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Letter from the Director
Happy New Year! May your 2025 be filled with happiness, empathy, good friends and food, and lots of laughter.
As I celebrate my one year anniversary with the Gibson Center as an employee on January 17th, I look back on the last year with a great deal of joy and gratitude. As a a staffer after four years on the Board, I have gotten into the weeds of running the organization. Some of my work over the last year felt familiar, and overlapped with my previous position that I held for 10+ years. There are moments when I feel I have simply replaced books with food, which is a great feeling and gives me a sense of “I got this.”
There have been moments that required a learning curve and I am grateful to the staff, who have treated me with patience, kindness, and good humor. Taking a deep dive into our core nutrition and transportation services has exposed me to what it takes to make these things happen on a daily basis. It has been informative to learn about our State contracts and all the details that come with that.
Working with our donors has been quite rewarding and a great learning experience. Fundraising is as much an art as it is a science. It can be a little stressful but also incredibly gratifying.
I’m excited about the road ahead. We have a great team at the Gibson Center and we look forward to serving you in the year to come.