Everyone is Touched


According to the American Cancer Society,an estimated 1.7 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer in 2018.

At any given moment, there are 15.5 million living with a history of cancer. While some of these individuals were recently diagnosed, most were diagnosed many years ago and have no evidence of cancer.

Cancer touches everyone at some point, some time.

"Courage is
grace under pressure"

SOE and Cindi Ballard partner for on-line Gentle/Nidra

By Jack Ganster

Yoga on March 2ndthOnce again, Cindi Ballard has volunteered to lead an on-line Nidra Yoga class via Zoom. The class will be held on Wednesday, March 2nd  at 8 p.m. EST. This class is free of charge and open to anyone who could benefit from this wonderful healing, meditative activity.

For those who aren’t familiar with yoga nidra, it is referred to as a body-mind guided meditative that helps relieve stress and anxiety. Perfect for these challenging times! If you interested, we will be posting directions later on Facebook and can send through email as well.

This class is open to all friends and family of SOE – please feel free to invite all and any folks who could benefit from this wonderful opportunity!

Zoom offers free accounts, but you will need to have the app or computer availability.

SOE Yoga Nidra Guided Relaxation Experience (Free) (bepeace.zone)

Namaste.

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In tribute to the matriarch of the Ganster family

By Jack Ganster

Thank you to all who donated to SOE in honor of Lillian “Dolly” Ganster who passed on August 10th. Dolly was the mother of SOE founder Jack Ganster and instilled a love of the outdoors in Jack at a very early age. She will be greatly missed, but each SOE outing will be a tribute to this amazing woman.

We truly want to thank all of you for support, both thoughtfulness and with donations. As one gifting person said, ‘In memory of Dolly Ganster and all of the love that she brought into this world.’

SOE has received over $1,000 from family and friends…for our family and friends program. Even in her passing, she was giving.

Thanks, again to all those who contributed.

 

Jack and Dolly enjoy a laugh when she delivered many delicious calories during his 1985 Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike

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"Courage is
grace under pressure"
"I am not what happened to me,
I am what I choose to become"
"The meaning of life
is a life with meaning"
"Cancer may leave your body, but it never leaves your life"
"The healing powers of participating in outdoor activities while exploring the natural world are powerful and profound.

A sense of calm and a feeling of contentment are reached when surrounded by nature."
"Accept how 'not normal' you are, and do your best to become as 'normal' as you can given the circumstances."