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Dad Is Prepping Over 800 Napkin Notes for Daughter’s Lunchbox Before He Dies0
- Home & Family
- January 31, 2014
Dad W. Garth Callaghan has been including notes in his daughter’s lunchbox since she was little, but after getting diagnosed with three types of cancer, he is now writing more than 800 notes so that his daughter, Emma, will keep receiving them when he’s gone. Known as “Napkin Note Dad,” Callaghan has his own Facebook page and Kindle eBook to inspire others to write notes to their children, too.
READ MORECyndi Lauper opening homeless shelter0
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- September 6, 2011
Singer Cyndi Lauper’s shelter for homeless lesbian and gay youths, The True Colors Residence, will open in New York this Friday. The shelter, which is named after Lauper’s 1986 single, will offer help to bisexual and transgender people ages 18-24 who have ended up on the streets because of disapproving families. Lauper explains, “We need
READ MORECutter rescued graduating cadet as a 6-year-old boy0
- Making a Positive Difference
- May 15, 2012
Upon graduating from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Orlando Morel, eternally grateful and inspired by the Coast Guard's role in his own rescue, will serve on a cutter out of Florida whose mission will include migrant interdiction in the very waters where Morel was rescued nearly two decades ago. At that time, Morel was a six-year-old
READ MORECustom-Fit Treatments for Prostate Cancer0
- Health & Healing
- January 19, 2014
The individualized treatment strategies that have been used for many breast cancer patients have inspired researchers to look for new options to treat prostate cancer tumors in men. While more aggressive treatment options may be best for some men with high-risk cancer, less aggressive options may work better for others. Radiation plus hormone therapy is
READ MORECursive Handwriting Is On Its Way Out: Will That Affect Our Ability To Read?0
- Home & Family
- November 24, 2013
More and more states are taking cursive handwriting out of the curriculum, focusing instead on typing and digital communication. But the benefits of cursive writing can’t be denied. Linden Bateman, an Idaho state representative who is fighting to keep cursive writing in schools, argues, “Modern research indicates that more areas of the human brain are
READ MORECSR, Profits Closely Linked0
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- December 7, 2012
While a company’s reputation is the primary reason for adopting a corporate social responsibility program, there is still a close link between profits and CSR, according to new research by corporate and investor relations firm Adam Friedman Associates. Environmental Leader, 11/29/2012
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