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"And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer."

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
In This Issue
An Afternoon with The Journey: Learning to Love Me
Annual AIM Fest
Bethesda Job Postings
D. Susan Wisely Award
Positive Health and Well-Being for You
Opportunity to Contribute Your Creativity to New Certification Manual
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June 24, 2016
An Afternoon with The Journey: "Learning to Love Me"
Tuesday, July 12, 2016 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Peace Learning Center, Indianapolis
Open to Journey Fellows, other colleagues and/or friends - everyone
Join the Journey for an afternoon of reflection and reconnecting at the lovely Peace Learning Center in the middle of beautiful Eagle Creek Park. How do we continue to love ourselves in the midst of life's challenges and events?

Led by Tavetta Patterson (2016 Journey Fellow) and her colleague, authors of Learning to Love Me - Ordinary Women with Extraordinary Stories, you will be invited to share your story as you create a vision board for yourself.
And you will receive a copy of the book that you can share with your staff and colleagues. 
 
This event is free and open to everyone. So please join us.  Register today at this link. June 28th is the deadline for registering. Hope to see you there.
 
The Journey Crew
Annual AIM Fest
Saturday, June 26th 3-7 PM
Indianapolis, IN
 
AIM will be holding its Annual AIM Fest this Sunday, June 26th from 3 p.m.-7 p.m. The event takes place at the Crossroads Café located at 4155 Boulevard Place.  There is fun for all ages.  Some activities include games, dunk booth, live music, face painting, mural dedication and lots of  food (including our featured delicious fresh baked strawberry shortcake) prepared by the Crossroads Summer Youth Culinary Program participants.  The event is free and open to everyone.

Richard Garschina, 2015 Journey Fellow
Bethesda Job Postings
Fort Wayne and Greenfield, IN 

Bethesda is a Christian organization that provides homes and other services for people with developmental disabilities to help them live the lives they want.  We are currently seeking qualified candidates for the following positions in the NE Region:
 
Fort Wayne Area Director:
 
Training Instructor (Greenfield):

Alison Blodgett, 2015 Journey Fellow
D. Susan Wisely Award
Nomination Packets are due August 15, 2016
For the second year, IYI is pleased to offer the D. Susan Wisely "Youth Worker of the Year" award. The recipient will be honored at the 2016 Because KIDS COUNT®  Conference. 
Nominees must be committed direct-service youth workers who have at least five years of distinctive achievement in service of Indiana youth. For more information on the award, please visit the award page.

Julie Whitman, 2013 Journey Fellow
Positive Health and Well-Being for You
Revolutionize your Retirement Call
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Please join us for this month's Revolutionize Your Retirement call.
The goal is to bring experts to talk with you about "what's next?" We'll interview the experts for an hour and integrate your questions and comments. You will be able to call in or access the call from your computer. During the call, you can also submit questions and comments online.

All the details of our upcoming call are below:

Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Time: 12:00 noon Eastern (9:00 am PST and 11 am CST)
Topic:  Positive Health and Well-Being for You and Your Patients
Speaker:  Dr. Tom Kottke, MD, MSPH, Medical Director for Population Health at HealthPartners
To join the call: Please register at http://www.revolutionizeretirement.com/interviews/

Janet Wakefield
Opportunity to Contribute Your Creativity to New Certification Manual
Deadline for Contest is June 27, 2016
Westfield Washington Public Library

CYCCB is completing work on the Certification Preparation Workbook.  We want the workbook to reflect the experiences of certified CYC-Ps, the youth they serve, and the diversity of CYC practice settings and practitioners.

WE NEED YOUR HELP:  We are looking for drawings and photos to include in the workbook that provide graphic interest, color, and help tell the story of certified CYCs.  We are asking you to submit photos or photos of drawings that we can include in the workbook.   

For more information on submitting materials, please view the attached PDF.
Janet Wakefield
Sincerely,

 

Melinda Bowman
Chief Organizational Officer
The Journey 
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