Today was a day of celebration!

April 14th was a big day here at United Way of Quinte! It's not every day you get to bond with your fellow staff members over a piece of chocolatey boston cream pie while envying another's summer vacation in the Dominican, but yesterday was that day! We wished Tambra a very happy birthday over afternoon dessert as we prepped her in fine fashions for her upcoming trip... lucky lady.

Along with Tam's birthday the staff were also able to celebrate diversity in our workplace and our community by participating in Day of Pink; the International Day against Bullying, Discrimination & Homophobia. To learn more about day of Pink, please visit www.dayofpink.org.

UWQ Hits the Farm!

Last week we celebrated Bob's birthday here and one of his fav pass times along with some other staff here is a little thing we like to call Farmville. We appreciate the offer when Connie asks us if we would like to do actual work on her farm, but that's just crazy talk. We Farmvillers like to sit back and relax in the comfort of our own home (sometimes our office if our crops are about to wither)and tend to our gardens with the click of a button as oppose to the strenuous physical labour we would undoubtedly encounter on a real farm.

Now since Farmville is an online game there are of course some who aren't very well versed in all it has to offer. And that's where Bob, Tam and I come into play. You can call us farm experts or at least farm educators and we wish to spread the word of easy farming to all we encounter...

Join us, won't you?