Saving the World—One Vacation at a Time
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- December 22, 2011
Read on for The Wall Street Journal's picks for the best in volunteer travel in 2012. The Wall Street Journal, 12/19/2011
READ MOREMade in America Christmas Gets Schooled
- Making a Positive Difference
- December 22, 2011
What started as an effort to have people buy one American-made gift for Christmas has resulted in more than $550,000 of pledges to buy American products for the holidays. Earlier this season we wrote about the Made in America premise: if each of us spent just $64 on U.S.-made goods during our holiday shopping, the
READ MOREA Christmas Role Reversal
- Making a Positive Difference
- December 21, 2011
In Racine, Wisconsin, the younger generation helps brighten up the holiday with music, gifts, and smiles as part of a program called “Be a Santa to a senior.” Trees are set up in local shops and decorated with ornaments containing requests from the needy. Volunteers then buy the gifts and deck the halls of local
READ MOREIs basic etiquette dying out? How just 30 per cent of parents make children write thank-you notes
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- December 20, 2011
The Daily Mail, 12/16/2011
READ MOREUnderstanding Eating Disorders
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- December 20, 2011
This is an interesting interview with Harriet Brown, the author of Brave Girl Eating, a memoir about one mother's journey to understand anorexia. The interview discusses Brown's reasons for writing the book, and delves into some details of her daughter's battle with anorexia and the difficult decisions that went along with it. Aside from her
READ MOREAfter-school Crafts for a Greener Planet
- Environmental Well-Being
- December 20, 2011
The students in the Green and Recycled Arts class at After-School All-Stars, an LA after-school program provider serving poor inner-city children, are learning that they can express themselves artistically in an environmentally friendly way by taking random household materials to create reusable items and works of art. Huffington Post, 12/13/2011
READ MOREHoliday shoppers need to be wary of cyber fraudsters to avoid identity theft
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- December 20, 2011
An increase in online shopping traffic is bait for cyber scammers eager to steal your credit card info and make unauthorized purchases during the holiday season. Read on to find out what cyber thieves do to steal your identity when you shop online and what steps you can take to reduce the risk of your
READ MOREAnonymous donors pay strangers’ Christmas layaway accounts
- Making a Positive Difference
- December 20, 2011
At Kmart stores across the country, anonymous donors have been paying off strangers' layaway accounts, buying the Christmas gifts other families couldn't afford. Kmart representatives say they did nothing to instigate this. The benefactors generally ask to help poor families who are squirreling away items for young children (like toys and children's clothes). The good
READ MOREOrange Juice’s ‘Secret’ Flavor Packet Surprises Some Moms
- Home & Family
- December 20, 2011
For the last 30 years, the citrus industry has used chemical flavor packs to process orange juice, without being required to print these ingredients on their packaging. This is true of top brands like Tropicana, Minute Maid, Simply Orange and Florida Natural, among others… even juices labeled "not from concentrate" or "premium." Some health-minded mothers
READ MOREPoor lifestyles harming U.S. Heart Health
- Health & Healing
- December 19, 2011
Americans' heart health is in a woeful state, according to this year's report card from the American Heart Association. And it's largely because people just aren't taking care of themselves. USA Today/ HealthDay, 12/16/2011
READ MORETanning beds may raise common skin cancer risk 70 percent
- Health & Healing
- December 16, 2011
Tanning beds are linked not only to melanoma, the deadliest skin cancer, but now also to basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of the disease, according to new research from the Yale School of Public Health. Reuters on MSNBC.com, 12/13/2011
READ MOREThe Cost and Benefits of Emotional Honesty
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- December 16, 2011
Learning to let yourself be open about your emotions with both yourself and your significant other is a difficult task, but the joys of connection and fulfillment that come with being real and authentic are beyond measure. After all, how can you trust that someone loves you for who you are if you've been too
READ MORELook for the Green Good Housekeeping Seal on Paper Products
- Environmental Well-Being
- December 16, 2011
Toilet paper and diapers are among the products now evaluated for both usability and sustainability. The Green Good Housekeeping seal comes with a limited guarantee that the product works as promised — and that it meets green criteria for sustainability and safety. Good Housekeeping backs up its testing with a limited two-year warranty that promises
READ MOREGetting Hired When You’re Over 50
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- December 16, 2011
True, older job seekers face a few extra obstacles. But you may be able to overcome them by turning your age to your advantage. Here's how. Fortune, 12/9/2011
READ MOREA VA promise: No veteran dies alone
- Making a Positive Difference
- December 16, 2011
Volunteers are caring for dying veterans through special end-of-life programs at 14 VA hospitals across the country. CBS Evening News, 12/12/2011
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