State Employee Charity Giving Campaigns Begin
Fall heralds the beginning of 2015 State Employee giving campaigns. Similar to the Combined Federal Campaign run by the US government, State campaigns ask employees to donate to one or more organizations on their list of approved charities. Approved organizations are selected based on a variety of program and finance criteria that varies from state […]
School Daze
If your family is anything like ours, you understand and have survived the back-to-school daze. Purchasing new backpacks, paper, pencils, composition books, notebooks, calculators, plus the unique items on each child’s “required” list—which often takes multiple shopping trips as stores run low on special supplies. Walking younger children to the bus stop to be sure […]
South Africa’s Youth Dying from TB and HIV
Just this week we learned that Tuberculosis (TB) was the leading cause of death among South African youth in 2013. Released on Monday, The Morbidity and Mortality Patterns Among the Youth of South Africa Report found that natural causes account for 70% of youth mortality, with TB and HIV topping the list of communicable diseases […]
