This document printed from the University
of Illinois Extension Tent Poles at http://www.extension.uiuc.edu/macon/
Take a class or volunteer in a classroom
January 14, 2004
Rexlyn Nicole
Community and Economic Development Program Coordinator
Macon County Unit 2535 Millikin Parkway
Decatur, IL 62526
Phone: 217-877-6042
FAX: 217-877-4564 rxnicole@uiuc.edu
Now that the new year has come and gone and we are in the deep stages of winter, what does one do with the free time if you are still unemployed. GET TO SCHOOL!. If you are not interested in taking a class...then volunteer at your kids or grandkids schools. There are lots of needs in the classrooms in the area and they are looking for volunteers to help offset the shortage of hands in the classrooms. So get out there and get back to school.
If you look at life as a tent, do you know the importance of tent poles? When putting up the tent, the tent poles are hard to deal with, they are cumbersome and yet without them, there is no tent. The tent poles are there for support. They are the backbone of the tent. They are the foundation of the cover against the storm while camping. Tent poles are in your every day life as well. They are there propping you up when times are tough. Do you know who and what your tent poles are?
