The Good Stuff - April 2024

BEACHES, DOGS, AND MONKEYS

Those are just a few good things in Surfside. This newsletter aims to recognize and celebrate all the good stuff around here. Please send me (Christine) your contributions by using the Contact form on this page. This is not a place to advertise, it is a place to celebrate the good things.

For example, Peter N. saw a sea turtle while snorkeling at Flamingo. What is better than that!? Tell us all about your good experiences: a great sunset, a tasty wave, a wildlife spotting, a nice encounter with someone, something that made you smile or gave you a feeling of awe.

Photos are welcome.

SHOUT OUTS

This is where we acknowledge all the

good stuff that people are doing. Send me  all the nice things that you have caught people doing for others or for the community (unless you think they’d like to remain anonymous).

Our first shout out goes to the person or persons who planted the trees on Mango. Thank you!

This is also the place to acknowledge upcoming birthdays for the month. Send me birthdays for May. You don’t have to include the year! Give us a chance to sing Happy Birthday all month!

FEEL GOOD WORDS

This is the place for quotes, jokes, poems, or prose that bring a good feeling.

Here is one of my favorites…

“We all need this quiet unfolding, the passion to paint what we dream, the honesty to only paint what we know, the courage to stop and live into what we don't know, the humility to return years later, and the courage to use the blood of our life as the colors needed to finish the embrace. This is the unfolding of the human flower. Until the face of our soul and the face we show the world is one, the same.” Mark Nepo.

ESPANOL

This is the place for the monthly Spanish lesson.

Today’s phrase is: “Que tenga buen dia.”  This means, “Have a good day.”

Try to use this one as often as you can!

Supporting Potrero Children

In October 2023 community members and local business worked together to make needed repairs to the Potrero elementary school.

" Mission accomplished! This has been an amazing day as the final paint strokes were applied to the classroom walls of the Potrero School. And to think this initiative began less than four weeks ago with a plea for donations to install new air conditioning and repair the ones that were inoperable along with installing new LED lighting in all of the classrooms. The classrooms were also repainted, walls repaired and mold issues taken care of. It is astounding how this community came together donating the funds and volunteering many hours of hard work. I’m not going to attempt to name all of the donors and volunteers as I’m sure I would forget someone. At the same time there are a few that I must give credit to, Mo Haniff for donating his time and skills to install the LED classroom lighting, Leticia Moreno, Monica Tomlinson, along with Jeff & Deb Goode along with their Victory Charter Fishing crew who came to the rescue today and finished the job. But once again this would have never been accomplished without you the donors."

Culvert and Headwall repairs

Headwall repairs in Surfside.