Mental Health Resource
Our goal is to bring people together around the issues of addictions by providing concise, up-to-date information and a meeting place for patients, their friends and families, and professionals who offer pathways to recovery. www.psyweb.com
Participate in a Research Study
If you have experienced the death of a loved one in the past ten years and are over eighteen years old, we invite you to participate in a brief online study of the ways that individuals make sense of and find meaning in loss. All participants will be entered in a raffle to win one of two $50 gift certificates to Amazon.com.
Your participation will contribute to a better understanding of grief and loss. The researchers, Dr. Brian Vandenberg, and Rachel Hibberd, are most grateful for your time and help in completing the study. If you have any questions, please e-mail rhibberd@umsl.edu. The study has been approved by the Institutional Review board of the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Click here to participate:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2DTKDZ9
Book Corner
How Sweet It Is [Paperback]
Deena Livingston leaves behind a broken romance and her chef job in Atlanta to spend time at her grandfather's cabin in the mountains of North Carolina. But her grandfather has an odd request: he wants Deena to teach cooking classes to the ragtag group of middle-schoolers who attend the local afterschool program, The Center. Reluctantly, Deena agrees, but how is she supposed to convince these kids that cooking at home is better than eating at McDonalds? And after all she went through in Atlanta, why is she attracted to Zack, the social worker at The Center? Can a Dr. Seuss-quoting plumber, a curly-haired basketball player, and a group of middle-schoolers change Deena's outlook on life?
Word Cloud
Funeral Wreaths
Son Of Breast Cancer Victim Vows To Help Mom
Barbara Keenan has been suffering from breast cancer for 16 years. She has had a difficult and painful battle with the disease, and that battle has had a profound effect on her son. Michael Keenan has vowed to help his mother, and others, by trying to do something about cancer. To forward that goal, he has recently founded the Barbara Keenan Foundation for cancer research.
The Barbara Keenan Foundation is a small non-profit group completely dedicated to finding a cure for cancer. The foundation sponsors fundraising events and donates 100 percent of its profits to noted, cutting edge cancer research facilities dedicated to finding a cure for the disease. No one at the foundation draws a salary. All time is donated by the five board members, including Michael and the foundation's research director Dr. Daniel DePrince.
The foundation's latest fundraising effort is the sale of a calendar featuring naturally beautiful women in exotic locales posing in swimsuits. The calendar is called "True Beauty," and is definitely not a run of the mill swimsuit calendar. It has been created using only volunteer models and photographers, and focuses on inner beauty as well as outward. Each photograph is accompanied by motivational ideas from the women involved. According to Michael, "my mother is a very beautiful woman, not only physically but spiritually, and I wanted to honor her with something that, was entertaining to look at and also went a little deeper into the positive philosophies of life."
No one who worked on the True Beauty calendar was paid, and absolutely all proceeds will go to cancer research. As an added incentive, all purchasers of the calendar will be entered in a drawing to win an all expense paid trip to Jamaica for two.
May the sun always shine upon you,
Michael Keenan, Voorhees, NJ
| < Prev | Next > |
|---|
