On this Christmas eve, I thought I’d share a little-known story I recently became aware of about one of the best-known Americans of the first half of the 20th century, Babe Ruth. The story gets its meaning because, in 1902 seven year-old George Herman Ruth was sent by his parents
The Y in Central Maryland
Y associates are asked to juggle a million balls at once, and they are amazingly talented in doing so! I’m know that my colleagues must sometimes think, and understandably so, that their “heart is big but I only have so many hands!” The Y Giving Tree Project may well feel
A few weeks ago we conducted associate focus groups to get at what “makes us tick” as an organization. As you likely know, focus groups are guided discussions led by a researcher intended to uncover themes about the participants’ common experiences. Our groups, which were comprised of Y associates from
Marking only the eighth time in history that a human-made craft has landed on Mars, NASA’s InSight Craft made a successful landing on the planet Mars this week, yielding potentially significant discoveries about a planet that has provided us with endless opportunity for speculation in movies, books and elsewhere. While we
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, a holiday that I personally consider our best national holiday (among a lot of great choices, for sure). Reminding ourselves what we’re thankful for is a very humbling and important thing to do, and I must say that I am very thankful for