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New Year’s Resolution!

By Sallie Hussey on January 6, 2010

While I enjoyed the rest, I’m really happy to be back at work after the holiday. 

I always find the changes, or resolutions, folks want to make in the new year very interesting.  One of our twenty-something, former Youth Center graduates told me he wants to focus completely on his career this year.  A retiree and one of our regulars told me he wants to take better care of himself during 2010. (As did a staff member or two!) Those renewed commitments didn’t surprise me since the 20s seem to be the time when people focus on career, and somewhere along the 40s or 50s is when folks decide its time to focus on themselves. 

In addition to individual resolutions, we’re making an agency resolution. In 2010, we resolve to learn how to communicate better with you, D/deaf and hard of hearing individuals, and find better ways of providing you with information.  The programs and services here – after school program, Living Well, interpreter & transcription services, just to name a few – all need your input and support and we want you know what’s happening here and feel like you are a part of it.  We want to make sure you have opportunities to give us ideas and feedback about everything we do. 

Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, January 20, and join Eric and me at noon for the first monthly “lunch chat.”  This month’s topic will be communication.  We want to know how we can improve and this is the first step.  See you soon and Happy New Year!

– Sallie