Jemicy Upper School senior Zachary Bowers has been selected as a recipient of the 2012-2013 Comcast Leaders and Achievers®Scholarship. This award, funded through The Comcast Foundation, recognizes high school seniors from Comcast communities for commitment to community service, academic achievement, and demonstrated leadership. To acknowledge these accomplishments, recipients receive a one-time grant of $1,000. Only one senior from [...]
Are you interested in learning more about alternative and/or complementary healthcare? Are you seeking credible source where to learn about holistic care? As a Holistic healer I am delighted to inform you that Dr. Andrew Weil will be coming to Maryland on Saturday, April 14th 2012. To Register Click Here This event is filled [...]
Europeans outlive Americans by a year and a half, according to new research. Despite efforts to promote healthy lifestyles and reduce healthcare costs, smoking and obesity remain the top reasons why Europeans live longer than Americans, said researchers at the Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California. Europeans may smoke [...]
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 [...]
Spanakopita, lamb, tatamousalata, baklava, and dolmaldes are just a few of the wonderful Greek comfort foods that Taste Mezze Tapas offers. This new restaurant quietly emerged in Olney, Maryland and is becoming a local hotspot for anyone in the mood for the tastes of Greece. Being of Greek decent, I grew up on the various [...]
Could your business use a boost in 2012? Perhaps learning something new to help you market or build your business could be just what you are looking for this year. Smartly Spaced is hosting business workshops to help business owners. Recently I attended “10 Business Image Catastrophes and How to Avoid Them” by Glenn Garnes. [...]
December 16, 2011 marked the second year for Glenelg High School’s Student Leadership Council Conference, as seventy-two participants gathered at the Glenwood Community Center to hear from a variety of speakers on leadership related topics. The program, run by Mr. Patrick Scible , a social studies teacher, and Mr. Jeremy Snyder, who works in special [...]
What will you be doing at midnight on December 31? Celebrating or sleeping? While millions of people all over the world spend their night celebrating the New Year and making resolutions, others are still waiting for the Chinese New Year to approach. Shari Sternberger is one person who is awaiting the start of the Chinese [...]
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 [...]
Charitable Giving Guide for the Holiday Season By Jeffrey D. Carlson, CFP® The holidays ignite the philanthropic spirit in many of us, and even with the uncertain economy, Americans continue to give. In fact, according to Charity Navigator, total giving to charitable organizations was up 3.8 percent from 2009 to 2010. As in previous [...]
