Charity and Good Deeds Archives

Catching Up As We Gladly Exit the Fun House Mirror of 2021

December 7, 2021 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I apologize for getting lost. No good reason, just a barrel of feeble excuses. Like much of the world, I’ve been running sideways, backward, two steps forward, ducking, and hopping erratically depending on the how reality dictates. Time to at least get somewhat caught up. In no particular order: Been busy on a variety of […]

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No Bats Baseball Club honored during TV news feature

August 26, 2020 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

TV Feature Honors Club, 4 Departed Members 26 August 2020 https://local12.com/news/local/no-fans-nets-historic-donations-for-reds-community-fund-in-form-of-fan-cutouts-cincinnati When I founded the No Bats Baseball Club in 1991, I had no idea we would still be together three decades later. Nor did I dream we would raise and donate $2 million to a wide variety of wonderful charities. This short piece ran […]

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Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement

January 3, 2018 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Got word I have been recognized by Who’s Who for lifetime achievement. While I tend to focus more on what’s in front of me than what is in the rear-view mirror, it is always nice to be honored for helping others. Best to all for a safe and prosperous new year.

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Life, Love, and Dogs Helping Others

July 28, 2016 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Every once in a while, sunshine arrives in the inbox. Today is one of those days. A little less than two years ago, Santa Rosa-based Canine Companions for Independence named a newborn pup after me (“Theo”). I knew nothing about it until they told me. I was was surprised and honored. Dumbfounded is probably a better adjective. […]

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Why Core Values are Integral to Success

November 6, 2013 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

When people leave one company for another, a major success or failure factor in their new assimilation is how well they match the existing culture. Bad fits rarely make it. Alignment of these core values is important for a number of reasons. From the company perspective Companies are nothing more than a collection of people […]

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Why Feeling Good Is Somewhat Formulaic

March 12, 2012 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

“I beg your pardon. I did not do it on purpose.” — Marie Antoinette Marie’s last words, uttered moments before her execution, were to cheer up her executioner. Petite though she was, she had stepped on his foot. To the end, Marie felt it important to be polite. Inspired on this glorious Monday morning by […]

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Why It’s Okay to Turn Gray

October 11, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Nineteen years ago I founded the No Bats Baseball Club. It never dawned on me No Bats would evolve into a tightly-knit group of guys who have raised and distributed $1.1 million for a wide variety of baseball-related charities plus the Wounded Warriors — Disabled Sports USA project. This past weekend we were in Memphis […]

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How to Get Closure

March 17, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Ah, the dictionary’s most dreaded seven-letter word, defined thusly: “noun. A permanent end of business. Barring of access. A sense of finality.” Real life’s definition is never so simple. Real life defines closure as something we do to others before they do it to us, on a full sprint en route to running and hiding. […]

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Margaret’s Tree

February 15, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

When I finished speaking recently at Jacksonville University I took a walk across the campus to inspect a flowering cherry blossom tree. It was a cold afternoon by north Florida standards, the breezy mid-fifties. I have lived in Colorado for eleven years and the mid-fifties is balmy; but all around me Floridians were bundled up […]

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Why Happiness is Math

January 10, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

The mind’s accumulation of positive emotional experiences, minus its negative ones, determines a person’s happiness level. When happy thoughts outweigh brooding ones we will be happy. When the reverse is true—if we insist on seeing (and dwelling on) what’s wrong with things rather than what’s right—we’ll feel a bit down. Happiness Math hinges on two […]

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