I am not sure if I emphasized it enough, but in my last blog post on Thankfulness, I talked about our Program Manager position and how the two people who have filled that role since our inception in 2015 have been vital to our success. Maureen moved on to a full time position where she is continuing to “save the world”, and Krissy is going to continue pursuing her passion helping others plan …
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The Gift of Time
When I was in college for social work, which feels like forever ago, I had to do volunteer work and internships. I volunteered at a nursing home and my favorite person I visited with was a woman who really taught me what my career was all about. I was supposed to learn about all her wants and needs and make sure that she had the support necessary from her family. But, as we got to know each other …
Consistency Is Everything
I’ve been teaching marketers the practice of content marketing for over 20 years. The idea with content marketing is a little different from advertising. For advertising, a company pays to promote their product or service in the form of an ad on someone else’s website, a television ad, a billboard, etc. With content marketing, the company creates valuable and relevant content to help …
Remembering To Say Thank You
I’m actually not a big fan of thank you posts like this. Inevitably, you forget someone. So if you’re that someone, please know that I didn’t forget you on purpose, your thanks may just come later. Why a thank you post you might ask? There are several reasons. The first being that I just don’t think you can say thank you enough. And the second being that when you’re truly grateful you want to …
Finding Resources: How Community and Books Can Help
Have you ever been in a situation where knowing that someone else went through the same thing just helps to make you feel better? For me, who tends to avoid social media, I found parent groups really helpful when I was getting ready to send my kids off to college. I could learn from other parents everything from what would be most helpful for my student to have a successful first year, as well …
What is the Difference between Communication and Speech?
Raising a child is one of the most fulfilling experiences some people feel they have in their lives. Whether it is teaching them to carry on the traditions of generations past, helping them become changemakers for the future, or encouraging them to appreciate every single day, there are so many aspects to parenting. As many of you know, it goes by in a blink. Teaching Through Actions There …
Empowering Voices: The Orange Effect Foundation’s Journey and Growth
At the Orange Effect Foundation, we are dedicated to empowering children with speech disorders by providing funding for speech therapy and communication devices. Since our last update in August 2023, we've expanded our board from 9 to 16 and increased our fundraising efforts, now hosting four annual events. Despite these advancements, the growing number of applications highlights the need for more …
ORANGE EFFECT FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANTS FOR SECOND QUARTER 2024
The Orange Effect Foundation is dedicated to ensuring that children with speech disorders receive the therapy and equipment they need. Our mission is to empower children to communicate effectively, giving them the tools to succeed in life. The Orange Effect Foundation recently awarded $25,074 to 14 children and young adults across the United States with speech disorders. Grants are awarded …
Inclusivity Can Mean So Many Things
Recently, my oldest graduated from college. An exciting time for anyone, but for our family, it was a true milestone that many had told us 20 years ago might not happen. Why not, you ask? Well, we didn’t know then many of the things we know now. For example, the basis for the Orange Effect Foundation is to get early intervention for as many children as possible because we have learned that early …
My Path to The Orange Effect Foundation
An Unexpected Connection I’ve been a content marketing professional for about a decade now, and a creative writer for most of my life. So, of course, I knew of Joe Puluzzi both from his books (Epic Content Marketing was one of the first books my dad gifted to me when I started my career) and Content Marketing Institute. I’ve been receiving Joe’s newsletters for some time, and one that I opened …
Autism Awareness and Acceptance
Back In My Day…. According to my Gen Z son, ‘back in my day’ is an expression most proclaimed by the Boomer generation when they are sharing stories about walking back and forth to school, uphill both ways in the ice and snow. I use the expression a lot myself as I go about declaring Gen X the best. We had the good life before the internet and social media. Ha ha. But just today I …
Welcome to Our New Board Members
Welcome New Board Members! I was startled when I realized that Orange Effect Foundation entered its 10th year of operations when the calendar turned to 2024. This realization followed our December board meeting where one of our founding members, Cathy McPhillips, shared that she would be resigning from the board. What would our next steps be, I wondered. Cathy, like all our board members, …
