Rebecca Alwine
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Radical Generosity & Volunteering Across Local Communities
Be the good and do goodness in the world.
Companies, large and small, are finding value in giving back through team philanthropy. And it isn’t restricted to any one type of industry. From service professionals to virtual teams, businesses are using their niche as a means to encourage teamwork, improve communities, and just do their part overall.
Jessica Bertsch, founder and president of Powerhouse Planning, feels she was called to give back to others through her business and her team. Prior t...
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What Should You Do With All that Extra Deployment Money?
Deployments always come with mixed emotions. Military spouses sometimes joke about how much money they save when their spouses are deployed. I’ve even said that a time or two, usually to ease the blow of him leaving again. But sometimes you really can accrue a savings from deployment money. Or, the time separated can cost money. Most of that comes down to your financial decisions.
Budget is important
Before making any financial decisions, or taking any financial advice, make sure you are on t...
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Moving to Fort Gordon? What Military Families Need to Know.
Fort Gordon may not be on the list of biggest military bases in the US, but it would surely be on a list of fastest growing. With over 10,000 new soldiers and contractors expected in the next six years, it’s easy to understand why Fort Gordon and the local area are undergoing some growing pains. All branches of the military are stationed at Fort Gordon, in a variety of ways. The surrounding area is experiencing some job and economic growth thanks to the increase in cyber jobs.
Moving to Fort ...
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My Family Gave Up Birthday Parties
What’s not to love about birthday parties?
Picking a date and then a theme. Planning it around school, work, holidays and vacations. Inviting people and then waiting for them to respond while attempting to plan a menu. Plus, the added pressure of parenting, which leads to conversations about why this child had a birthday party at the bowling alley or that child’s parents hand-built a Minecraft-themed house for them to play Minecraft in.
Seriously, what's not to love?!
Our family has never bee...
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5 Tips for Working with the Kids at Home this Summer
“Just give me a minute,” I plead with my kids one more time. “Mommy just has to finish this one project.”
If you’re like me and you work from home, you’ve probably said this at least a dozen times. Today. Working from home as a parent is a challenge. And I firmly believe that adding in the military makes it even harder.
As the mom of school-aged children, and a toddler, school breaks make for lots of juggling. And summertime can bring lots of headaches.
But, I’ve learned quite a bit over the ...
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5 Easy Ways to Get Your Military Family Fit
Use these simple ideas to incorporate family fitness into your week.
Video games, YouTube, and even reading books can keep kids inside, even on beautiful days. Parents are constantly struggling with how to make the right choices regarding pushing their kids outside for exercise and allowing them to play inside. It’s hard! But there are some creative ways to convince your children to be active that don’t always require formal exercise. Check out these easy ideas to incorporate family fitness i...
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From Engineer to Cleaning Company Owner
One military spouse's journey and how she plans to aim higher in 2018.
What do you get when you cross an engineer with a military spouse? Why a highly successful cleaning company of course!
Samantha Sumey, an Army National Guard spouse, mother of two, college graduate, and owner of Sumey Solutions laid it all out for us. While working as a full-time engineer and expecting her first child, she decided that she needed more flexibility with her job. Over the last two years, she launched her clea...
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Top 4 Things You Need to Develop Your CMS Emergency Preparedness Compliance Program
It’s everything you need in one place.
The world of compliance in healthcare organizations can be confusing and overwhelming. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) emergency preparedness rules seem convoluted and are steeped in jargon when what organizations really need is a step-by-step plan for how to accomplish the goal. If you are unsure of where to start or how to move forward, CCS has put together the ultimate CMS Emergency Preparedness Planning Toolkit and it is now avail...
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6 Tips to Mitigate Flood Damage
In 2017, the United States experienced one of the worst years of natural disasters in history. From floods to fires, there were catastrophes at every turn.
Some of these floods are expected when hurricanes strike. But, as the weather turns warmer, areas that are heavily hit by snow begin to worry about it melting. Rivers start rising, as they do every spring, but most people don’t think, or prepare for, seasonal flooding.
Floods can lead to other serious events, like landslides, which affecte...
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Life Saving Essentials: What You Need to Know about Food and Water
Emergency preparedness, even that of an organization, cannot be deemed complete without a discussion of food.
FEMA suggests having enough food and water for each person, ideally enough for up to two weeks. That hardly seems reasonable for an office building or a hospital, but that doesn’t mean the responsibility can be dismissed.
Water
FEMA recommends one gallon of water per person, per day. For a minimum of three days. That is a lot of water! Storing water is hard, as it is heavy. But there ...
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Breaking the Barrier: Dynamic Women in Emergency Management
Interestingly enough, one of the earliest proponents of women in emergency management was none other than First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. She persuaded her husband to appoint Florence Kerr to find a way to utilize women in the war effort, and the two women were instrumental in developing the Office of Civil Defense (OCD). In September 1941, Mrs. Roosevelt was appointed Assistant Director of the OSD, becoming the “first woman in Homeland Security/Emergency Management.”
Since then, women from the...
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3 Easy Cleaning Tips for Kids
As a parent, I feel like the only thing I ever say is, “Please clean your room.” I’m sure my children would agree. I feel like the majority of parenting is figuring out how to establish cleaning tips for kids, like how to put things away when they are done with them. But, after a little reflection and a long conversation, I realized that we need to do more than tell them how to clean up, we need to show them.
So I started by letting go of my too-high standards. It doesn’t matter how the bed i...
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Job Hunting Before the PCS Move
Real tips from real military spouses. Learn how to get a jump on your next job, before you move!
Military spouse employment has been at the center of almost every military spouse related discussion for the past few years. The problem of underemployment and the rate of unemployment among spouses has not improved. However, military spouses are working hard to fix this problem, and they are working together to do it. They are starting companies, they are employing each other, and they are sharin...
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Staying Healthy During PCS Season
3 tips to stay on top of your game
PCS season is a time of trials unlike those you’ve ever experienced. Even those of us who have moved in the double digits know that no two are alike and you can’t prepare for what’s ahead. And one of the most challenging parts about moving is staying healthy.
Once your sleep-deprived, stressed out and exhausted from getting everything out of your house, then you have to clean it, putting all that dust back into the air. Then you live on top of the rest of yo...
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Tips for a Pet-Friendly PCS
The first thing my kids asked me when we were discussing our upcoming move was where Delilah was going to be. Delilah is our dog, and she’s been part of our family for over six years now. At the time they asked, my kids were seven and eight and hadn’t remembered our previous move, which was almost five years before.
Delilah has now moved with us three times in the six years she’s been with us, and we have gotten it down to a science. But all of these moves have been within the continental Uni...