Message from the Executive Director

Another Halloween is upon us, and I don’t know about the rest of you, but I feel like the month of October lasted about 4.7 days. I also feel a…

The nights may be getting cooler, but The Giving Grid program is heating up (over 20 schools and counting) and our first school solar installation is complete and generating power!…

Anniversaries and commitment – things most people instantly associate with personal relationships. I’m going to talk about a different kind today. We at PRWA are celebrating a 10th anniversary this…

It was a momentous day in Garfield yesterday – the street in front of our house was paved. You see, Garfield has many streets and sections of streets that are…

I hope everyone is having a relaxing and enjoyable summer! My family is back from vacation, I am over my jetlag (mostly), and although we enjoyed being across the pond,…

Summer is most definitely upon us (despite a recent Saturday here where the high didn’t even reach 60). Kids are out of school, and it’s vacation month. And I want…

Whenever my husband asks me if I want the good news first, or the bad news, I always respond, “bad news.” My preference is to take the hit and move…

A fire station, a lawnmower, and a mammoth walk into a bar (just kidding, a mammoth wouldn’t fit in a bar). These are seemingly random, totally unrelated things. But not…

These days, I feel a bit like Ross Geller holding the couch on the stairway in an episode of Friends, repeatedly shouting “pivot!” I’ve been debating about when to share…

If ever there was a time to play the drum roll app on your phone, this is it (if you don’t have it, I highly recommend downloading it…you will use…