Florida: Before the Storm

What is it like in Florida when we are facing a possible hurricane? A new Florida resident checks in!

One Year Later: Surviving the Katrina Anniversary

One year ago, your life was turned upside down by Hurricane Katrina. Now, one year later, you are facing the first anniversary of the disaster. Learn why you are feeling uneasy, what you can do to support yourself during the anniversary.

Do Working Women Make Lousy Wives?

The recent controversy of whether or not working women make lousy wives has created a fire storm that is serging across the country. It's got men worried about their own wives and women steaming mad about the criticism. Here are a few tips to keep the fires flaming at home, while still keeping the bank account full.

Pluto - Cast Off and Treated Like a Bum

I am in mourning for an old friend. I am depressed. Along with his eight siblings, Pluto is the guy I grew up with. Like the unwanted weakling of a herd of wildebeest roaming the Serengeti plains of East Africa, dear Pluto has been racially profiled a dwarf, stripped naked, nudged out of the family, discarded and condemned to eternally wander the vast emptiness of space, alone and forgotten. Having spent years of my youth at the wondrous Hayden Planetarium, kid sister to an older brother's passion for astronomy, I too developed a strong sense of connection to the mysteries of what's out there. Comets and asteroids come and go, but a planet is a thing of beauty forever.

Students Chip In To Help Katrina Victims

While most college students on spring break are busy sunning up and partying down in exotic locales such as Cancun, there are others who are content to sacrifice their spring break to help those less fortunate. The deadly hurricane Katrina caused irreparable damage to New Orleans and its surrounding areas, and many sympathetic college students stepped up to the plate to help those in need.

Truth

Parents, sons, daughters, wives and husbands, every moment, day and year of your life you make decisions based on what you believe and know at the time. Sometimes you make those decisions with so much clarity and knowing, that life works itself out- even when there were/are rough spots along the way. Sometimes, what you know now would have worked life out differently. Now that I have lost my rose-colored glasses, everywhere I go I see people stuck in the decisions they wished they could change, the idea of someday doing what they say, but mostly saying all the things they will never do. They are all smarter than they think. They just have to simply find their religion- continuously doing what they know and feel is right inside, where family exists and extends to those who are of our blood or not- our real family.

Fund Raising - Spaghetti Dinners

If you're thinking of a fund raising activity and want your guests to go home with a smile on their face and a full stomach, try running a spaghetti dinner. Don't know where to start? No problem. This article should get you off on the right foot.

Take Comfort

Are national and global events happening a little faster than you would like? Are you growing uneasy, anxious, paranoid? Perhaps it will help to know everything is going according to plan.

Fund Raising - A Variety To Choose From

If you need some fund raising ideas, this brief checklist should give you more than your share of them, from tricky trays to bowl-a-thons.

What is Solar Power?

It is only a small fraction of the sun’s bright light that touches the earth, specifically around one-hundredth of a millionth of a percent). Many people wonder what is solar power? Even the tiny percentage of sunlight that touches the earth is plenty to meet our energy and power needs.

Drunk Driving Accidents

First, let us acquaint ourselves with some alarming statistics: 250,000 people have died in alcohol-related accidents in the past 10 years; 25,000 people die each year in alcohol related accidents; 500 people are killed weekly and 71 people daily in alcohol-related accidents; one American life is lost every 20 minutes in an alcohol-related car crash; and one out of every two Americans is likely to be involved in an alcohol-related accident in his lifetime. Every year, 708,000 persons are injured, 74,000 of them seriously, in alcohol-related crashes. About 2,000 people receive injuries each day in alcohol-related accidents.

Useful Information About Recycling

Collecting used materials normally regarded as waste to be reused and remade into new products is known as recycling. Old materials are sorted out according to their raw material base and their ability to be recycled.

Charity Donations

Charity donations are a great way to help the world's less fortunate while getting a tax break. A charity is defined as a legally incorporated nonprofit organization. This organization operates for the benefit of the public and has federally registered charitable status. A charitable status allows an institution to issue tax receipts for donations. Strict rules and regulations about the governance, advocacy and operations of a trust provide a higher level of accountability than non-charities. A charity can be an institution, organization, a single person or a group of people. Charity is an act of a kindness, which demonstrates love for a fellow human being.

Keep on Wheelin'

Further enhancing the accessibility and traveling needs of those with limited mobility

A Noble Mission

An inspiring article about the Free Wheelchair Mission, a non-profit organization working to enhance the lives of disabled people in developing countries.