The Life of a Private Investigator!

Gresham Outlook Readers Choice Awards for 2010

Congratulations to my dear friends and fellow business owners: 

Dina Dinucci voted Best Barista @ Park Place Coffee and Crepes

www.parkplacecoffee.com

    Christina Hinton-Smith voted Best Photogragher @ Photos By Chris

www.photosbychris.com

Tracy Gabriel voted Best Child Care and Learning Center @ Pixie Day Care

 www.pixiedaycare.com

I am blessed to count these women among my friends. They inspire me to achieve great success!

Breast Cancer 3 Day

Two years in a row I have helped others raising money to partipate in the Breast Cancer 3 Day, it was never my intention to sign up for this challenging walk. I helped raise money, I walked and walked and walked so they could each get into shape for the distance required but I never thought I would take up this cause.  I am not sure when it happened but suddenly I was filling out the on-line application committing myself to this journey.

As the Nike slogan goes "JUST DO IT."  So here I am walking for a cure. My team is called Bootylicious Babes Fight Breast Cancer, crasy I know but what I am learning is the crazier the better.  My team consists of one other walker but the real team is all the women who have volunteered to help us raise the money and walk with us to get in shape.  I am so blessed.

Consider participating in one of these walks. You can walk, you can help at the walk by signing up to be a crew member or you can help someone like me.  It feels good to do something for others.

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The cost of child abuse!

Victims’of child abuse (sexual abuse, physical abuse and neglect) pay a severe price but do you actually know what it costs society. 

 

In 2008, Prevent Child Abuse American conducted a study to determine the direct and indirect costs childhood abuse and neglect have on American. The study concluded that it cost an estimated $103.8 billion dollars annually to respond to child abuse.

 

Because this area of interest is related to my specialty as a private investigator I get to chat with folks daily about this topic.  I never meet someone who does not care but I am always surprised at how little people know or understand. Child abuse in particularly sexual abuse is not something people want to discuss.  I think the way to gain the attention of American is to point out the financial price we all pay for the perpetrators crime . 

 

I wonder what would happen if Americans put more resources and emphasis on prevention.

 

For more information about this topic click this link

 

http://www.pcaiowa.org/child_abuse_costs.html

Do something small it may lead to something big!

Every community has a multitude of ways you can become involved for the great good. I attended the Rockwood Business Coalition Mtg this morning. What a great group of committed people. I left feeling like I could make a difference in this area. It does not have to take much of your time to become more invested in the area you leave. Look into ways that you can make a difference.

Thanks Park Place Coffee and Crepes for encouraging me to become part of my own community.

Dawn

It is a New Year-let the Blogging Begin!

To start off the New Year right I want to get back to blogging. I started blogging a little over a year ago, I admit I had some ambivalence about it. When I first started I wasn't sure I would have anything to say but mostly I wasn't sure anyone would read my blog. Well, I was surprised to find I had plenty to say and you guys had great feedback. So the fear of blogging is behing me. I love it, I love to blog about random things that come up, I love to blog about my profession and I love the interaction with the readers.

So here I am back at it for the new year. This year I would like to extend an invitation all of you, please share on my blog. Submit ideas or blog posts of your own. Your are welcome to use some of the topics I already have as a starting point, share a personal story or start a new topic. I can't wait to read your stuff.

Happy New Year!