Our future New Beginnings Center has received the approval of Clermont ‘s Planning & Zoning Department and we anticipate having our permits approved on time in order to start renovations the beginning of June. The floor plans are completed, and we continue to receive donated materials and furnishings. Many volunteers are coming forward offering their [...]

Helping a fellow human being, while it can be inconvenient, has a few humble advantages. Here’s an extremely incomplete list, just to get you thinking — I’m sure you can come up with thousands more if you think about it. 1. Smile and be friendly. Sometimes a simple little thing like this can put a [...]

I thought this was inspirational and insightful….take a look!  Stories like this, always have a way of putting the right perspective on life. Jean Thompson stood in front of her fifth-grade class on the very first day of school in the fall and told the children a lie. Like most teachers, she looked at her [...]

Kindness is contagious- when you perform a random act of kindness you can truly touch the life of another human being.  Have you ever received a compliment from someone when you really needed a boost?  You can live off of that feeling for days.  Whether you’re holding the door for the person behind you, picking up [...]

Inspiration can come from many different places.  A sunset, for example, could be an inspiration to someone.  Some people also carry the character quality to inspire others.  How do you inspire others?  Simply offering a guiding hand, story telling, keeping an open door or merely listening could offer inspiration to someone in your life.  People don’t [...]

This May, New Beginnings is campaigning to create awareness toward our community of the devastatingly increasing hunger development of local children.  We have shown you the numbers reported by Lake County Schools of homeless children as of April 1st, 2011.  There are other children in our area that are “at risk” of loosing their home and are [...]

Is it not everyday that we are bombarded with tv commercials, magazine ad’s, celebrities and billboards that magnify our imperfections? Do you have wrinkles?… there’s a cream for that. Are you not happy enough?… there’s a pill for that. Are you too overweight?…there’s a product for that. Nip…tuck…pull…inject. And of course there’s “the stuff”…new cars, [...]

This was a great blog and wanted to pass it along…. How exactly do you define inspiration? It’s easy enough to fall into the push and pull of everyday life, just trying to get through the day and hoping for the best. Or, on another level – which I’m sure many of you can relate [...]

New information and statistics reported by Lake County Schools as of April 1, 2011. Total students in Lake County: 16,888 Reported homeless students in Lake County: 2,100 Reported homeless students in South Lake County: 800 (600 of these students are in grades K – 5th) 70% of students in Lake County receive free and reduced [...]

Recognizing the millions of Floridians who volunteer annually and also encouraging other Floridians to serve our state’s communities, Governor Rick Scott has proclaimed April 2011 as Florida Volunteer Month. The Florida Volunteer Month celebration, sponsored by the Governor’s Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service (Volunteer Florida), kicked off last week and will continue throughout April. [...]