My Aunt Patty and Uncle Roy are two of the coolest people I know. They are pillars of our family, proud of their kids and most of all, their new grandchild (Hi, Leah!) But what makes them extra special to me is their ability to take ideas and make them real. They have this amazing ability to reimagine things like family events, and make sure the next one is even more inviting and special than the last.
Reimagining is one of those exercises that can be hard to do in the face of the “reality” that we confront each day, with bills to be paid, kids to get to school, and the work that never seems to never end.
But how about trying to reimagine the way we confront the day-to-day challenges, here at Street Sense.
I am really proud of our team. We have a small, dedicated group: four staffers and many fantastic volunteers and interns who manage to deliver the very best services we can offer to our vendors. Our support from you, the public, is tremendously appreciated. We have built upon this support to create a strong program, impacting lives and assisting the community’s growth.
Now, imagine what we could do with a little more. We could dare to be greater; reimagine our successes, as for our challenges too, maybe we could move them to the success column.
With over 6,000 homeless community members here in Washington, there are many more we could help with our program. Just think what might happen if a few new corporations and their employees challenged one another and joined our team of partners and elevated our capacity to support more vendors, more training programs, more outreach. Can you reimagine our success today, say, ten-fold? Can you see it? I can.
Our challenge is what so many of us in this sector face: the need for greater financial capacity to more fully serve our community. Is it challenging to meet this need, especially in this current state of our economy? Sure it is. But take a moment and imagine our successes here at Street Sense. Now reimagine those successes with you involved. Now with you and your company involved. Pretty impressive, huh? I can imagine that. That’s my two cents.
