By Alyssa Dearborn Since its founding in 2011, The Bear Team has brought over 14,700 Build-a-Bear stuffed animals to children receiving care and treatment at Golisano Children’s Hospital. The bears serve not only as companions and comfort objects for the...
Year: 2022
Cord Blood Donation: A Mother’s Perspective
by Cheryl Abrams Each time Geralyn Saya sees her son, Jared, she sees another mother who helped save his life when he was just four years old. She sees that mother in labor who had chosen to donate the leftover...
Guest Commentary: Better Together
By Beth A. Broadway, President/CEO, InterFaith Works There is an old folk tune that goes, “We may have come over in different boats, baby, but we’re all in the same boat now.” Some of us came over first-class passage, some...
WBOC Leading Lady: Shea Palmer – New Woodstock entrepreneur helps educators support students’ success
By Kate Hill For the past several years, retired teacher Shea Palmer has been using her knowledge and experience to help other educators address their students’ needs through her New Woodstock-based business, Shea's Classroom. Palmer creates and shares elementary school...
A new holiday recipe: Adding to this season’s culinary supporting cast
By Jennifer Wing Holidays are about getting together with family and friends, celebrating the season and each other. They also are a time of remembering loved ones we’ve lost and honoring their memories through traditions and talk of seasons past....