Category Archives: Health

To create a great blog, have an attitude of gratitude

Today’s Positive Thought of the Week from John Chappelear describes the attitude that will help you create a great blog (emphasis added):
I will work from a center that is loving, forgiving and grateful. I will focus on being mindful of others. I will be generous with what I give and not be concerned with what [...]

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Grace Children’s Hospital in Port-au-Prince Survived Quake

While other hospitals in Haiti were devastated, thankfully Grace Childrens Hospital still stands.
This latest report from the field:
We continue to asses the structrual damage that the hospital suffered, and in the next few days will be opening the hospital grounds to serve as a triage and treatment center in conjunction with other aid groups.
I emailed [...]

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Getting information out fast with your blog

On Tuesday I wrote on the benefits of cause blogging, as part 3 in the Introduction to Cause Blogging Series. The first benefit is the ability to share information quickly.  So how about an example?
The Health Care for America blog is advocating its position on the healthcare debate.  With the news on this issue changing [...]

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Communities Helping Families Through Kids Cafe

Kids Cafe is a program that provides after school meals for children from low-income families.  It’s a partnership between local food banks and area partners.  Feeding America, the organization that helps many local/regional food banks, provides the basic framework for locals to start their own Kids Cafes. Here’s a great video from Austin via Texans [...]

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Blogging for the uninsured: getting health care access for everyone

One of the causes that I follow and blog about occasionally is the issue of health care access. Recently on my personal blog I posted my four reasons for healthcare reform.
Zane Safrit is a fellow blogger that often writes about health care.  (Here’s a link to many of his healthcare posts.)
Via Zane’s Twitter stream [...]

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Twestival: Twitter users raise over $250K for charity:water

It’s been a little over a week since the Twestival and the donations are tallying up.  Over $250,000 has been raised for charity: water, a non profit organization that brings clean, safe drinking water to people in developing countries.
Many of the events were small networking parties, bringing together people who normally only [...]

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