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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Children’s Inn at NIH has been providing a place like home for pediatric patients and their families since 1990. Since The Children’s Inn opened its doors in 1990, more than 10,000 children from all over the United States and 82 countries have called The Inn home. The Inn began as a dream to provide a [...]
Local residents in Howard, Prince Georges, Baltimore, and Montgomery counties have a new place to get community news, with the launch of the Village Connector, a new online newspaper. Glenn K. Garnes, founder of the Village Connector, says the newspaper will focus on news that typically gets second hand coverage in the mainstream media. “We [...]
