Category archives for: Family & Children

What Famous Woman would YOU like to see Brought Back to Life?

What Famous Woman would YOU like to see Brought Back to Life?

Kate Campbell Stevenson “brings them back alive” every day! The incomparable actress and mezzo-soprano brings her one-woman show, Women: Back to the Future, to the CCBC Women’s Expo on Saturday, March 10, at 11 am! If you ever wanted to “meet” Eleanor Roosevelt, now’s your chance. Relive Eleanor’s struggles to overcome her fear of public [...]

A Relaxing Experience for Your Pet – and YOU!

A Relaxing Experience for Your Pet – and YOU!

They say a house is not a home without a pet. Whether it’s a dog, a cat, a bird, a hamster, or any other creature with which you form a bond of affection, pets truly do add a special joy to our lives. It’s important to keep them healthy, happy, and looking and feeling well. [...]

Registration Underway For Camp Glen Mar

Registration Underway For Camp Glen Mar

Though winter still has several weeks to potentially blanket the area with snow, registration is underway for summer activities at Glen Mar United Methodist in Ellicott City. Yes, the time to nip summer boredom in the bud is now. Camp Glen Mar is available to little ones who will be 4 years old by June [...]

Have a vision, create it and then Shop while Making a Difference!

Have a vision, create it and then Shop while Making a Difference!

Written by Jeff Kurtzman & Tolga Baki The Enlightened Shopper is obsessed with finding the coolest, most unique, and best designed products from companies that give back to a good cause. So go on and make a difference while you shop! Jeff and I have a long history of working together on various projects, but [...]

It’s Girl Scout Cookie Time

It’s Girl Scout Cookie Time

No, it is not almost Thanksgiving time, nor is it  time to start buying gifts for the coming holidays, and it is most definitely not time to check your kids Halloween candy to see if it is still good! Well, maybe it is all those things. But … for Girl Scouts – It is Girl [...]

Halloween in the Garden

Halloween in the Garden

In Solomons, Maryland, there’s a special place where art and nature meet. It’s called Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, and it is located at 13480 Dowell Road in Calvert County. The sculpture garden features a ¼-mile walking path that meanders through the woods past permanent and loaned sculpture, including over thirty works on loan [...]

Sponsor a Child through World Vision and Fight Poverty

Sponsor a Child through World Vision and Fight Poverty

Written by Laura Tschirgi Lucia Tulhaise celebrates her nineteenth birthday next month in her village in Uganda. I have never met this young woman face to face, but every year since I can remember, my family has had her most recent photo taped to the refrigerator door. Lucia is our sponsored child. Through an organization [...]

You’ll Never Dream It’s Not Ice Cream

You’ll Never Dream It’s Not Ice Cream

Annie’s Banannies Opens in Baltimore’s Harborplace Written by:  Bryan Engle Are you an ice cream lover who is lactose intolerant, requires gluten free desserts, are vegan, kosher, or just prefer an all-natural, no preservative, no sugar added, low calorie, delicious and refreshing dessert? If you are any of the above then we have great news [...]

Navy Spouse’s Humor Blog Named Top Military Family Blog

Navy Spouse’s Humor Blog Named Top Military Family Blog

A humor blog written by Navy spouse, Lisa Smith Molinari, and our very own Village Connector columnist of  “The Meat and Potatoes of Life” received the most votes recently in the Circle of Mom’s Top 25 Military Family Blogs contest for 2011. CircleofMoms.com, a social networking site launched in 2008 and frequented by 6 million [...]

Stand Up for Those Who Stood Up for Us

Stand Up for Those Who Stood Up for Us

On Tuesday, May 24th  through Friday, May 27th, 2011, Will Rich and Mike Simpson arrived in Fenwick Island, DE area on standup paddleboards (SUP) as part of their SUP the Coast awareness campaign for the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP), a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting wounded military personnel and their families. Will and Mike began [...]

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