Had the pleasure of helping kick off the 2010 Kaboom! fireworks seasonal extravaganza at the beautiful Count Basie Theatre tonite as Mrs Red BankUS 2010. The event celebrates all things RedBank like Kaboomfest, Rock the River concert, the sizzling Santore family and all supporting sponsors that collaborate to create one of the biggest fireworks shows in the nation. Kick in for Kaboom! spotlights our chance to support this great family entertainment venue as all funds are derived from private donations(from viewers like you!). As a kid that grew up watching fireworks in Red Bank every year, I was lucky to chat it up with Chris Santore backstage tonite. I was interested to learn that the three brothers were attorney, paralegal and teacher with a penchant for fireworks as four generation family businessowners...

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March flew by as i enjoyed the richness of all of life's adventures with lifelong learners..Twitterville peeps still ramping up their Twitter learning at our Tweet&Eat networking sessions most Fridays. We're making tweriffic progress! Gearing up for keynote "Passion is Always in Fashion" at www.wellnessgala.com Sunday April 18 in Wyckoff, NJ to help others move thru life with resilience and enthusiasm..Will kick off season opener as Expert in Residence at www.Deerfieldspa.com mid May sharing what midlife adventurous living can look like for the daring and desirous..Thank goodness the day job keeps me grounded in helping others plan well for their financial security so all the "spin, spin, spin" of Spring doesnt prevent me from remaining committed to help others craft their highly evolved and enlarging lives.

Donnalyn's "Passion is Always in Fashion" speech gets noticed by HealthyWomen.org, the nation's leading independent health information source for women! Sarcoma awareness & Women's Health, perfect together!

Neither snow nor snow nor snow will stop the HipCity Tweeters from Meeting&Tweeting about networking and social media fun this Friday 4:30-6pm? at Dannys Restaurant bar on Bridge Ave in Red Bank..Bring ur pals to greet gr8 peeps learning and celebrating Twitter..best networking story gets a bottle of Red from Mrs Red BankUS..no Dweets allowed! If you're a Tweeter, you know what a Dweet is! C U there!

Spent the week in various capacities celebrating the wonder of networking..from presenting traditional networking skills for future leaders at Monmouth University to connecting community minded women in fashion on the runway  to teaching technology driven networking at Twitter class on Friday. The bottom line is, at the end of the day...its all about people. Love being a connecting conduit to help everyone go higher  as a team because there is no "I' in team..but there's a lot of friendship, fun and fabulous energy in the concept around abundance and bounty for all! Networking well is a long term strategy play that pays big dividends if done well with enlightened folks. Its teachable, tangible and totally terrific. Its a paradigm I've been practicing for twenty five years in business and service to others and I'm certain its the key to success in enlarging  one's multidimentional life...no doubt!

I love to travel but have to confess, Arkansas was never on my Top Ten places to visit. Even in the middle of winter, we had fun celebrating Valentines Day and visited many interesting sites worth mentioning. On the top of my list was Heifer International. Thrilled to visit a place I had read much about over the years! Heifer International is a shining example of how one person can change the world in BIG ways. Heifer's mission is to end poverty & hunger while caring for the earth in sustainable ways. Since 1944, Heifer has helped 10.5 million families in more that 125 countries move toward self reliance through the gift of livestock and training in environmentally sound agriculture. Ten bucks buys a mosquito net to protect families vs mosquito borne illnesses and twenty bucks buys a flock of chicks & the training to care for them. One hen lays up to 200 eggs a year! Better yet, a Heifer(the namesake cow) costs $500 bucks which provides up to 4 gallons of milk a day!

Great gift ideas to empower the underserved abound at this cutting edge sustainable facility at 1 World Ave in Little Rock, AK. What better way to celebrate love on thematic Valentines Day than a visit to Heifer Int. with Rice Fried Catfish in pickled green tomatoes, jalapeno cheddar spoon bread and malt vinegar remoulade for a meal. We even lunched w a marathoning couple from Kansas who's father had worked internationally for Heifer for years. Her visit to Heifer was her way of honoring her dad's legacy and we picked up a marathon invite to the flatlands of Kansas. Like i said, a perfect Valentine's Day all around!