Paws for Purple Heart lend support to their fellow Veterans…in companionship, lifelong friendships and Hearts of Gold… Paws for Purple Hearts (PPH) is the first program of its kind to offer therapeutic intervention for veterans and active-duty military personnel by teaching those with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to train service dogs for their comrades with combat-related physical [...]
Recently members of the Linda Dear Team, with Re/Max Advantage Realty in Columbia, Maryland, had the opportunity to help the USO deliver care packages to our American soldiers who were leaving out of BWI Marshall Thurgood Airport for distant places far from home for the holidays. These brave troops will be on the front lines [...]
Annabelle is a favorite visitor among the residents of a local Assisted Living facility. She has brown eyes; brown, black, and white hair; four feet; and stands 13″ tall. Annabelle is a beagle and a registered therapy dog! Annabelle’s calming presence and sweet demeanor puts people right at ease. One resident takes her for a [...]
Since the inception of Operation Support Our Troops in February 2002, our organization of volunteers has sent well over two million pounds of goods, treats and necessities to our deployed men and women in harm’s way. This holiday season is no exception. With the help of so many volunteers and supporters, we continue to send [...]
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 [...]
Although a forecast of rain had been given, not one drop fell in Canterbury Park, a wonderfully chosen site for S.O.F.I.A.’s “Walk Against Domestic Violence” held on the morning of September 10, 2011 in Montclair, New Jersey. Volunteers, consisting of friends, family and colleagues arrived early to prepare for the much anticipated event with vigor [...]
Ellie Feaga is a student at Bushy Park Elementary School and the 2011 Little Miss Howard County Farm Bureau. She is already making waves in her community through her charity work. Ellie, now nine years old, held her first bake sale when she was seven and has continued the tradition for the past three years. [...]
With the advent of fall comes the end of one much loved community tradition; the farmer’s market. A farmer’s market is part of the soul of the community, a place where local farmers and craftsmen can come to sell their handmade and locally grown wares, and where people come together on common ground. Farmer’s markets [...]
Written by Jennifer Burke Capturing the holiday season every year for three sparkling days in November, Festival of Trees raises much-needed funds for patient care, research, special education, and community programs at Kennedy Krieger Institute. The event kicks off Friday, Nov. 25, continues through Saturday, Nov. 26 and Sunday, Nov. 27. Held in the Cow [...]
Co-Written by Abbey Hill A group of young men and women from the Baltimore area will be traveling down to the city of St. Marc, Haiti in July to work to help prepare the James Stine Secondary School for its opening this fall. The school’s mission is to educate and feed the poorest of the [...]
