Items Tagged ‘Giving’
April 6, 2017
Best Friends Put Love in Every Stitch of Their Quilts — and Then Give Them Away
By In the Loop 
Five years ago, best friends Julie Jackson and Mary Coleman caught the same bug. “We both suddenly got the urge to try quilting,” Julie, an administrative assistant at Mayo Clinic’s Rochester campus, tells us. Initially, they honed their craft by making lots (and lots) of quilted pillowcases. When someone asked what they planned to do […]
Tags: Giving, Julie Jackson
April 21, 2015
Seeing Cancer Through a Child’s Eyes
By In the Loop
“My son thought you could catch cancer like you can catch a cold.” That’s how Kelly Strenge describes an important part of her motivation to write a book that explains cancer to children. Kelly, the author of “The Truth about Cancer,” decided to write a book explaining the disease to kids after her husband, Brett, was […]
Tags: Giving, Hodgkin's Lymphoma
December 5, 2013
“I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.” Maya Angelou
Tags: Giving