This weeks Veggies: Green and Red Leaf Lettuce, Broccoli, Red Bor Kale, Yellow & Green Beans, Carrots, Sweet Red Onions, Zucchini Squash, Tomatoes and Garnet Yams.
Benefits of Lemon Water
- Improves heartburn, bloating and other digestion problems, including constipation and diarrhea.
- Cleanses and stimulates the liver and kidneys.
- Provides calcium, magnesium and potassium for your body, as well as vitamin C.
- Has reportedly been used to relieve asthma.
- Offers relief from cold and flu symptoms.
- Prevents the build up of bacteria in the body.
- Alkalizes your blood which can prevent wrinkles, illness and fatique.
- Detoxify your body.
Tips & Tricks
Lemon + water seems like a pretty simple equation, and it is, but there are a few things to keep in mind to maximize the health benefits from this drink:
- Buy small, heavy fruit.
- Keep lemons at room temperature.
- Before cutting, roll them on the counter with the palm of your hand.
- Add to room temperature water rather than very cold water, which can "shock" your stomach when you drink it. This works out great for me since I prefer room temperature water, but if you only like it cold, I'd say cold lemon water is better than no lemon water.
- Drink first thing in the morning and at least 30 minutes before a meal.
- Keep your lemon in your cup and add more water throughout the day. It's not as strong, but it still has a great flavor.
- Feel a cold or flu coming on? Drink extra lemon water with a touch of ginger, echinacea and raw honey to nip it before it grabs a strong hold on you and your loved ones.
By Gene Weinbeck, Founder and retired CEO
Founded in 1985 as Professional Support Software, the company has grown and evolved from a local computer-consulting and custom-software firm into FundRaiser Software, "home of the FundRaiser Family of donor management software for nonprofit organizations", with clients and users around the world.
The company began as so many small businesses do: from sheer necessity and on a shoestring. My wife and I had moved from the eastern seaboard to a small-town in south-central Missouri on the promise of a job, which came true, but then dissolved after a few months. A long job-hunt later, I decided to take matters into my own hands, and find a niche which needed filling. Since personal computers were then reaching even the middle of the country, and I had some experience in the field, that seemed to fill the bill.
The first two years were largely taken up with designing and writing one local client's custom software, and then I went on to other consulting and programming clients in an ever-widening geographical area. The program which evolved into FundRaiser Professional was originally a custom program for a local politician's campaign fundraising efforts. In the first two decades after its birth, FundRaiser added two "sibling" programs, FundRaiser Select and the baby of the family, FundRaiser Basic. In its third decade now, the family continues to grow with FundRaiser Online, FundRaiser Hosted, and the Donor and Volunteer Portals.
As the FundRaiser programs have gained users, and gained in sophistication, the consulting and custom-programming efforts of the original company dwindled until about 1993 when the entire focus of the company became the FundRaiser programs: improving them, marketing them, and supporting them.
As I began to want to take a less active role in running the company, FundRaiser passed into the capable hands of Autumn and Joshua Shirley, in 2010. They continue the work my wife and I began, taking it farther, yet retaining the supportive environment we created for both our staff and our customers. I continue to still be active as part of the software development team.
It has always been my belief that prompt, friendly, and expert technical support is vital to the users of any software. It was my intention from the beginning to supply just that to my clients. When I retired from the position of CEO, one of my main objectives in choosing new leadership was to make sure that this continued. According to FundRaiser users, we have been successful in that endeavor. Most new clients are simply amazed by the patience and friendliness of our support staff.
FundRaiser has been growing for over two decades now, and we have great plans for the future, helping nonprofits with affordable donor management software that they can grow into, accessible and friendly tech support, and a continually improving family of affordable products.
FundRaiser Software is family-owned. While it's now more than just "Mom 'n' Pop", it's still a friendly group of people to do business with. Come join us. You'll find it an enjoyable experience."
OzSBI
While Gene has taken a small step back from FundRaiser Software he is now very active in another venture... helping other small business get off the ground or get better via OzSBI, Ozark Small Business Incubator. This coming Tuesday they are having a workshop on Internet Marketing. From the 'about' page: "OzSBI maximizes entrepreneurs' success by helping them navigate resources, strengthen knowledge, improve skills, form strategic alliances, and secure proper capitalization." Read more about OzSBI here.
What Great Resources for the Ozarks! Thanks Gene!
Willow Mountain Mushrooms
Naturally Grown Portabella, White Button, Shiitake, and Oyster Mushrooms
Grown in the Ozark Mountains
www.WillowMountainMushrooms.com
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