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Pan Mass Challenge
Finding a Cure
for Cancer
This is my 13th year riding the PMC; a fundraising bike-a-thon for Dana Farber Research Center!
I am on the Stem Cell Cyclists and we fund Dr. Corey Cutler whose research helps people with blood cancers, such as leukemia and lymphoma.
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This past year, my friend Glenn Kaplus, a longtime PMC rider, entrepreneur and Babson professor and Sandy Crowe, the wife of Rich Crowe who is a Stem Cell Cyclist, passed away.
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It is easy to feel discouraged; but it also can strengthen your conviction that a focused group that aligns on a cause, can make a difference. Please join me as part of that group and make a donation.
Closer by the mile.
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Chief Dream Officer Training
led by Nancy Cantor
August 11
10:00 am-4:30 pm
Clarify your pupose and vision; create goals and actions, learn to disarm your private saboteur, and put together a community networking plan that will support you in fulfilling your dreams.
CDO Training is included in Dream Factory Community membership.
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Graduate
Chief Dream Officer Training
led by Nancy Cantor
We just invented a new Graduate CDO Training that is designed for Dream Factory members who have already completed the CDO Training.
Graduate CDO Training includes a new Dream Creation Process which allows for a greater insight into how to create a more powerful relationship to our dreams so they can be realized.
Graduate CDO Training is included in Dream Factory Community Renewal Membership.
"That was great! It helped to re-set my thinking and reminded me that my reality shouldn't create my thinking, but that my thinking creates my reality."
Peggy; participant in last training.
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Welcome to the August Dream Factory News!!
Having been a teacher for 11 years, summer is always a time to relax, relook and reinvest in my personal process and the process of creating the Dream Factory Community.
With my son as a college sophomore in the fall, it is time to look at what my needs are and the dreams that I have put aside in favor of family and home life. It is a time to reevaluate the things I do and why I do them.
Like the women who always cuts off the ends of the ham, who finds out that the only reason that her mother and grandmother did it, was that the pan was too small; it is time to assess the reasons behind the actions.
In line with this new thinking---there are some great new events and programs in the Dream Factory. Hope you find something that sparks your thinking and process.
Best,
Nancy Cantor
Founder of the Dream Factory Community
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Framingham Dream Factory Luncheon
Featured Speaker
Jo Crawford
Web of Benefit
"Everyone Deserves to Live Their Dream!" |
Join us at the Dream Factory Community Luncheon on August 18th at the Bella Costa Ristorante in Framingham, for thought-provoking insight on What Makes us Feel Worthy by Jo Crawford, Founder and Executive Director of Web of Benefit .
Jo's Story
Last month Victoria told us that she knew what her passion was when she was just 15 years old. For me, it took 40 years longer to define my dream and to believe that I actually deserved it. It took three more years to create it. I now know that I was not ready and did not have the skills that I needed until I was 55 years old, and my own lack of self-worth played huge part in my delayed development.
I am the in the first class of baby boomers, and growing up in the 1950's was a very different experience than it was even 30 years ago. As an upper class white teenager living on the Main Line outside Philadelphia, my life should have been a happy one. I had never heard the words domestic violence. I do not know if it was even a phrase used in conversation at that time. If it was, it was whispered behind closed doors. Alcoholism was another word not spoken in my home because excessive drinking was socially acceptable and almost required in my family. I was taught from a very early age that my needs were not important in the family hierarchy and that I was not to ask for anything. Fear was a major part of my youth.
Children learn survival skills quickly, but those skills do not necessarily serve us as adults. I did not learn to communicate feelings or verbalize my wants and needs. The concept that I deserved to have my dreams come true was not even a thought. Dreaming is not possible when safety is the priority. Because alcoholism and domestic violence are intergenerational, I consider myself very lucky that this story has a happy ending. For me, the determination to learn from my mistakes and to find the larger meaning of my childhood made the difference. I was able to make choices along the way that brought me here today.
All this took a long time and led me down a winding road. Web of Benefit is my dream and a way to honor my mother even though our relationship was not an easy one.
Creating my dream is a way of continuing my own healing as well as helping amazing women to define and realize their own dreams. I have learned that we all have the same hopes and fears, and that most of us have self worth issues and trouble asking for what we need. I also know that every one of us deserves the chance to create the life of our dreams, not because of who we are, what we do or where we came from. We deserve our dreams because we walk on this planet and are children of God. I am also proof that you are never too old to dream. Walt Disney said: "If you can dream it, you can do it", and it is never too late!
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Jo Crawford,
Web of Benefit |
About Jo
Since creating Web of Benefit, Inc. in 2004, Johanna Crawford has personally worked with over 800 survivors of domestic violence in Boston and Chicago, helping them define and realize their mission, goals, and dreams on an individual basis through Web of Benefit's Transition to Self- Sufficiency Program.
In December 2010 she was awarded the Be The Change Award by The Massachusetts Conference for Women. In June 2011, she and Web of Benefit won the Excellence Award for Collaboration given by the statewide Massachusetts Nonprofit Network.
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Tipi, Teepee, Tepee
by Nancy Cantor | | |
No matter how you spell it, tipis are amazing structures that can lead to community gatherings. I used to have a tipi which I put up on a friend's land, but because of the distance, never really used it.
Now that I have my own land, right in my own backyard, I have decided to put up a tipi. Right now, I have the canvas tipi, the liner and the poles. The poles need to be sanded and stained and then I can put it up and enjoy it.
Are you interested in playing a part? I am looking for like-minded folk who want to be part of this tipi-raising activity. Just e-mail me and I can include you in the activities to come.
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 Barbecue Pot Luck BBQ and Pool Party
August 3, 2011
12-5 pm
For Dream Factory Members and their Guests | | |
Join us on August 3rd for Pot Luck Barbecue, Pool Party, and Getting Ready to Cruise. Find out about the DFC Cruise that will take place next year---part of the proceeds will go to Ben Speaks.
Amy Parker has generously offered her home for this fun afternoon full of networking, food and good times! Dream Factory members are welcome to bring guests. Just forward this newsletter. Not a member? Just bring yourself.
Come enjoy Amy's beautiful home, large pool and grill area, and horse farm. Horses just for patting.
Date: August 3, 2011
Time: 12pm - 5pm
Place: Amy Parker's House-69 Summit Street, Jefferson, MA
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Ladies Night Out:
August 26, 2011
Yoga at the Ashram; 368 Village Street, Millis, MA
7:00 - 9:30 pm
Invoking the Goddess Within | | |
Nancy Cantor and Victoria Haffer will be hosting a Ladies Night Out to help you explore the Goddess Within.
By the way, if you missed Victoria's presentation at the July Dream Factory Community Luncheon, you can see Victoria's interview on Ashland Cable by clicking here.
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Upcoming Dream Factory Community Events
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- August 11th: CDO Training
10:00 am - 4:30 pm Click here to register. - August 18th: Dream Factory Luncheon, Framingham
Speaker: Jo Crawford, Web of Benefit
Bella Costa Ristorante, Framinham
12:00 - 2:00 pm Click here to register. - August 26th: Ladies Night Out--Invoking the Goddess Within
7:00-9:30 pm
Yoga at the Ashram, 368 Village Street, Millis, Mass. Click here to register. - August 30th: Entrepreneurial Business Development Forum for Women and Men
A six-month group on designing your business. Starting on August 30th; 9-11am, this includes monthly private coaching. Based on the book, The E-Myth Revisted by Michael Gerber. For More Info or to Register - September 13th: Dream Factory Luncheon, Medway
Speaker: Amy Parker, KidZafe. Learn how to keep your kids safe on the Internet. Click here to register. - September 22nd: Dream Factory Luncheon, Framingham
Speaker: Maria Salamão Schmidt, Ignite Your Biggest Dream. Click here to register. - October 6th: CDO Training
10:00 am - 4:30 pm Click here to register
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The Dream Factory Community supports women in taking on their life, their work and their world. Please join us.
Sincerely,
Nancy Cantor
CDO of the Dream Factory Community |
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