The 2011-2012 school year has begun is or is just around the corner, depending on where you live! Now is the perfect time to focus on your little ones by prepping up their bedroom for the new academic year. Read on for ideas on how to make your child’s room a fun and exploratory themed [...]
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 [...]
Why do we get so overwhelmed during the holiday season? Basically, it is simple. We think we have more to do than we have hours in the day. For some of us that is true. To make this year different, let’s figure out how to enjoy this year. Here are a few tips: Make a [...]
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 [...]
Part Two To read Part I – visit this link: beach-week-you-told-them-what-part-i Binge drinking. Tons of shots. Drinking upside down. Drinking from some apparatus that has a hose on it. Mixing wine, beer and liquor for the ‘effect’. It’s enough to make me the terrible, mean Mom who changes her mind on a big decision. I [...]
Part One of Two She casually mentions this ‘beach week’ thing and how she and five of her good friends would like to go and have the entire ‘senior year’ experience. Without even hesitating, I offered a ‘sure’ remembering how it felt to be 18, wanting to be my very own person, having the freedom [...]
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 [...]
The Children’s Inn at NIH provides “A Place Like Home” for pediatric patients at the National Institutes of Health and their families. At the end of a long treatment day, children leave behind the IV drips, needles, nurses and doctors and return to The Inn’s fun and home-like environment—and most importantly, to the comforting presence [...]
Written by Jennifer L. Burke According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, autism, a complex, life-altering, developmental disorder, affects 1 in 110 children. In an effort to raise awareness and critically-needed funds for autism research, Kennedy Krieger Institute will host the annual ROAR for Autism event on May 1, 2011. ROAR for Autism began [...]
Now that the weather is getting nicer it is very important to think about some Playground Safety Tips. Did you know that over 20,000 kids every year visit the emergency room due to injuries on the playground? Let’s make sure that your child(ren) is not part of that statistic. I am including some of the [...]
