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Have you put your good news in the Brag Basket?

By Small Biz Survival

"Brag Basket - add your good news" over a photo of a basket in a field of flowers

The Brag Basket is open! This one is for June 21-23, 2019. Bring your good news, big or small, to share with everyone.

What can you share in the Brag Basket?

  • introduce yourself
  • share some great news from this week
  • celebrate progress, even baby steps
  • congratulate a friend
  • applaud for each other
  • confess your undying love for rural places

Don’t like to brag? Just share some good news for someone you’re happy for. It’s a conversation with friends. So jump in. And remember to cheer for each other.

How do you join in?

Below this post is the comment section. Add your good news there.

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Some weeks you’ll find even more comments on our Facebook Page.

Want to see some past Brag Baskets and read some past contributions? Here’s the archive.

June 21, 2019 Filed Under: brag basket

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Comments

  1. JoAnna Shivers says

    June 21, 2019 at 2:07 pm

    A group of people have come together recently and created a BiStone Music & Arts Collaborative (BMAC) organization to focus on the arts in our community. A local hardware store donated the materials and labor to build an outdoor covered stage on an empty lot downtown, and each Saturday this summer local bands and artists have been headlining a concert! It only costs people $10 to attend, and kids 12 and under are free. The money they have been raising will be used as scholarship funds to provide art related opportunities for kids. People bring their lawn chairs, blankets, and families to attend these weekly concerts, and it’s been bringing a lot of people together to celebrate something that is so important. This is a big step for Mexia, and I can’t wait to see what comes next!

    • Becky McCray says

      June 22, 2019 at 10:19 am

      Sweet! Beautiful to see Mexia being creative together and building community.

  2. Becky McCray says

    June 23, 2019 at 2:05 pm

    Ann Younger sent this great news by email:
    “2 years ago, I was just starting to drum up support for saving my small town’s old movie theater. 1 year ago, I was waiting for the previous owner to move all his junk out so I could close on the sale. The other day, work finally started!!!”

    How sweet it is!

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