Jordan Sheridan Zapisek has always had a charitable disposition. “I've always had kind of a philanthropic side to me since high school,” Jordan said. A 2013 graduate of Christian Brothers Academy, Jordan started her own charity drives while she was...
Month: October 2019
Causes, Featured
INSPIRE: Mary Lou Sayles, Executive Director, Huntington Family Center
Mary Lou Sayles isn’t the kind of executive director to lock herself away in her office and busy herself with paperwork while people need help outside her door. “I am a firm believer you help one person, that’s a good...
Causes, Featured
FOR A GOOD CAUSE: League of Women Voters
Can you explain the mission of the League of Women Voters? The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy...
Features, Health
WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: Getting Real with IUDs
By Heather Shannon, MS, CNM, NP, MPH Most of us know about intrauterine devices (IUD) and most of us have heard the horror stories surrounding IUDs. Many years ago, there was only one type of IUD, which did come with...
From the editor
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: In November, we write about philanthropy
Philanthropy in its most basic definition means “love of humanity.” I like to believe that people are basically good — that we all start out with the best of intentions, full of that love of humanity. Sometimes the world is...
