CEO Corner | Waldo County YMCA

Dec 31 min read

Shining Brightly - a personal reflection

"There is a light that shines beyond all things on Earth, Beyond us all, Beyond the heavens, Beyond the highest, the very highest...

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rwerkman

Dec 22 min read

Lessons from our In-Service Day: It all matters

On November 11, Veteran's Day, we closed the WCY and brought in the full staff, full and part time, for an in-service day. During that...

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rwerkman

Nov 14 min read

Giving and Accepting

Over the course of a month, so much happens at the WCY, so many snippets and vignettes call out to be written about. And I get caught up...

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rwerkman

Sep 303 min read

Attention is Love

I am thinking a lot about my wife, Sarah, because a year ago, my colleagues at the WCY, the Board, and you gave me the gift of spending...

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rwerkman

Jul 296 min read

"Obedience to the Unenforceable"

Lots going on in my mind this week. I’ll try to weave it into a coherent narrative. The headline is, however, that I am ever grateful...

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rwerkman

Jul 171 min read

Sailors on a Summer Night

We have two Atlantic Challenge 2024 teams staying at the WCY this week as they prepare for the contest next week. I will write more...

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Me and Patience: We are on Speaking Terms

rwerkman

Jul 13 min read

Me and Patience: We are on Speaking Terms

Last Monday, I arrived early in the morning to welcome the first summer campers back to the WCY. Faith Boynton, our Youth Development...

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jsusee

May 313 min read

A Five Year Vision

May 31, 2024 Dear Friends, As we reach the halfway point in of the year (Can’t believe it! Seems like this year is flying by!) and as we...

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rwerkman

Apr 302 min read

The World is in Our Hands

"Our lives make a difference in what the world becomes. We either help build this world up in Love or tear it apart. Either way, we...

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rwerkman

Apr 12 min read

Starting to Renew the WCY

Dear Friends, Happy Spring! Spring symbolizes renewal for me. And that has been on my mind for months. In my time here, I’ve seen our...

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rwerkman

Feb 292 min read

On Social Connection: In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb...

Dear Friends, March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Or so I've heard. I've also heard people say that our three best...

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rwerkman

Jan 313 min read

What do you do when you make a mistake? or What's with the extra 'r' in February?

February has always struck me as an unwanted month, like the box of stuff at the back of the closet that you only keep so that you have a...

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rwerkman

Jan 24 min read

A Wordy Welcome to 2024!

Dear Friends, I spend the last few days of each year and the first few days reviewing what happened and thinking about what I want to...

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rwerkman

Nov 24, 20231 min read

Giving Thanks

Every Thanksgiving, my father read Art Buchwald’s Thanksgiving column about explaining the holiday to people from France. The column is...

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rwerkman

Nov 18, 20231 min read

Good for the Game, Good for the WCY

Youth soccer players in Waldo County know Kali McCarthy as a coach and Y-league soccer organizer. She's been doing it for 10 years. Two...

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rwerkman

Oct 27, 20231 min read

Something For A Friday

We have a lot going on in our state, in our country, and in our personal lives right now. This poem, by Hafiz, a Persian poet, struck a...

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rwerkman

Jun 1, 20232 min read

Y Childcare? Because Kids Love It!

Members' registration for fall childcare opens on June 1 and on June 8 for everyone. Childcare at the WCY serves working families...

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rwerkman

May 3, 20231 min read

Preschool Steps Out

The Little Learners Preschool at the WCY got on the bus twice in the past two weeks to see some of the organizations that make Belfast...

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rwerkman

Mar 25, 20231 min read

An Amazing Race! - UPDATED RESULTS

150 Paddlers and many more spectators showed up in Searsmont to proclaim the beginning of spring with the St George River Race. The WCY...