Dr. Gwenn’s Huffington Post Blog
As a digital photography nut, I’m constantly on the hunt for inspirational photo taking prompts. One of the photo groups I belong to sends out a weekly theme to help focus our shots. This week’s theme is “shelves”. So, it [...]
We have a special tradition this time of year our entire extended family has come to value. We call it “the Charity Pie” tradition. Each year we make a small cash donation to a charity in the area who organizes meals for the homeless during the holidays….
We live in a society obsessed with outside beauty so it’s no wonder that parents whose children are born with any imperfection worry endlessly about how their child will be accepted in society. As parents, though, our job is to make sure our kids see themselves as much more than whatever obstacles are tossed their way, as tough as that may be.
We all develop causes and issues that become important to us. During my pediatric training, childhood cancer became a cause for me that I started to care very deeply about and has remained important throughout the many twists and turns [...]
Good Morning America and Burlington Coat Factory are once again teaming up the Warm Coats and Warm Hearts drive. Attempting to beat last year’s 175,000 plus of coats collected, this year’s drive began Thanksgiving week and will continue through January [...]
Over the last few years, I’ve come to know an amazing circle of parents and kids online who have endless energy in battling a rare form of childhood cancer, neuroblastoma. What makes this particular form of childhood cancer so heartbreaking [...]
Dr. Gwenn’s blogging break needs to pause to bring you this important message about a way you can help the world we all live in keep the water supply flowing in places that really need it. Virgin Money has a [...]
In the November, O, The Oprah Magazine, I noticed a 1/2 page “O Stats” (page 56) that read: “People who volunteer are 42% more likely than people who don’t to say they are ‘VERY HAPPY’ with their lives.” The editors [...]
Many people have a cycle for their charitable giving. Some people do a little all year ’round while others cluster it during the holidays or in the fall or spring when organizations and schools do their annual campaigns. For our [...]
