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The 64 day Challenge: Gifts #54-#64 Given on February 27th- March 9th

by Chris DessiApril 22, 2010

After a few weeks of being utterly buried in work, I’m back to complete my #64 day challenge.  Well, the Challenge itself is long completed, I documented the gifts on this small note pad – see photo…however I’ve just not found the time to enter them into my blog.  Apologies, but here’s a brief summary:
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The 64 day Challenge: Gift #48 Given on February 21st

by Chris DessiMarch 1, 2010

This afternoon my wife threw me a wonderful Birthday Party.
I thanked her by cleaning up.
I did the dishes, took out the garbage, vacuumed, and had the house back to normal in record time.
Thank you Laura,  I love you.

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The 64 day Challenge: Gift #46 Given on February 19th

by Chris DessiFebruary 25, 2010

Almost a half a century ago, the Woman’s Association of St. John and St. Mary (my parish) started sponsoring programs that have been supporting the spiritual, social and financial demands of our parish. 
Today I donated $20 to the Woman’s Association of The Church of St. John and St. Mary 49th Annual Fund raising Drive

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The 64 day Challenge: Gift #45 Given on February 18th

by Chris DessiFebruary 19, 2010

Today’s gift is very special.  After everything that our family experienced regarding my father’s misdiagnosis with ALS we were a bit ill prepared for his heart surgery which came only weeks afterward.  Dad’s surgery went very well, however it was certainly a reality check for the whole family.  We were blessed to have world class [...]

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The 64 day Challenge: Gift #44 Given on February 17th

by Chris DessiFebruary 18, 2010

Each day after I work out I buy lunch from the “juice bar” at Equinox in the Time Warner Center.  Last week I reached into my wallet to pay for my sandwich and stuck in between two bills I accidentally handed the cashier a very large check that had been issued to me via my [...]

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The 64 day Challenge: Gift #39 Given on February 12th

by Chris DessiFebruary 16, 2010

Today’s gift was for my daughter Talia. The interesting thing about this gift is that she won’t receive the gift unless it’s totally unequivocally necessary.  Before Talia was born, we received an outpouring of gifts from friends and family who were anxiously awaiting her arrival.  Toys, clothing and every possible baby product showed up on [...]

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The 64 day Challenge: Gift #37 Given on February 10th

by Chris DessiFebruary 11, 2010

My friend and colleague Kelly Bollaci has a lovely seven year old daughter named Sophia.  Sophia is planning on helping the American Heart Association raise money by jumping rope. I was intrigued to hear about the program so I asked how I could help.  She shared that Sophia (a second grader pictured here) is participating [...]

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The 64 day Challenge: Gift #36 Given on February 9th

by Chris DessiFebruary 10, 2010

When I was a little boy my mother used to leave little notes in my lunch box.  That ruled.  I remember how those notes made me smile and helped me get through my day (the tough day of a elementary school kid)… Those notes helped to inspire my gift today which consisted of [...]

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The 64 day Challenge: Gift #32 Given on February 5th

by Chris DessiFebruary 8, 2010

Today surprised me.  Not only did I give my gift – I actually ended up giving TWO gifts!  On my way home from work I spotted another great street show that I offered $20.  They were certainly good, and certainly appreciative as one gentleman broke from what he was singing as said “THANKS!” …so that [...]

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The 64 day Challenge: Gift #31 Given on February 4th

by Chris DessiFebruary 5, 2010

We’ve been living in Chappaqua, New York for almost two years now.  Since the moment we moved in we fell in love with the town, as well as the people.  It’s proven to be a wonderful home to our daughter and since our home is in close proximity to the downtown area we’ve become friendly [...]

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