How special would a handmade Menorah be to your holiday collection, especially created by your kid(s), reminding you each year of their talent at a certain treasured point in time? Here we investigate the making… Read More »Easy and Fun Homemade Hanukkah Menorahs
Our health and wellness contributor, April Reigart has some wonderful advice on keeping ourselves and our families healthy this winter season. — My job, as a holistic health coach, is to teach people how to… Read More »Cold & Flu Nutrition
Not only is Santa Lucia utterly beautiful, especially to little girls, but what she represents is awe-inspiring to adults as well: light in times of darkness. With advent calendars everywhere we look these days in… Read More »The Lore of Santa Lucia
Skiing and snowboarding have a long-lasting reputation for being expensive and sports for the rich. The overall cost is often a deterrent for families who want to learn. The most expensive lift tickets at major… Read More »Learn to Ski and Snowboard Without Breaking the Bank!
The Brooklyn Birthing Center has opened NYC’s first donor milk depot. As many know, breast milk can give fragile babies a healthier start in life. They have an affiliate milk bank that they are partnering… Read More »The Importance of Milk Banking
Hi everyone, Hope everyone is having a fabulous Thanksgiving with their family and friends and excited for the long weekend. This weekend there are many events that are happening all weekend so you have three… Read More »Weekend Events in Brooklyn & NYC: November 27th-29th
Dear Friends, As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, I’m writing to ask for your help. Eight years ago, we started a soup kitchen and a food pantry because people kept coming to our church asking… Read More »Greenpoint Reformed Church Food Pantry and Hunger Program
We are constantly on the hunt for fun, healthy foods that our kids will enjoy that are easy to make and stay fresh in the fridge for more than a couple of days. I also… Read More »Healthy Family Snack: Homemade Hummus
There’s an IndieGoGo campaign called “Operation Refugee Child,” which is for a great cause… Helping to provide care packages for refugees. A mother in California is donating baby carriers to Syrian refugees with small children, whom… Read More »Carry The Future: Helping Syrian Refugee Moms
About three weeks ago, it dawned (or darkened) on me. It was an unhappy, gloomy realization that, “Holy Mother of God, it’s dark,” in those sad, thick early evenings at only 5pm toward the end… Read More »Seasonal Affective Disorder, SAD, and its Treatment