IMPACT!

October 2015

Are You Ready To Make An Impact?
By Marcia Smalley : TTN PR Team Member
 
 When I sat down to talk with Executive Director Susan Collins recently, one thing quickly became clear: the spirit of giving  is a thread that runs all the way through The Transition Network (TTN). Members and leadership alike embrace this spirit at every turn and through each of the three paths.
 
TTN members give generously as they connect with other members, build their networks, and have some fun in the process. They share their viewpoints, their ideas, and their stories. They offer others their attention, their support, their friendship.

Through membership in TTN, women are invited to discover themselves again and give themselves the gift of re-examining their lives and their personal transitions. They take a closer look at what matters most- eagerly, safely, and in the company of like-minded women who are doing the same thing.
 
TTN members also impact the world around them by sharing of themselves, even if only to one person or Peer Group at a time. And for many, that impact extends into the community at large.

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Kevin Bacon Delivers Meals To Seniors, Is Generally Awesome
"Who doesn't like a little Bacon with breakfast?"
 
Lucky residents of a New York City senior center got to wake up and smell the Bacon Tuesday morning. Literally.
The seniors were in for a thrill as actor Kevin Bacon showed up to volunteer in a surprise visit to  Citymeals-on-Wheels. Bacon donned an apron and helped cook, pack and deliver meals to homebound seniors in the city.

"He spent a good bit of time preparing meals in the kitchen and meeting staff there," Dan McCabe, president of Bacon's charity  Sixdegrees.org told The Huffington Post. "They were excited. They thought it was great."

Bacon stuck around to deliver meals to a few seniors and McCabe says they were a little starstruck. But one of the women was actually a former Broadway singer who serenaded him with "Wind Beneath My Wings  ."


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