Getting a vaccine
The vaccine process was smooth
We’re fortunate to have procured a coveted COVID-19 vaccine appointment through the Hillsborough County website for our dear mom. Having heard of long waiting lines in other areas, we arrived with all manner of reading materials and snacks to sustain us through the day. Our trepidation was unnecessary. The Sheriff’s Office deputies, emergency responders, nurses and volunteers were beautifully efficient, friendly, helpful and reassuring, as they directed us quickly through University Square Mall’s vaccine site. Their wit and kindness helped reduce my mom’s anxiety and provided a sense of relief.
Betty Johnson and Linda Fuerst, Tampa
National Mentoring Month
Leaving behind a big legacy
January is National Mentoring Month, which reminds us of the huge impact that a positive mentoring experience can have on a young person in building their self-confidence, good social skills, sense of civic responsibility and academic performance. At Big Brothers Big Sisters, we also talk about how our mentoring programs help bolster a youth’s resilience to change and trauma caused by missing parents, abuse, poverty — the list goes on.
Pam Iorio became the CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America on March 31, 2014 at a time when our national organization was struggling both financially and in redefining its role in an ever-changing world. Pam focused on creating a firm financial foundation for our national organization — including the relocation of our national headquarters to Tampa — that provided much-needed stability as well as the opportunity for growth. She also focused on building new alliances with funders, including the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. She was successful in building consensus across our national network of almost 250 affiliate agencies regarding our strategic goals for the coming years, as well as our values. One key part of her strategy was not to try to do too much, too soon, and instead focus on two to three top priorities at a time.
When Pam steps down as CEO near the end of January, she leaves Big Brothers Big Sisters of America a reimagined and more relevant organization that is well positioned for the future. I will be forever grateful that Pam had the courage to step up to the plate to lead our national organization during one of the most difficult periods of our history, and to never lose her passion for helping hundreds of thousands of children and youth across our nation through the power of our impactful one-to-one mentoring programs.
Stephen A. Koch
The writer is the president and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay.
A fable for Trump’s supporters
The scorpion and the frog
Anyone surprised by President Donald Trump’s latest dark behavioral display need only be reminded of the fable of “The Scorpion and the Frog.”
A scorpion and a frog meet on the bank of a stream and the scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on its back. The frog asks, “How do I know you won’t sting me?” The scorpion explains that he will drown if he stings the frog.
The frog is satisfied, and they set out, but in midstream, the scorpion stings the frog. The frog feels the onset of paralysis and starts to sink, knowing they both will drown, but has just enough time to gasp, “Why?” The scorpion replies: “It’s my nature.”
Marcia Weller, Tampa
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