Please consider supporting our 2016 Toy Drive! This year we have over 40 drop-off locations in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Over the past four years, the ReesSpecht Life Foundation has collected over 10,000 toys for family’s in need. We hope to make this year our most successful ever. We cannot do it without your help. Please refer to the list below for drop-off locations and addresses. Drive runs from now until December 12th. Thank you!
ReesSpechtfully,
Rich and Samantha Specht
Help us bring kindness front and center, where it belongs…
The ReesSpecht Life Foundation is running a short fundraiser to help us raise the funds to grow our programs and continue spreading the seeds of kindness world-wide. We believe in the power of kindness to change the world for the better. This past year has seen a great divide form in our country and it is our goal to remind us all that kindness is the greatest single factor that unites US ALL together. We are offering these limited time “Spread the Seeds of Kindness” T-shirts and hoodies from now until December 4th only. ALL proceeds from the sale will go to our charitable endeavors. To view the items for sale, head over to www.booster.com/cultivate-kindness and buy a shirt. It’s that simple. Every shirt we sell helps us to plant the seeds of kindness. Stop wishing for a better world … Read More
This election brought out the worst in all of us and now it is (effectively) over. Half of the country is celebrating and the other half is full of apprehension and fear. As I write this my Facebook feed is blowing up with many of my friends and family lamenting the coming apocalypse. I for one am actually relieved. I tend to get worked up in the short term and then calm down and collect my thoughts and get right back to solving problems.
Nothing has changed for me tonight. Nothing will change in January. My path going forward is unhindered and the only thing that will change along that way is the scenery. I remember the feeling of absolute hopelessness I had after my little boy died four years ago. In that moment I thought I would never get past the terrible loss I endured. It felt as if … Read More
The end is nigh…
Thankfully, mercifully, the U.S. election season ends this coming Tuesday, November 8th. I am almost certain that I speak for most of us that the date can’t arrive soon enough. It seems like post after post on social media is about the election. Friends share stories with me about people judging them based on their political choice. Compared to four years ago things appear much worse now and the polarization seems ready to go nuclear.
The lamentation I most often see is the indignation of choosing between the “lesser of two evils” in this election. Post after post on my news feed reiterates this. These posts almost always end with the same conclusion: “We don’t deserve candidates this bad.”
Of all the complaints that pop up on my social media accounts, the idea these candidates were “forced upon us” appears most frequently. To these people, the … Read More