Her Glass is Half Full!

Sometimes don't you wonder if it all boils down to your perspective on things? You know "Are you a glass half full or glass half empty type of person?" As many of you know, there were plenty of things that weren't exactly perfect about our grantee conference this year. As is evident here, I'm trying to maintain a sense of humor about most of them and know that there are always lessons to be learned for next time.

Well here's one thing I know for sure: Jeanette Phillips with Mountain View Youth and Family Services is definitely a glass half full kind of gal! Bless her heart, Jeanette does a bang up job with her grant funded program in Carroll County, reaching every 6th and 7th grader with the LST program.

She also has been a great resource at our conferences the past two years - speaking at a "Spice Up Your Programs" break out session in 2008 and providing a grantee exhibit in 2009. Evidently Jeanette has a good deal of patience too. Miss Jeanette came home with conference stories of her own including room service that runs an hour late and water glasses with cracks and lipstick imprints on them. YIKES!


All I can say is "Thanks for enduring, Jeanette!" And yes, we'll probably know which evaluation form is yours when we read it. :)


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