Mondays Matter

Mondays Matter: Week 52, Our Final Week

Taken from the book Every Monday Matters: 52 Ways To Make A Difference by Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza. YOUR DAY Today is your day. Today you get to pick how you want to make a difference. You know the drill. Think of something – and go do it. Pretty simple. The only catch is…I…
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Mondays Matter: Week 51

Taken from the book Every Monday Matters: 52 Ways To Make A Difference by Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza NO NICOTINE -Nicotine is as addictive as heroin or cocaine. -12 million deaths have been caused by cigarette smoking over the last 40 years. -80% of adult smokers started smoking before the age of 18. -70%…
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Mondays Matter: Week 50

Taken from the book Every Monday Matters: 52 Ways To Make A Difference by Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza THANK A TEACHER -There are 2.6 million teachers that teach K-12. -42% of K-12 teachers are over 50 years old. -Almost 50% of teachers leave the profession by their 5th year. -A 15 billion per year…
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Mondays Matter: Week 49

Taken from the book Every Monday Matters: 52 Ways To Make A Difference by Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE -The U.S. leads the industrialized world in waste generation, producing 245 million tons annually-4.5 pounds per person per day. -2.5 million plastic bottles are thrown away every hour. -Producing recycled white paper creates…
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Mondays Matter: Week 48

Taken from the book Every Monday Matters: 52 Ways To Make A Difference by Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza RESPECT THE DISABLED -54 million or more people ages 5 and older have a non-institutionalizing disability. -25 million disabled are of an employable age. -78% want to be employed, but only 33% have a job. -Disabilities…
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Mondays Matter: Week 47

Taken from the book Every Monday Matters: 52 Ways To Make A Difference by Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza. MEDITATE OR PRAY -Meditation and prayer shift brain activity from the stress-prone right frontal cortex to the calmer left frontal cortex. -Slowing the breathing rate to 6 breaths per minute synchronizes breathing with cardiovascular rhythms resulting…
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Mondays Matter: Week 46

Taken from the book Every Monday Matters: 52 Ways To Make A Difference by Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza DONATE CLOTHES -20 billion pounds of clothing and textiles are thrown away every year – an average of 68 pounds per person. -1.5 billion pairs of unworn or barely worn shoes are lying in closets. -Over…
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Mondays Matter: Week 45

Taken from the book Every Monday Matters: 52 Ways To Make A Difference by Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza GET INVOLVED WITH FOSTER KIDS -Over 500,000 children are in foster care and their average ages is 10. -The average length of stay for all children currently in foster care is 2.4 years. -14% of the…
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Mondays Matter: Week 44

Taken from the book Every Monday Matters: 52 Ways To Make A Difference by Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza USE ONLINE BILL PAY -One of the fastest growing robbery crimes is identity theft by stealing mail. -With password protection, more than one level of authentication, increased online security, and 100% protection in case of fraud,…
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Mondays Matter: Week 43

Taken from the book Every Monday Matters: 52 Ways To Make A Difference by Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza LISTEN, PRAY, APPRECIATE MUSIC -Over 70% of schools are not able to maintain funding for the arts. -Students with coursework in music appreciation score roughly 60 points higher in verbal and 40 points higher in math…
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Stacie's bookshelf: read-in-2023

The Lazy Genius Kitchen: Have What You Need, Use What You Have, and Enjoy It Like Never Before
Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
The Royal Governess: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II's Childhood
Food Fight
Spare
Foster
This Time Tomorrow
To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings
Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge: Intimate Confessions from a Happy Marriage
Save What's Left
Remarkably Bright Creatures
The Galveston Diet: The Doctor-Developed, Patient-Proven Plan to Burn Fat and Tame Your Hormonal Symptoms
Golden Hills
The Girl with the Louding Voice
The Favor
Small Things Like These
This Is How I Lied
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Audrey L and Audrey W: Best Friends-ish: Book 1
Audrey L and Audrey W: True Creative Talents: Book 2
Chasing Giants: In Search of the World's Largest Freshwater Fish
The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life
In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It
It Is Well With My Soul: My Story
Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember
Book Lovers
A Girl Called Samson
Finn and the Feline Frenemy
The Levee
The Golden Spoon
Only the Beautiful
Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories
The Sisters Sweet
Fish in a Tree
This Tender Land
Intermittent Fasting Transformation: The 45-Day Program for Women to Lose Stubborn Weight, Improve Hormonal Health, and Slow Aging
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
Ben Y and the Ghost in the Machine
The Great Gilly Hopkins
BenBee and the Teacher Griefer
We Should Not Be Friends: The Story of a Friendship
Blue Highways: A Journey into America
Beyond the Point
The Family
Hamnet
The Bookstore Sisters
And Finally: Matters of Life and Death
The Cactus
Black Cake
Ban This Book
Passing
I'm Glad My Mom Died
These Precious Days: Essays
Evidence of the Affair
The Night Travelers
Out of the Corner
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
One Day in December

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