Happy Holidays - Our 2006 in Review

Don't offend people by using the 'C' word this holiday season

Happy RamaHanuKwanzMas!



RamaHanuKwanzMas is a combination of the religious holidays Ramadan, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Christmas. It was coined a few years ago by Glenn Beck on his radio program as the name of the ultimate politically-correct winter holiday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYNXUSO3Hks Here's the link if you have any problems viewing here.

Listen to this song version from Attila and the Huns:
http://www.aath.net/ramahanukwanzmas.mp3

And for more information on the holiday and the band:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RamaHanuKwanzMas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila_and_the_Huns

OR

Happy Chrismahanukwanzakah!

This bizarro viral from Virgin Mobile and Red Design Group examines the confusing world of winter holiday celebrations. Chrismahanukwanzakah is a fictional holiday that was created by Virgin Mobile USA for a 2004 television commercial campaign.

http://www.ifilm.com/video/2683980 Here's the link!

For an awesome song version:
http://awards.fallon.com/chk.html

And for more information on this holiday:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrismahanukwanzakah

Kids and cats

And then he hides high above the cabinets!

Jillian Schmidt in Diva Acting 101

For Profit or For Purpose

Excerpts from "For Profit or For Purpose"
By Bill J. Harrison
ASSOCIATIONS NOW, February 2006

Association executives considering innovative ways to improve their operations are confronted with, and sometimes confounded by, a plethora of terms and techniques--capacity building, social capitalization, venture philanthropy, social enterprise, asset building, and social philanthropy to name a few. Another business theory that's gaining steam is social entrepreneurship. If you're guessing that it's a hybrid model born of both for-profit and nonprofit sectors, you'd be correct. But what implications does social entrepreneurship have for your organization?

For the complete article, click here.

The Procurement Analyst: JWOD becomes AbilityOne

The Procurement Analyst: JWOD becomes AbilityOne
Friendship Industries is a JWOD Program Supplier

October is Disability Employment Awareness Month

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Friendship in the News

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Blogs and Social Networks Foster Internet Growth

Recently published in the Word of Mouth Marketing Association's Measurement and Metrics Research Blog:

Blogs and Social Networks Foster Internet Growth
While the growth in the number of visitors to the biggest brand sites has slowed, traffic to newer sites built around user participation has soared, according to comScore analysis of recent online traffic data. Between February 2005 and February 2006, monthly visitors to these sites rose dramatically. Ranked from the most to least, the sites growing the most were:

1. Blogger.com
2. Myspace.com
3. Wikipedia.org
4. Citysearch.com

Check out the full article in the Washington Post.

I recently had the pleasure of hearing Andy Sernovitz, the CEO of WOMMA , speak at the ASAE Membership & Marketing Conference. Check out their website for archives of presentations.

Family Photo Album 2006

The Renaissance Festival, Sterling NY, August 2006:



Riding the Elephant



At the Rosamond Gifford Zoo, Syracuse NY, August 2006



Welcome to Harrisonburg VA on July 4, 2006



Bertel Climbs the Rock Wall



Only the Good Die Young



Jillian Climbs the Rock Wall at Massanutten Mountain



The Kids Visit us in Virginia July 2006

On the Massanutten Ski Lift--Climbing, Singing and a Deer Sighting



At Massanutten WaterPark



Bert Body Surfs at Massanutten WaterPark



Playing Mini Golf





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Schmidt Family Reunion at Covewood Lodge in Adirondacks, NY made famous by murder in the early 1900's and even made into the movie "A Place in the Sun" starring Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift





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Jillian goofs around


Bertel practices for baseball


Bert and Missy are crazy!


Bertel plays baseball




And for more Schmidt Family pics and video:
WELCOME TO BARB & DICK’S HOMEPAGE

At Covewood Lodge in Adirondacks, NY
Mark & Marie on teeter-totter with the kids
That's Doug in the background

The Schmidt Clan, Bert playing photographer

Missy playing photographer

Barb and Grandkids

L to R: Mark, Barb, Linda, Bert, Doug

The Guttenbergers, L to R: Tom, Egan, Morgan, Casey, Linda, Corey

Jillian poses in front of the lodge

And Bertel poses!

Jillian receives flowers after her debut performance in "The Wiz"

Bertel helps dad do dishes!

Jillian receives flowers from dad after her Dance Recital


and poses with her classmates


Jillian's 9th Birthday Party



And at Monsters, Inc. on Ice