troccoli and Ellie Lofaro, known for her trademark quick wit and convincing demeanor she draws from the context of real life, hers.
When they get together they will have you entwined in their humor and friendship. You will feel like you are sitting in their living room having a conversation with your best friends. Don't be surprised when you nod your head in agreement throughout the night.
An Evening in December is an event not to be missed.
For more information go to: http://www.mcleanbible.org/uploads/NovemberCalendar.pdf
When: December 1
What Time:
Where: Open Door Presbyterian Church
3001 Centreville Road
Herndon, VA 20171
For more information call: 703-318-8972 or visit www.odpcec.org
For tickets email: Georgia Thorstenson: georgia@gslcva.org
When: December 2
What Time: 7:30 pm - 10:00
Where: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
1133 Reston, Avenue
Herndon, VA 20170
For more information call: 703-437-5020 or visit: www.gslcva.org
Women in the Shenandoah Valley celebrated Halloween by Painting The Valley Pink!
Fran Romeo, founder of Paint Virginia Pink, Inc. and owner of Pink-Ribbon-Store.com co-hosted a Pink Ribbon Tea Party on October 31, 2008 at the Shenandoah Memorial Hospital in Woodstock, VA.
Over 100 women and men (we lost count because of all of the activity) dropped by our Pink Ribbon Tea Party. The decorations were fantastic and so were the giveaways and door prizes. Six lucky party goers went home with a lovely door prize.
Survivors signed the special pink ribbon quilt made by ladies in the local quilt guild. There were many dedications to those who lost their battle as well as celebrations by those women who are now cancer free.
Everyone was invited to tour the mammo room. Some women had not yet had an annual mammogram and loved being able to see what it would be like.
Angel of Angel's Touch Bakery worked tirelessly on her Cupcakes and Cookies For a Cause icing and decorating over 100 of each.
Patty Shaffer owner of WSVG, the AM radio station in Mt. Jackson, Virginia dropped by and was pressed into service. She greeted visitors and explained how they could help a women in need by donating one dollar to the Paint The Valley Pink campaign. All funds raised will help fund wigs and mammograms for women in the Shenandoah Valley who could not otherwise afford them. In fact, two women stopped by and donated their wigs to the campaign.
Patty's efforts brought in over $80.00. Kudos Patty.
If you weren't able to make it, there will be several Pink Ribbon Teas throughout the year. Tune in to WSVG - 790 AM and keep an eye out when you read your local newspaper for when and where.
Thanks to Shenandoah Memorial Hospital and its staff for making this a terrific event.
For more information on how you can get involved, visit http://www.paintvirginiapink.org.