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Legacies Come In All Shapes And Sizes
Second Lieutenant Marjorie J. Rock, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, 1942. Ms. Rock retired from the Army as a lieutenant colonel in 1970 and made St. Lawrence County her home. BY: Rande Richardson “If you would...
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The Best Communities Shine Amid Challenging Times
Rande Richardson “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” — Helen Keller The value of partnerships become even more apparent during challenging times. Amid a crisis, when friends and...
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Defining Courage
Lt. Col. Jamie Cox The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines courage as the “mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear or difficulty.” Synonyms for courage include...
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United Way Transforms to Meet Needs of Community
Lt Col Jamie Cox Over the past five months, our nation and communities have experienced an unprecedented health and economic crisis, and the repercussions continue to ripple through our towns,...
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2020: In A Class By Itself
Rande Richardson “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” — Nelson Mandela The Class of 2020 will forever hold a chapter in the book of COVID-19. Students have...
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Charity Begins at Home: Loving a Community Inside and Out
Malcolm Goodridge, left, great-grandson of George C. Boldt Sr., with the first recipients of the George C. Boldt Scholarship at Boldt Castle in 2019. “Individual commitment to a group effort — that is...
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A Critical Moment in Time
Word Inequality cut with scissors to two parts In and Equality, gray background, top view By: Lt Col Jamie Cox United Way of Northern New York stands against the systematic racism and the implicit...
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The Value of a North Country Education
Rande Richardson “I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist. It might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.” — John Steinbeck As I grow...
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United More Than Ever
Lt Col Jamie Cox Each year, the United Way throughout the world runs a fundraising campaign to highlight problems and inequities in communities and proposes programs and plans to address the challenges...
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The Role of Nonprofits in the Post-Pandemic World
Lt Col Jamie Cox The novel coronavirus pandemic of 2020 clearly reinforced the need for human-service nonprofit organizations, who can often provide quicker response than the government and can perform...
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