The Brag Basket is open! This one is for July 7-9, 2017. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone.
What can you share in the Brag Basket?
- introduce yourself
- share some great news from this week
- celebrate progress, even baby steps
- congratulate a friend
- applaud for each other
- confess your undying love for rural places
Want to see some past Brag Baskets and read some past contributions? Here’s the archive.
How do you join in?
Below this post is the comment section. Add your good news there.
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Don’t like to brag? Just share some good news for someone you’re happy for. It’s a conversation with friends. So jump in. And remember to cheer for each other.
Comments from Canada. This past July 1, Canada celebrated its 150 Anniversary and our Chamber of Commerce wanted to mark it in a big way. A small but dedicated committee was formed to help Halton Hills become the Most Patriotic Town in Canada by flying the most Canadian flags. Generally Canadians are more reserved about things like this than our American cousins. The goal was 15,000 flags and by June 1/17 we had 7,500 registered on the dedicated web site http://www.haltonhillscanada150.ca then things took off. The town was ablaze with the Canadian Maple Leaf and when the web site stopped taking registrations at noon July 1/17 our community had risen to the challenge by registering 57,073 flags almost four times our original goal.
This project caught the imagination of our residents and most important it brought our community together and was a fun project to work on.
Great job to you and the whole community of Halton Hills! I love how anyone could participate even in just a tiny way and still be meaningful. Terrific example of Take Small Steps.
Becky, I very much appreciate you and the things you do to both foster and strengthen community, both online and off.
I know we don’t speak often, but I watch your goings-on and I admire them. And YOU! Keep being a great force for good in the world. ♥
Jett! So great to see you in the Brag Basket! Thank you for the very kind words, and thank you for making the world a better place, yourself.
Check out these great updates from my neighbor Kat Long from Ponca City, Oklahoma:
Girl Power! Camp starts up next week. This is our Third Annual camp for 8th grade girls which gives them the opportunity to check out non-traditional jobs like welding, construction, CAD and CNC. We are hoping to start at Boy Skills camp next year which will focus on soft skills, communication, leadership, etc… for boys. Concentrating on health care industry and other communication heavy industries.
One of our local employers, MJ&H held a “Weld for Work” competition for the Pioneer Tech graduates from their welding program. 18 students competed and the top three were hired by MJ&H that day. The welder that came in fourth was also offered a summer job as she is planning to attend college in the fall. Did you catch that “SHE” in there? This program was designed by MJ&H Fabrication’s owner Gary Harvey along with the welding instructor Ted Rowe at Pioneer Technology Center. The welders competed for two days and not only received jobs, but also t-shirts and prizes. It was a great “real world” experience for these students.