Powerful Poetry, Senior Expo in Prescott Valley, USAA Veteran-Hiring Initiative, Disney-SVA STEM Scholarship, Bad-Day Video

“To This Day,” a spoken word poem by Shane Koyczan, has been put beautifully to art in this video, about childhood bullying, and how its effects last a lifetime.  See it at: http://youtu.be/ltun92DfnPY There are some wonderful programs encouraging Veterans to write their own stories, poems or explore the creative arts.  Here are some good links, if you are interested: http://veteranswriting.org/ and http://youtu.be/vwRQ5xRO3eI

Seniors, Family Caregivers and Senior Resource Providers are invited to attend the Senior & Caregivers Conference & Expo on Friday, March 14 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Come for the whole day, or just for topics that interest you. This free event will include presentations by local experts on some of the most sensitive issues relating to the challenges of being a Senior or Family Caregiver. Dozens of local Senior Resources Providers will provide free information about their products and services. Location will be the campus of Liberty Traditional School, 3300 N Lake Valley Road in Prescott Valley. Free admission - no reservations needed. Visit http://www.seniorconnection.us/Expo_Brochure.pdf for details or call Debbie Stewart at (928) 778-3747.

The CEO of USAA shares his thoughts about their ambitious Veteran-hiring initiative (USAA was created by Veterans and already employs a high percentage) at: http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140219123004-168502754-a-career-not-a-job To learn more about the company, which has locations in AZ, TX, CO, FL and in Europe, see: https://www.usaa.com/inet/pages/about_usaa_corporate_overview_main

Reminder: The Disney-SVA Scholarship for Student Veterans studying science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) is due April 1.  See more at: http://studentveterans.org/component/content/article/2-uncategorised/210-disney-sva-scholarship.html

Having a hard day?  Know someone who is?  Here’s a little uplifting video to share: http://www.upworthy.com/having-a-bad-day-heres-46-powerful-things-you-should-really-hear?c=ufb2

or on YouTube at: http://youtu.be/V7OGY1Jxp3o