Category Archives: Volunteer

Giving

Most of us are born hearing “give in order to receive” and if you really pay attention, they are both the same and one can’t occur without the other.  Whether it’s giving compliments, volunteering your time, sharing talents or going out of your way to help people around you. There’s an ever universal equilibrium with…

A Little Fresh Air Does the Body Good

My great-grandmother had two cure-all remedies for every ailment imaginable… One, put some Vics Vapor Rub on it. Two, get out of the house and get some fresh air. The benefits of the first were often lost me (vapor rub on a toothache? Are you kidding, Gram?), but the second very rarely failed to help…

You are not alone

First let me say how thrilled and honored I am to be writing here at MFFO – nothing like being part of a “feel good” group with no hidden agendas and a genuine desire to make a difference in our world. A few years ago I joined a local cancer group in my area because…

Follow up on the big C

Back in October I posted about the randomness and proximity of girlfriends being diagnosed with cancer.  Today I am especially heavy.  My girlfriend who was diagnosed with Burkitts Lymphoma in  October, was told that she has weeks to live, that though she has suffered through chemo, and radiation, the cancer is back and has spread….

An Email From Women For Women

Dear Racquel, International Women’s Day is a chance to stand with the women of southern Sudan, Rwanda, Afghanistan or any other country where we work and proclaim that women have rights and value. They are worthy of celebration and honor.  They are worthy of the economic and social change. Racquel, hundreds of supporters have added…