By Sadie Hess Kid’s Choice If you keep yourself well versed in the Hess Family adventures, you may be aware we are about to have our second, our son Ryan, graduate from high school! We will have only one left at home (she is a freshman, so not many years left there either). They say…
By Sadie Hess, Founder and CEO I went on an epic family adventure this summer to Europe. Turning 50 gave me a full-circle perspective of my life and helped propel me towards taking more adventures because time keeps moving forward! We toured Frankfurt, Bern, Grindelwald, Brussels, Zurich, Paris, Versailles, and Amsterdam. We saw the…
By Dmitri Kolpacoff A Gift of Art One of our clients, Pam, has been doing an incredible job these past two months with her goal of creating various art pieces to sell at an art fair put on by San Andreas Regional Center. Pam has a gift when it comes to art. Recently, Pam has…
By Sadie Hess A 7 Year Commitment Compass has a group of individuals who have signed up for a 7-year commitment to our Strategic planning team. I feel very honored and privileged to have a group of people so dedicated to Compass’ mission and vision. We ask them to sign up for a seven-year commitment to the organization. This allows Eric…
By Alice Byer It is my pleasure to introduce you to Ms. Linda! Ms. Linda lives in Pinole, California with her live-in staff. Linda is a private person who is very cautious about who she shares her life with. However, when I told her I wanted to share with the community the incredible woman she…
By Sadie Hess I am turning 50 this June. Instead of feeling melancholy about turning 50 and focusing on the changes that come with growing older, I choose to focus on what is ahead. It can be easy to emphasize on loss, but it can be more challenging and rewarding to think about what is…
By Stephanie DiPiero Dakota Have you ever met someone with passion, drive, ambition, and determination to succeed in all areas of his life? I would like to introduce Dakota; he is one of those amazing people who exudes these qualities. He is generous, kind, energetic, highly motivated and extremely intelligent. Dakota has been a Compass…
By Tammi Gill March of 2020 almost feels like a vague dream now in the beginning months of 2023. The world stopped and nothing was business as usual. Our schools shut down, our businesses, our office buildings, our gyms, our places of worship, our sporting events, our family gatherings, and all our moments of connection…