Happy Anniversary

Attendance Incentives

Beginning January 1^st DSDC is implementing an incentive for employees that follow the Attendance and Punctuality policy.  The attendance incentive is available to any DSP or LPN that adheres to the attendance policy without any violations.  The incentives will be $25 for the first quarter then $50 for 2 quarters consecutively. For each quarter that the DSP and LPN meet the attendance policy their name will be entered into a biannual raffle for a prize of $500 (July and January).

If you have questions about the policy or incentive, please contact Travis Saine or Barbara Brandon.

In September we took David and Becky to Gulf Shores, AL. We left early on Sunday morning for our long ride. We made a few stops along the way for breakfast, lunch, etc. We were staying at a condo that was really nice and has a great view from the balcony. They enjoyed lots of sightseeing on their trip. One day we went to Pensacola, FL to see the Blue Angels practice and that was awesome! They also have the National Naval Aviation Museum that they visited after the show. They saw many older planes, an engine and a US Navy vehicle.

They also visited Fort Morgan and learned it was named for a Revolutionary War hero, Daniel Morgan. They saw several cannons, too. We also took a dolphin cruise, but only saw 1 dolphin. Due to the recent hurricanes, it caused the dolphins to go to look for better locations, but it was still a fun ride. We took a ferry boat ride to Dauphin Island and visited the Estuary and saw many fish from the area and stingrays, too. From the ferry we also saw several Natural Gas Rigs in the ocean.

Another day we visited Perdido Key and saw the cool aquarium that looked like a pirate ship, that was built by the people on the Tanked show from Animal Planet. Also we had lunch at Lamberts Restaurant and they are known for tossing the rolls to you, which is really fun. They enjoyed other meals out and everywhere we went was really great food. Finally, was our ride back home from a really great trip. – Kima Curtis

Easy Taco Soup Recipe from

www.quick-and-easy-dinner.com

Ingredients needed:

• 1 lb hamburger meat (ground beef)
• 1 onion, chopped fine
• 2 cans of pinto (or ranch style) beans
• 1 can of corn or hominy
• 2 cans of Rotel tomatoes (tomatoes with green chilies)
• 1 package of dry taco seasoning
• 1 package of ranch dressing seasoning

Directions:

Cook hamburger meat and chopped onion together. Drain the grease. Add the rest of the ingredients (don’t drain the cans) and let simmer for 30 minutes.

There you have it, fast, easy and absolutely delicious. We love to make this for a winter evening in while having friends over to play poker.

*Tip* Serve with any combination of shredded cheese, sour cream, black olives, frito chips or tortilla chips for added interest.

Easy Taco Soup Recipe from:

http://www.quick-and-easy-dinner.com

Thank you to all who donated a tabletop Christmas Tree to support Meals on Wheels!

Here is a Facebook shout out to all of you at Developmental Services who gave!

Renee Wallace Boehm is at The Dickson County Help Center & Thrift Store.

November 28 at 5:45am · Dickson ·

The Dickson County Help Center will be hosting this year’s Silent Auction of over 20 TableTop Christmas Trees for Meals on Wheels. These trees have been lovingly decorated by our friends at Developmental Services. It is sad to say that there are many seniors on the waiting list to receive a warm, nutritious meal…unfortunately because the money is not available they will remain on the waiting list. Another sad fact is that many that are on this program, it’s the only interaction they receive with people ?. Please help us Help them. Bid high, and bid often!

Stop by this week to place your bid. We are located at 103 West College Street, Dickson. We are open till 6pm on Wednesday; 8pm on Thursday and 9pm on Friday. Auction ends at 8pm on Friday, December 1st. ALL MONEY RAISED WILL GO TO OUR LOCAL MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRA

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Keeping Christmas

by Henry van Dyke

It is a good thing to observe Christmas day. The mere marking of times and seasons, when men agree to stop work and make merry together, is a wise and wholesome custom. It helps one to feel the supremacy of the common life over the individual life. It reminds a man to set his own little watch, now and then, by the great clock of humanity which runs on sun time.

But there is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas.

Are you willing to forget what you have done for other people, and to remember what other people have done for you; to ignore what the world owes you, and to think what you owe the world; to put your rights in the background, and your duties in the middle distance, and your chances to do a little more than your duty in the foreground; to see that your fellow-men are just as real as you are, and try to look behind their faces to their hearts, hungry for joy; to own that probably the only good reason for your existence is not what you are going to get out of life, but what you are going to give to life; to close your book of complaints against the management of the universe, and look around you for a place where you can sow a few seeds of happiness–are you willing to do these things even for a day? Then you can keep Christmas.

Are you willing to stoop down and consider the needs and the desires of little children; to remember the weakness and loneliness of people who are growing old; to stop asking how much your friends love you, and ask yourself whether you love them enough; to bear in mind the things that other people have to bear on their hearts; to try to understand what those who live in the same house with you really want, without waiting for them to tell you; to trim your lamp so that it will give more light and less smoke, and to carry it in front so that your shadow will fall behind you; to make a grave for your ugly thoughts, and a garden for your kindly feelings, with the gate open–are you willing to do these things even for a day? Then you can keep Christmas.

Are you willing to believe that love is the strongest thing in the world–stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger than death–and that the blessed life which began in Bethlehem nineteen hundred years ago is the image and brightness of the Eternal Love? Then you can keep Christmas.

And if you keep it for a day, why not always?

But you can never keep it alone.