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Our newsletters are published every Spring, Fall and Winter
We are happy to provide the past few newsletters below, just in case you wish to
preview an issue, or if for some reason you did not receive your current issue.
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Greetings!
Welcome to the special "Green Organizing" edition of the Pea Organizing Services Newsletter! What better way to celebrate the 38th Anniversary of Earth Day (April 22) than by getting your home, office and life in order. Organizing is really about being "green" since it helps you make choices that avoid unnecessary consumption and create better use of space.
If you have an organizing question that is not answered in this newsletter, please feel free to contact us.
Thanks for subscribing and have a peaceful, organized and "green" spring!
Kristin White del Rosso
Reduce Clutter and Help the Environment with "Green Organizing"
Getting organized is about more than just finding a home for things and purchasing containers to hold all your stuff. It is about using what you have before buying more, donating what you do not need, and recycling whenever you can. For that reason, organizing itself is about being more environmentally aware.
Read more about "green organizing"...
De-Cluttering Your Life Benefits You and the Environment
Do you wonder whether it is worth the time and energy to de-clutter your life? Consider the costs of not reducing your clutter intake:
Read more about benefiting you and the environment...
Create More Green Space in Your Mailbox with Catalog Choice
Tired of the endless deluge of catalogs that fill your mailbox each week? Catalog Choice is a great resource for reducing mailbox clutter while helping save paper and other natural resources. In essence, it is a free service that allows you to decide what gets in your mailbox.
Read more about Catalog Choice...
Get Organized for National Scrapbooking Day - May 3
In commemoration of National Scrapbooking Day on Saturday, May 3, it is the perfect time to get your scrapbooking materials organized.
With more than 32 million scrapbookers in the United States, studies show that scrapbooking is considered the fastest growing sector of the craft and hobby industry with anticipated 40- to 80-percent growth annually. Furthermore, a Scrapbooking in America survey estimates annual industry sales at more than $2.5 billion. The growing trend of scrapbooking means that more and more materials continue to become available making it even more of a challenge to create proper storage for supplies and to stay organized so that the projects do not overtake the key spaces - such as the kitchen or dining room table - in your home.
Read more about National Scrapbooking Day...
Create More Green Space in Your Mailbox with Catalog Choice
Tired of the endless deluge of catalogs that fill your mailbox each week? Catalog Choice is a great resource for reducing mailbox clutter while helping save paper and other natural resources. In essence, it is a free service that allows you to decide what gets in your mailbox.
Read more about Catalog Choice...
Check out these helpful Web site links for "Green Organizing"
Spring Dates to Remember
- April: Stress Awareness Month
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April 17: POS Organizing Consultant Fiorella Sabato will be giving an organizing presentation at the Harrisburg Library
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April 22: Earth Day
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Week of April 21: Organize Your Files Week
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May 8: Owner Kristin White del Rosso will be present "Solutions to Organize Your Office, Your Home and Your Life" to the Metrolina Chapter of the Professional Association of Health Care Office Management
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June: National Rebuild Your Life Month
Dealing with ADD and Disorganization?
Find our listing and those of other ADHD service providers in the National ADHD Directory, which is hosted by the national non-profit organization ADD Resources at www.addresources.org. Other helpful links: www.myadhd.com; www.add.org; www.chadd.org; www.nsgcd.org.
Visit the ADD Resources website ...
Quotes to Ponder
"Nature has created us with the capacity to know God, to experience God." ~ Alice Walker
"Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." ~ Albert Einstein
"One thing you can't recycle is wasted time." ~ Anonymous
Recommended Reading
"The Simple Home: The Luxury of Enough" by Sarah Nettleton
"It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff" by Peter Walsh
POS News and Notes
[January 21, 2008] CHARLOTTE - Fiorella Sabato, Organizing Consultant with Pea Organizing Services Inc. (www.thepea.com), a full-service professional organizing and productivity consulting firm, presented "Helping Busy Mom's to Organize and Declutter their Lives" to the Wesley Circle at Weddington Church.
[February 18, 2008] CHARLOTTE - Kristin White del Rosso, president of Charlotte-based Pea Organizing Services Inc. (www.thepea.com), a full-service professional organizing and productivity consulting firm, was the featured speaker at a recent Anything Grows Garden Club meeting where she presented "Conquer Kid Clutter and Create Family Organization."
[February 2008] - Kristin White del Rosso, president of Pea Organizing Services was selected as one of seven successful Women in Business to be featured in the February 2008 issue of Pros Communications magazine (www.proscommunications.com).
Please check out these recommended links:
National Association of Professional Organizers
National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization
Carnivore Preservation Trust
Butterfly Bin
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