The exhibition galleries at the Jervis Bay Maritime Museum feature a significant collection of maritime artefacts and navigational and surveying instruments. The Museum exhibitions include a range of nautical equipment, models, photographs, paintings, drawings and objects relating to the history and heritage of the Jervis Bay area.
I believe in laughter... I believe in warm summer nights... I believe in the miracle of life... I believe in running barefoot chasing lightnin bugs... I believe in toothless giggles, and messy hair... I believe childhood is magical... I believe life is beautiful... I believe you can never have too many pictures... I believe in capturing life... I believe pictures should tell stories... -YOUR STORY-
“If I ever go looking for my hearts desire again…. I wont look any further than my own backyard” -Dorothy somewhere 0001 from Jessica Deane on Vimeo.
That time of year is finally here again. Evenings walking the driveway…. hunting for catepillars & the soft glow of the evening sun lighting up your red hair. You asked for Anna braids on this day. I love how you look with them. Soft wisps of hair falling out around your face while you tug...
She chased seagulls. She collected their feathers. She made sand angels complete with a smiley face drawn with her finger. She sang “let it go” at the top of her lungs. She gave me the silliest cheesy smiles. She laughed. My little red by the sea.
Little moments like these….. how you look exactly like Addi sitting in that sink. Its like deja vu at times. I thought Addi was the last of my sink baths…. but yet here I am. Watching you take in the water…. hitting it with your hand & moving your feet bath & forth. You...
I’m a worrier. I’m protective. I’m a nurse. I bandage & kiss boo-boos. I tackle mountains of laundry daily. I’m a chef. I sing patti-cake & you are my sunshine several times a day. Toys overwhelm my living room at times. Things get broken by balls. Girly shrieks echo on the walls. Fights take...
The Windermere Foundation has raised $1,611,802 so far this year, bringing the total amount raised by the Foundation to over $37 million since 1989. Through the third quarter of 2018, $1,214,576 has been donated to local non-profits and charity organizations that provide services to low-income and homeless families.
It’s that time of year again! As families prepare to send their kids back to school, Windermere agents have been out in their communities raising money to support programs that provide school supplies and scholarships to students in need.
Thanks to the generosity of Windermere agents, staff, franchise owners, and the community, the Windermere Foundation has proudly donated a total of $920,351 so far this year to non-profit organizations that provide services to low-income and homeless families. This brings the total amount of money that the Windermere Foundation has raised since 1989 to over $36 million.
Recent research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) found that more than 13 million children in the U.S. experience food insecurity. That’s one in six children who live in households where they do not have enough food to eat on a regular basis. And over 20 million children rely on free or reduced-price school lunches for their meals during the school year.
Thanks to the generosity of Windermere agents and the community, the Windermere Foundation collected over $330,000 in donations during the first quarter of 2018. Individual contributions and fundraisers accounted for 58 percent of the donations, while 42 percent came from donations through Windermere agent commissions. So far, we have raised a total of $35,869,961 in donations since 1989 when the Windermere Foundation was started.
For the past 29 years, the Windermere Foundation has been helping those in need in our communities through donations to local organizations that provide services to low-income and homeless families. In 2017, the Windermere Foundation raised over $2.4 million in donations, bringing the total to over $35 million raised since we started this effort in 1989. The following infographic details exactly how these funds were dispersed in 2017 and the types of organizations that benefited from them. For more information please visit windermere.com/foundation.
The Windermere Foundation had another banner year in 2017, raising even more than it did the prior year thanks to the continued support of Windermere franchise owners, agents, staff, and the community. Over $2.4 million was raised in 2017, which is an increase of eight percent over the previous year. This brings our total to over $35.5 million raised since the start of the Windermere Foundation in 1989.
Every year, Windermere offices throughout the Western U.S. host events to help make the holidays a little brighter for our neighbors in need. From food drives to fundraisers, here are just a few examples of how our offices are giving back this holiday season.
Thanks to the generosity of Windermere agents and the community, the Windermere Foundation collected over $1,537,000 in donations through the third quarter of 2017. This is an increase of nine percent compared to this time last year! Individual contributions and fundraisers accounted for 62 percent of the donations, while 38 percent came from donations through Windermere agent commissions. So far, we have raised a total of $34,643,324 in donations since 1989.
As you can see, a picture of the proposed book cover for The Sign of the Eagle, painted by Katrina Hughes Brennan is on the home page.
The picture does not do the portrait justice and I hope to have a better copy in the future. Nonetheless, Katrina did an outstanding job and I am grateful for all the time and hard work that she put into to this wonderful piece of work.
My historical mystery short story, Death Most Poisonous, is now in print as part of the December 2010 issue of the literary magazine, Down in the Dirt. To order a copy, click onto the magazine name on this page. It will take you directly to the magazine website.