Smarts Brook Trail - New Hampshire!

Ellen Witt Clark & Sherri Raftery climbed Smarts Brooks Trail in New Hampshire on Labor Day Weekend September 2011.

As Stevie Nicks sings "climbed a mountain and turned around"!

Rumney Marsh Toastmasters Club President Award

Rumney Marsh Club # 8431 Club President Award presented to the 2010-11 Immediate Past Club President, Sherri Raftery, DTM by 2011-12 Current Club President, Debra Panetta, DTM
on Monday September 5, 2011 Labor Day at 2 Rice Street Saugus Laurel Gardens Community Room in Saugus, MA.

“Sherri worked very hard last year as the Rumney Marsh Toastmaster’s President, where the club earned 9 goals towards our distinguished club designation. “I am pleased to award her with the Presidential Plaque for Leadership. Congratulations to a job well done”! said, Debra Panetta, 2011-12 Rumney Marsh Club President.

Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of meeting locations. www.toastmasters.org
Rumney Marsh Club meets on the first and third Mondays of each month from 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM at the Saugus Laurel Gardens - Community Room 2 Rice Street, Saugus, MA.

http://www.toastmasters.org/

Steve Jobs - Apple Icon of ALL Icons!

Steve Jobs - Co-Founder of Apple

Icon of ALl Icons! 1955-2011

http://www.apple.com

The HOME in ONE! Standing Ovation

Ginny & Sherri
http://www.thehome.org/

On Monday September 19, 2011 I was the "Guest Speaker" for THE HOME for Little Wanderers Women & One Golf Tournament. It was a nice event and although I didn;t play golf I spent a few hours riding around on a golf cart watching the Women who were in the tournament play. I was able to speak to some of them. I asked "Whose Winning"? Their reply "We are a team". I certainly used THAT in my speech. Some of asked me what I would be speaking about and during my speech I answered I will be speaking about YOU. I started my speech off with this quote about the simple rules of golf.

"Play the ball as it lies, play the course as you find it, and if you cannot do either, do what is fair". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf

I said to these amazing women that "I suspect that is how most of you live your lived both on and off the course". I went on to share that both my brother and I lived at THE HOME and how I was appreciative for the direction my life took because of The Home. I ended thanking The Home and the Donors for their amazing committment...because without them...us Little Wanderers would have no where to go".

I recieved a standing ovation and it lasted for a bit. Sharing my story as a live testimonial is my way of giving back and letting them know how important it is to have this organization helping children and families in Massachusetts. http://www.thehome.org/

BTW - Ginny is a member of the Walpole Chamber of Commers owns Watson Candies on 471 Main Street, Walpole, MASS (Most incredible coffee shakes), and has the boys from THE HOME work in her store to gain hands-on work experience.