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Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

• World Health Day, a day late.

  08 Apr 2013

  Okay, so I know I am a day late on this one. Like many of you, I just got back…

  

• SADS

  20 Feb 2013

  I think I mentioned that heart disease is a very personal cause because it has affected my family for decades. Did I…

  

• Over the rainbow

  08 Feb 2013

  A friend of mine whose son suffers from a congenital heart defect recently shared this video with me. I thought…

  

• Have a heart

  06 Feb 2013

  Well it’s here! February and with that brings much more than chocolates, cupids and Valentines. February is National Heart month. Something I…

  

• The amazing gift of life

  04 Jan 2013

  I mentioned to you the other day that I am both a Pasadena girl, California that is, and an alumnus…

  

• The Force of Giving

  05 Dec 2012

  On monday we discussed how to raise philanthropic children and  I thought today I would share with you one of…

  

• Nancy Brinker, the woman behind the Cure

  05 Oct 2012

  On Wednesday, I posted the story of Susan G. Komen as told by her younger sister, Nancy Brinker. I thought…

  

• Who was Susan G. Komen?

  03 Oct 2012

  It is October and with the pumpkins and beginnings of fall mark the beginning of Breast Cancer Awareness month. By…

  

• What matters?

  01 Oct 2012

  “We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.”   Winston Churchill It’s October…

  

• Nancy Brinker (continued)

  26 Sep 2012

  Ok, so I mentioned that you might be sick of the pink ribbons by the end of the month? I…

• Stand Up!

  07 Sep 2012

  If you have been anywhere near a radio or a television you have probably heard about tonight’s StandUp2Cancer broadcast, which…

  

• Camp Sunshine

  06 Jun 2012

  Oh, it’s here! Can you feel it? Smell it? Its summer…those glorious long lazy hot days with no homework, dinners…

  

• A place where dreams come true

  23 May 2012

  Whats the expression, one person can change the world? Well, when you hear Thomas Rollerson’s story you will believe that.…

  

• Living with Lupus

  02 May 2012

  There is nothing more inspiring to me than real life heroes. Everyday people who take the hand that is dealt…