By Abigail Welles Dr. Kathryn Anderson began her role as the county health commissioner in early November 2022, succeeding Dr. Indu Gupta who served the Onondaga county for more than seven years. The role is one Dr. Anderson is immensely...
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Inspire: Glenda Stowell – Care Bear Team provides comfort to hospitalized children
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
