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In association with Extra Mile America, mayors from both sides of the political aisle are coming together to remind people that the greatest success and change in life is created through extra mile effort. At a time when many are demanding changes in service and opportunity, Extra Mile Day celebrates individuals and organizations that have chosen to create positive change in their communities by going extra mile.[Read more…]

Binghamton Mayor Matthew T. Ryan was among 362 mayors who heeded the word, Anderson said.

Then Ryan went an extra mile, declaring not Extra Mile Day, but rather Extra Mile Month.

On Nov. 15, he honored four women and their groups for contributions made to the quality of life in Binghamton: Mary Webster and the Safe Streets Commission, Janet McHenry and the North Side Neighborhood Assembly, Marylou Rutkowski and the Sunflower Park Steering Committee and Christine Cebula and VINES (Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments).

“The winners received a certificate and a key to the city,” said Ryan’s assistant, Andrew Block.[Read more…]

RENO, Nev. — Reno Mayor Bob Cashell wants you to go the extra mile today. It’s part of an event being held by more than 350 cities, including Reno.

This national event is sponsored by “Extra Mile America”, with a goal to remind people that groups and individuals have the ability to change their willingness to do more, give more and go the extra mile.[Read more…]

Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover has joined over 350 other U.S. mayors to declare November 1, 2012, “Extra Mile Day”… a day recognizing the capacity we each have to create positive change in ourselves, families, organizations and communities when we go the extra mile in life. With so many people discontent with their current position and seeking change, “Extra Mile Day” offers the opportunity for people to gain a renewed perspective on their current situation.[Read more…]

NEW BEDFORD — Mayor Jon Mitchell has joined more than 350 other mayors in declaring Nov. 1 “Extra Mile Day” in recognition of the capacity each person has to create positive change when they go the extra mile in life.

With so many people discontented with their current position and seeking change, “Extra Mile Day” offers the opportunity for people to gain a renewed perspective on their current situation.[Read more…]

LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwired – Sep 12, 2014) – Motivational author and speaker Shawn Anderson is offering free, on-site motivational coaching seminars to California businesses that implement a paid volunteering program for their personnel by November 1, 2014. From now until Extra Mile Day, Anderson is offering his services at no charge to businesses with over fifty employees in hopes of promoting corporate volunteerism.

“Nothing speaks more to the message ‘We care about making a difference in our community’ than paying employees to take an hour or two off a month and get out into the community to volunteer. Hopefully, employees will then catch the ‘volunteer fever’ and continue to make a difference on their own time.” Anderson shares…[Read more…]

MARINA DEL REY, Calif., October 4, 2012 – Three hundred and thirty-four mayors from across the United States have already stepped forward and declared November 1, 2012, Extra Mile Day …a day to recognize the capacity we each have to create positive change in our families, organizations and communities when we go the extra mile. In association with the Extra Mile America Foundation, mayors from across the country on both sides of the political aisle have come together to remind people that the greatest success and change in life comes from individual and organizational effort. Led by Extra Mile America founder Shawn Anderson , “Extra Mile Day” started in 2009 with 23 mayors joining the campaign. This year, it is expected that over 350 mayors from all 50 states will make the declaration. [Read more…]

The Extra Mile America Tour stops in Emerald Tuesday.

“The Extra Mile America Tour is not just a bike ride across the country it’s a chance to really go out and find people who are going the extra mile and doing some amazing things,” said Shawn Anderson. “You know in life when we go the extra mile it doesn’t matter whether it’s in school or jobs or whatever, value comes back to us and that’s what we are trying to do to encourage people. In a time when people are losing their jobs and going through foreclosures just go the extra mile and something good will happen.[Read more…]

Shawn Anderson rides through Price last Friday as part of his project Extra Mile America. Starting in San Francisco, Calif., Anderson will eventually make his way to Boston, Mass. Along the way, he hopes to stop at 21 cities to find inspirational stories about going the extra mile. Anderson said the stories he hopes to gather include subjects ranging from careers, relationships, encouragement and communities. Upon reaching Boston, he will pick 10 of the most inspirational stories and award their owners $1,000 each. In Utah, he said he stopped in Salt Lake and found no less than nine people who were going the extra mile. Though Anderson was suppressed by Utah’s sparse populations, he was no less committed as he made his way south to Interstate 70. [Read more…]