By Piya Jacob, SCC Board Secretary I am sitting at home as directed by the authorities in order to slow down the spread of the COVID-19 Virus. All of us are called upon to do what we can to slow the spread of this new virus. While many of us can isolate ourselves, there are […]
Thanking the Person Who Planted the Tree – 2/19/2020
By Piya Jacob, SCC Board Secretary I was recently watching a wonderful show about food and cooking and how we are all tied together by threads that now crisscross all over the world. This particular show focused on the Nigerian people who had come to Texas and put down roots there in the last half […]
Take Advantage of the Arizona Tax Credit – 2/12/2020
By Piya Jacob, SCC Board Secretary As tax time draws near for many of us, there’s still time for you take advantage of the 2019 Arizona Tax Credit to benefit local, qualifying non-profit organizations. The contribution time for 2019 is extended through April 15th, allowing you to choose Sedona Community Center and other eligible non-profits […]
Exploring Our Beautiful World – 8/7/2019
By Piya Jacob, Sedona Community Center Board Secretary As the summer draws to an end many families are wrapping up their summer travels. A lot of families take time off during the summer to visit relatives, go to our national parks, or fly away to foreign countries for a vacation. It’s a beautiful ritual, playing […]
Sedona Opportunities Abound – 7/24/19
By Piya Jacob – Sedona Community Center Board of Directors Secretary I am a very happy volunteer at The Sedona Community Center. I moved to Sedona permanently just a few years ago. When we moved here from Phoenix we knew we would like to give back to this place we now called home. Both my […]
A Life Well Lived – 1/20/2019
Some of the regular readers of this column know that I transplanted from the Phoenix Valley to the wonderful high country of Northern Arizona a couple of years ago. I was mostly a ‘westsider’ while in the Valley and, therefore, quite familiar with Sun City—one of the first designated retirement communities in the United States. […]
Pets Are A Paw-fect Solution
I grew up in a pet-friendly atmosphere where the ‘family pet’ was a given in my childhood home and practically in every other acquaintance’s home, too. Even during those lean college days, I usually managed to have an independent, fairly low-maintenance cat as a companion. Besides my positive personal experience, my career in the […]
Part of Something Bigger
As the executive director of the Sedona Community Center, where we serve a community lunch and provide Meals on Wheels to the community, and have activities available to the community, as you might suspect, the word ‘community’ is pretty important to me. Most of us know instinctively that we are social animals and quite possibly […]
