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Coming out of COVID, it’s still a bit uncomfortable when someone sneezes, but with a strong allergy season in full effect, we’re surrounded by sniffles and drainage! Today’s concept is easy, but also requires you to get outside your comfort zone, speak up in a crowd, and likely to a stranger. Our extrovert readers are chomping at the bit 🤗. …
When you say “Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow” to a Kansan, it is compulsory to sing “the yellow brick road”. You’re welcome for the earworm! 👂🐛 Each of you will have at least FIVE statewide officers representing you AND seeking your vote. Another X marks the spot in the top-right area of your CIVIC Bingo card: Follow your statewide officials on social …
Y’all are awesome. Thank you for sharing Serve60Sharp with your networks. Let’s do this thing! Have you been working on your Thank You Wave this week? A lot of our readers are in the Kansas City area and there are a LOT of opportunities to use it right now with all the lane closures for the 69 Express. This week’s …
This week we’re back again to the BINGO card, specifically moving to the bottom right of the card. What’s the best way to serve your community? Cause a civic ripple-effect! Share service concepts with your networks so they implement service into their daily lives, too. Imagine if our subscribers each shared this newsletter with ten people. Ideally, we’d want them to subscribe …
About the zipper merge… Nothing diffuses road rage quite like the Thank You Wave. We are big fans, especially when you’re driving in an unfamiliar area or when things get heated, you know, like when a driver has clearly misunderstood the assignment of lanes in a “zipper merge”. Proper execution of the zipper merge is to use every inch of …
Here’s 👀 @ you, downtown Lawrence, KS! When you park somewhere with metered parking, the task always seems to take longer, or there are distractions which delay a return to the car. Just us? OK, nevermind! If you’re good about getting back to your car, drop a coin or two into the expired meter next to you. When that owner …
AND Vote Tuesday in Kansas When you’re buying a snack or pop (we’re in the Midwest and yes, it’s pop) from a vending machine, pay cash, and leave the extra change in the trap. It’s a nice little surprise for the next guest! It’s not much, but a great example of how this can go a long way is at …
Inaction ≠ Inaction Back to the Bingo Board for another action-step for civic engagement: Follow an issue in Congress. What’s your passion? Is it immigration? Public education? Voting rights? River and dam maintenance? The Lesser Prairie Chicken? Hey, we get it! Happy serving!
Don’t just say it, put it on the wall! This week features another shout out to the University of Kansas Medical Center for a great idea anyone can do! Spotted in a waiting area AND inside the appointment rooms: Ideas: Happy serving!
(Flyover Version) Many of our readers are familiar with Presidential Preference Primaries – especially our large-state subscribers. However, for those of us in “flyover country,” our Electoral College votes are so few and the outcome is mostly pre-determined due to a wide margin of party registration, that many of our states choose to opt-out and save the money. It costs millions to run an election ($4.7m …
