2014 December / January Kent County Women's Journal

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December 2014 / January 2015

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Editor’s Note Welcome to YOUR new Kent County Women’s Journal!

We are very excited to bring to you a fresh team and fresh look.

I have recently joined the team with Kevin and Angie Phillipson and we are very excited to share with you, the all new Kent County Women’s Journal. First, I want welcome the new graphic designer Melinda Ransdall. Melinda is very talented and brings a trendy, fresh feel to the table. She has given the magazine this amazing new look and layout. Watch for more from Melinda!

In this issue, we are featuring the Circle of Red. These ladies raise money and awareness both professionally and personally, for the American Heart Association. Heart disease is the number one cause of death among women. Often times, we are busy taking care of others we forget to take care of ourselves. Make time for YOU! Visit www.heart.org to find out how you can live a heathier life.

Make sure you go to like our page on Facebook, Kent County Women’s Journal! Also, visit our online community www.kentcountywj.com.

Check there for giveaways and more information on upcoming events! Happy Reading!

Much love, Elizabeth

3 Mineral Court Dover, DE 19904 302-399-4829 www.kentcountywj.com Publisher Kevin Phillipson Editor Elizabeth Brode Design Melinda Ransdell Partners Kevin and Angie Phillipison Elizabeth Brode Photography Escudero Photography

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Contents

Wellness Nutrition and Exercise in Cancer Survivorship 6 Celebrate Another Day of Living 7 Change Your Fate 8 Responsibility 9 An End of Year Review 10 Forever Fit 11 Getting in Synch this winter with a Spiritual Retreat 12 Tide Pods Poison 13 Language to the Next Level 14

Business

16 Part 1 : How Women Can Win on LinkedIn 17 Central DE Chamber 18 Warm Workers’ Hearts 19 Is a Car Wash Better for the Environment?

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Circle of Red

Community Lifestyle Schwartz Center for the Arts Escudero Photogrpahy Helping Santa for 65 years Dancing with the DE Stars Celebration Gifts Seasonal Stress

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Education Are You Willing to RISK It? Association of Classical Christian Schools First State Military Academy Curl Up WIth a Good Book

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President’s Luncheon The Entrepreneurial Spirit Serving Through AmeriCorps A Gift of Encouragement Giving Back for Kids Southern Lights of Life Impacting Lives Cold Weather Animal Care Let’s Celebrate Together!

Health 43 44 45 46 47 48 49

The Gift of Dental Health Making a Great First Impression Know How to Spot a Stroke Huge Difference in Your Care Stop Winter Germs Home Instead Give Blood for the Holidays

On The Cover The Season of Giving 5 Tiffany Rubin Nurse Next Door Honorary Mayor of Central DE 24 Ron Sayers, Gemologist Sayers Jewelers 30 Circle of Red American Heart Association

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TIFFANY RUBIN Nurse Next Door and Giving Back

On the Cover W J The Season of Giving

“Our core purpose is Making Lives Better and the way to do that is make people happy.”

Ways Nurse Next Door gives back: Time! – Tiffany is the Honorary Mayor of Central Delaware and as such is a liaison for the Chamber.

She is also a volunteer field hockey coach at Caesar Rodney High School.

Nurse Next Door has a volunteer program where if an employee works for 50 hours or more for an approved organization, that employee gets a gift card.

Tiffany also is an active participant in local events (guest judge for Chef’s Fight for your Heart) and sits on VISION, a local group whose purpose is to promote local entrepreneurial leadership, growth and development.

Happiness with a Heart Committee – A committee developed by Tiffany for employees of Nurse Next Door. They are in charge of monthly random acts of kindness, and providing a culture of good. Every month, this committee does something different. It may be handing out 25 cups of coffee to random people, sending handwritten cards with a tea bag to all caregivers (You’re doing a “tea-rrific” job), or making a meal for a next door neighbor. Nurse Next Door provides a budget that the committee works with to do these random acts of kindness.

Pay It Forward campaign – This campaign is for the Honorary Mayor, and it stemmed from an existing Random Acts of Kindness initiative within Nurse Next Door. Pay It Forward encourages local businesses and employees to do something for a fellow person and then present them with the Pay It Forward card to pass on to someone else!

We have employee events such as painting parties and makeover nights!

Photographed Tiffany Rubin Ron Sayers Halie Areanna Mary Christine Alisha At Sayers Jewelers 19 S. Main St. Smyrna, DE

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Nutrition and Exercise in Cancer Survivorship

Most people are aware that the various forms of cancer treatment affect many of the body’s systems and while the purpose of cancer treatment is to rid the body of cancer, the various cancer treatment methods can leave the body fatigued and de-conditioned.

The good news is that there are over 12 million cancer survivors in the country today and the better news is that much emphasis is being placed on what are commonly called “survivorship” programs.

A growing body of research is finding that modest changes in diet and exercise seem to not only help people have a better quality of life, but can sometimes affect overall survival quantity.

Additionally, one of the most common emotional concerns I hear from cancer survivors is fear of recurrence, and diet and exercise seem to play a part in preventing or delaying recurrence.

Presented By Sean M. Hebbel, LCSW, OSW-C Sean has been the Program Director for The Cancer Support Community Delaware since it’s inception in 1996. He has experience working in regional medical centers, university based health systems and community health organizations. From 1986-1996 he maintained a private practice specializing in the emotional support of those with acute and chronic physical and emotional illness.

He has been the past President of the Board of Social Work Examiners for the State of Delaware; Past President of the Clinical Social Work Society of Delaware and past Chair of the National Certification Board of the Association of Oncology Social Work and past Treasurer for the Association of Oncology Social Work. He is on the Quality of Life Committee of the Delaware Cancer Consortium. He was the recipient, in 2006, of the Southeastern Region of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society “Oncology Social Worker of the Year”.

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One of the most common and lingering side effects of both cancer and cancer treatment is fatigue.

Not the fatigue associated with “having a busy day” but more the “I can’t get out of bed after 12 hours of sleep” kind of fatigue. Because this can linger after active treatment, how do you go about improving stamina and increasing energy?

According to the National Cancer Institute, physical activity is a “critical component of energy balance” which is the term researchers use to describe how weight, diet and physical activity influence health. Physical activity and diet play a factor is several cancers: colon, breast, endometrial, lung and prostate cancers to name a few.

Certainly it is of benefit to consider dietary and activity improvements after cancer treatment. The Nurses Health Study which has followed 121,700 registered nurses since 1976 has discovered that women who walked three to five hours per week after being diagnosed with and treated for breast cancer had a lower risk of dying from the disease.

Studies involving colon cancer survivors suggest that regular exercise reduces the risk of cancer returning by 50%.

The foods that are recommended to prevent cancer are also the foods recommended to eat once cancer treatment has been completed: plant based, lean protein, low fat dairy and limited processed foods.

The Cancer Support Community offers programs that help individuals return to healthy functioning during and after treatment for all cancers.

Programs such as “Ask the Nutritionist”; “Walking Warriors”, “Zumba”, “Danzare” and t’ai chi and yoga are offered at all three Delaware locations to help people recover functioning after treatment.

For more information about the Cancer Support Community and our programs offered in Wilmington, Dover and Rehoboth, visit our website at www.cancersupportdelaware.org.

Celebrate Another Day of Living A few days ago, I was playing a game on my phone when an ad popped up. I have to admit, I was pretty annoyed with the ads now popping up on my phone. As I sat there waiting impatiently for the ad to end, I heard a message that stopped me in my tracks, and struck a cord within me on a very deep level.

I didn’t just hear the words this time, I felt the power of the message behind them. The messages are all around us, prompting us, reminding us, yet how often do we listen? I was amazed at how simple the words were, yet truly applying them in my life would totally transform me and how I lived day to day.

They were playing a song that I had heard many times before but had never truly paid attention to the lyrics. This time I did, however, and what a whole new perspective!

Living life as a celebration, not taking for granted that I would wake up each day and be here to see the day end. While I know this on an intellectual level, we all do, how different would I be if I actually lived it? If I saw each day, each experience for what it is, a gift?

“I just want to celebrate another day of living. I just want to celebrate, celebrate, another day of life.”

live, in this moment. Living from this new perspective, I feel a sense of gratitude for being alive, I give myself permission not to hold, wait for a better time to do something. For there is no better time, this is the time.

Use the good china, wear my favorite clothes that I am saving for a special occasion, tell the people in my life how much I love them, do the things that make me happy now, not later. How freeing, how empowering to live from this new perspective, I just want to celebrate another day of living!

None of us are promised tomorrow, all we really have is right now, to fully

Ann Darwicki is a Certified Professional Life Coach who completed her training at the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching. She is the owner and founder of Whole Being Coaching, specializing in coaching caregivers and nurses to live the life of their dreams. Prior to becoming a life coach, Ann obtained an Associates Degree in Nursing from Delaware Technical & Community College. She has 22 years of nursing experience caring for women and children, with a life-long affinity for holistic medicine. Ann is a Reiki Practitioner and an outspoken advocate for both people and the environment, focusing on the environment’s impact on human health. She is a Nurse Luminary, a founding member and current chair of Delaware Nurses Association’s ad-hoc group Nurses Healing our Planet, and has been a Delaware Clean Air Ambassador. She is also a freelance writer. Ann can be reached at 302-750-0574 or by email at adarwicki@

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W J Living Well Do You Suffer From: Night sweats/Hot Flashes Bloating Fuzzy Thinking Mood Swings Anxiety/Stress Weight Gain Digestive Problems Women all know that there are burdens to bear when it comes to our gender.

We accept that once a month we will have a monthly visitor; we also accept that after we reach a certain age we will no longer have our menstrual cycles.

We know that this change is called menopause and we accept it. Women are aware of the moodiness, and the hot flashes that accompany menopause but did you know that we do not have to suffer this fate?

Even though there is no avoiding menopause we will all experience it differently. Menopause is a time when the ovaries of the female reproductive system are no longer releasing an egg every month. This is why some women have irregular bleeding. This also makes it possible for women who are perimenopausal to become pregnant.

Also by slowing down the fertility process estrogen levels are decreasing.

Change Your Fate!

Women who have already experienced this life change say it is very important to truly know yourself. With all these changes its no wonder that Caryn Louise Leschen, a freelance illustrator, copy write, and cartoonist describes it as “Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts to fall apart!”

You do have a choice! You can take control of that time in your life by utilizing many of the services Heather’s Holistic Health has to offer. For women of all ages we recommend supplements such as Adaptogen (adaptogenic and rejuvenation support), Fem Balance (support during the menstrual cycle and during menopause) and Estro Flavone (advance hormone support). All of these supplements are available at Heather’s Holistic Health and are beneficial to any woman regardless of her age.

There are many options available to you rather than suffer from irritability, lack of energy, memory fog, weight gain, and skin changes. We offer QRA testing (Quantum Reflex Analysis) which as a type testing that lets your body choose what it needs. You will meet one on one with one of are trained specialists who will go through extensive testing that concentrates on everything from bone health to thyroid health.

Lisa Heather Torbert is the owner of Heather’s, QRA Practitioner, Yoga Instructor, Hypnotherapist, Counselor (CADC), and Broker/Realtor. Lisa obtained a Master’s Degree in Counseling from Wilmington University, became a Yoga Instructor, Hypnotherapist and a (QRA) Practitioner completing Levels I, II, & III.

on the readings it gets back it will be able to deduce what your body is lacking. This creates a baseline so that we can begin to get your body on the right track!

Do not just sit back and wait for menopause to happen to you, take charge! Make changes and educate Why is this important? Estrogen is one yourself today so that you can better Through the QRA testing you will also of the most important hormones in a enjoy your tomorrows. Call today and woman’s body, not just for reproduction gain a better knowledge of how the body allow the trained staff at Heather’s purposes but also for bone health and is wired together. Everyone is different Holistic Health to assist you in getting hormonal balance. An individual who and therefore needs different the best from yourself! suffers from joint pain before menopause supplements to support it, the QRA is is likely to feel more intense discomfort geared for you specifically so there is Supplements for Menopausal Support: after menopause due to the lack of little guesswork involved and you can Adaptagen estrogen. start feeling your best faster.

Ultra Pollen It has also been noted that a woman who has emotional disorders earlier in life (such as bi-polar disorder, or depression) will find it harder to control such episodes. This is due to the amount of hormones being produced changing.

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Galactian While QRA testing is our most extensive ThyroVen test we offer, we also have what is called the Zyto test. This computerized test works in a similar way to a lie detector test. You place your hand on a detector that will send signals to your body. Based on the readings it gets back it will be able

RESPONSIBILITY Responsibility is doing what is required, needed or expected of us. While studies tell us that parents find responsibility to be a top value, it’s easy to wonder if people are getting more lax about getting their jobs done, keeping their commitments, fulfilling promises, owning up to mistakes and going above and beyond to help make the world a better place. What do you think?

A study conducted this year by the Pew Research Center showed that 94% of the 815 parents surveyed say it is important to teach children responsibility regardless of parental ideology or child’s age. In particular, whether they have preschoolaged children, elementary-aged children or teenagers in the home, parents agree that the most important traits to teach children are responsibility and hard work.

Other traits that parents felt were important for their children to learn were helpfulness and good manners.

Jim Rohn once said; “You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. Research also tells us that when children and teens gain a sense of responsibility That is something you have charge of.” towards others, it can help to maintain lower rates of substance abuse.

Responsible people get things done.

Being responsible can have protective They are Reliable, Accountable, and factors!

Dependable (R.A.D.). We all want our children to be the kind of people who One of Responsibilities most important exercise responsible habits, initiate responsible behavior (even when nobody traits is “owning up” to our mistakes. is looking) and demonstrate responsible Girls’ activist, Ann Richards, once said; “I believe in recovery, and as a role choices. model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a Some argue that young people don’t mistake and come back from it.” have a good work ethic while others argue that children need more time to It’s easy to run and hide from mistakes. simply be children. What do you think-Placing blame, shirking accountability is there a balance? and covering over the truth are ways that many will stave off taking responsibility Abigail Van Buren once wrote; “If you for their actions. How can we teach those want children to keep their feet on the who we lead to own up to their mistakes, ground, put some responsibility on their take responsibility, and move forward shoulders.” What was your first “job?” with their lives?

What were your first lessons around responsibility? How does the way you Responsibility is a crucial quality of a were taught responsibility spill over into leader. Leaders set the standard and how responsible you are now? when leaders show responsibility, it is more likely that others will do the same.

When we teach children to show Whether we are talking about taking care responsibility, we are setting the of “things,” showing up on time, following foundation for a responsible lifestyle throughout their childhood and adulthood. through with promises or being accountable for our choices, a leader’s We also want students to realize that responsible people go above and beyond. actions can make a big difference.

They don’t just do the jobs, chores, and One of the best ways to teach requirements to which they committed but they also do what needs to get done responsibility is to demonstrate it to our children. Talk about your personal or even when it’s not “their job.” In a professional responsibilities while nutshell; responsible people respond pointing them out as you do them, if when they see a need.

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possible. Whether you are following through with a commitment or being accountable for a mistake, your children learn from watching you in action.

Mr. Preece is the owner and chief instructor of Kaizen Karate Academy. Mr. Preece has been teaching martial arts as his full time profession in the Dover area since 2003.

Mr. Preece’s strengths include teaching both youth and adult classes. He says his favorite part about martial arts is teaching leadership skills to a new generation, as well as encouraging families to train together to reach their full potential.

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RESULTS IN THE NEW YEAR

Before you know it the year will be over and most people will be setting new or the same New Years resolutions they did last year. At this point in the year with the holidays approaching, if you are like most people you are probably over eating and drinking like there is no tomorrow, with the intention to start over with a clean slate in January.

We have talked through out the year about numerous health and fitness topics, with the intention to inform and help you improve your overall health and make fitness a part of your life. With the year coming to an end and the holidays upon us, I thought it would be a good idea to share a brief excerpt of some of what we have shared throught out the past year.

Why Personal Training?

1.Working with a qualified Personal Trainer can improve you chances of actually achieving your health and fitness goals.

2. Having a Personal Trainer holds you accountable to yourself and someone else as far as following through on what you said you were going to do long after the feeling have passed.

3. A good Personal Trainer know how and when to implement changes to an exercise program to make sure you do not plateau and echieve optimal results.

4. A good Personal Trainer can educate you on proper nutrition and how to eat right to achieve your desired weight and health and fitness goals.

5. A good Personal Trainer knows how to encourage and motivate you without being obnoxious or rude.

The benefits of exercise: 1. Exercise increases your life expectancy.

2. Exercise increases your sense of well being by realeasing feel good hormones like Serotonin and Dopamine.

3. Exercise increase your energy level and sex drive.

4. Exercise reduces your body fat, and increases your metabolism enabling your body to burn more calories even when you are not exercising.

5. Exercise helps improve your self image and makes you more comfortable with your appearance.

Exercise as Prevention vs Treatment and cure: One of the most excitng thing about exercising, proper nutrition and living a healthy life is that there are numerous other benefits to exercise that we can not see with the naked eye. There is scientific evidence that prove that exercise can help prevent many illiness and diseases. I am a firm believer that prevention of any disease or trying to find a cure for them makes more sense and has no negative side effects.

Exercise can help prevent obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, and heart disease.

These are three of the most common health issues facing Americans every day of our lives, and they are all related to not exercising and eating right.

Heart disease is the number one killer of Americans each year. Obesity leads to Type 2 Diabetes and heart disease, so you can easily see how exercise and proper nutrition plays a vital role in the prevention of the number killer of people each year.

Orville C. Barnes is the founder, owner, and intellectual property behind RESULTS Personal Training and Fitness. A New York City based Fitness Professional and Personal Trainer, Orville opened RESULTS Personal Training and Fitness in April 2013. Orville inspires his clients with his constant philosophy, “Adopt fitness as a lifestyle.� With over 15 years of experience in the fitness industry and a background in numerous sports and competitive bodybuilding, Orville has helped numerous individuals from all walks of life achieve optimal health.

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The Resolution solution: As I stated earlier on in this article, most people are going to start over eating and drinking with the holidays approaching.

Because of this, when January rolls around most of us will be making some type of health and fitness New Years resolution. whether it is a weight loss goals, to get in shape, start exercising, or just to live a healthier life. The sad fact about New Years resolution related to health and fitness is that most people quit within 4-6 weeks of setting their goals. Most people quit simply because number one they set unrealistic goals and don't have a clue about how to go about achieving these goals, (this is where a qualified Personal Trainer comes in).

The easiest way to avoid the New Years resolution pit fall is to not overeat and drink during the holidays.

I know it is easier said than done, but the truth is, if you put your mind to it, focus, and continue to exercise over the holidays, chances are you won't put on the excess weight in the first place. One thing that I personally done to keep the weight off during the holidays is to make sure I get at least an extra 45 minutes of cardiovascular exercise done on the day I know I will be getting together with family to eat. By doing this, I can eat and drink a little extra without putting on the extra pounds and it keeps my mind and body in exercise mode.

One of the biggest mistakes most people make over the holidays is that they let shopping, after work functions, family get togethers, office parties, and anything else they can think of interrupt their exercise routine. In just a minumum of 30 minutes you can get your workout done and carry on with the holiday festvities.

Don't fall victim like everyone else, or don't do the same thing you did last year.

It's your life and your health, take control of what you eat and drink over the holidays, and when January rolls around whatever your fitness goal is, you will be ahead of the game.

FOREVER FIT How would you describe your lifestyle?

How would you describe your lifestyle?

Are you an active golfer or a more sedentary person? No matter what your fitness goals, Pilates offers endless physical and mental benefits. Why not give it a try? Sure, you can order a DVD, but most people prefer personal instruction: a teacher who can not only provide feedback, but also encourage you to reach new fitness levels. The reality is that once an exercise DVD arrives at the door, its lifespan is generally rather short. After using it once or twice, that DVD gets shelved. Of course you can have good intentions to exercise at home, but interruptions and distractions lurk literally everywhere.

fitness. He was a gymnast, diver, bodybuilder and circus performer.

He developed a series of exercises and training-techniques, plus engineered all the equipment and specifications required to teach his methods properly. While detained as a prisoner of war in England, he continued to develop what he called Contrology, a holistic system of exercise that he used to help other inmates improve their health. Around 1925, Pilates migrated to the United States.

He and his wife, Clara, founded a studio in New York City and directly taught and supervised their students well into the 1960s.

So why Pilates? Pilates has a great track record that includes longevity and reliability. Its founder, Joseph Pilates, a German, dedicated his life to physical

In today’s Pilates studios, instructors still use equipment such as the Cadillac and the Reformer, among others. The founder’s original training techniques are also used

on the mat or with small equipment.

People who practice Pilates learn mind/ body connection because of the obvious links that fit people recognize and respect. Each exercise demands concentration and control.

Pilates requires attention to details, and as individuals become more proficient in the practice, an experienced personal trainer modifies the exercises so they become more challenging.

Pilates’ exercises develop spinal mobility, strengthen the body’s core, encourage body awareness and simultaneously increases flexibility as well. Pilates’ exercises can be The alternative is to develop a relationship In his early years in the United States, performed on studio apparatus or on with a personal trainer who has earned Pilates built a following in the dance a mat, often using balls or rings. appropriate credentials to offer private community because his exercises Clients may notice their posture has instruction in Pilates. Before that first developed the strength, flexibility and improved or that that they are able to training session, the instructor will ask stamina needed for performance. Those take the focus they’ve learned during you about your goals, about previous exercises are still practiced today. The a training session off the mat and into injuries, about how much time you have Pilates system encourages students to the rest of their lives. Developing a to devote to your practice and a host of use their minds and mental focus to strong core and flexible spine also other questions in order to develop a control their muscles, and the physical serve as injury and fall prevention. personalized workout session for you. exercises focus on the core postural Pilates’ exercises definitely work the No doubt she will also evaluate your muscles. Pilates exercises teach breath entire body and engage the mind fitness level, taking note of your physical awareness, spinal alignment, and as well. Give it a try! strength and weaknesses so that you strengthening the internal core and will be appropriately challenged. abdominal muscles.

Nancy Hawkins Rigg is the founder and owner of Forever Fit Foundation, a personal training business specializing in Pilates, Gyrotonic, Gyrokenesis, Yamuna body rolling, and sport-specific training. Forever Fit Foundation accepts c[lients at three sites: Dover, Lewes, and Mendenhall Station, PA, just over the Delaware line. A certified athletic trainer, she earned her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Delaware and her Master’s in exercise Science and Sports Medicine from Miami University in Ohio. Please call 302.432.1816 or 302.698.5201 to schedule an appointment or for more information.

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Getting in Synch this winter with a Spiritual Retreat

By Nate Metz The Green Shaman

Kaya Wellness & Yoga has experienced, trained instructors that can help you develop a program to address your chronic back pain, through one or a combination of Yoga, Aerial Yoga, Private Sessions, and Massage Therapy. If you are ready to create your own healing, instead of turning to a prescription.

For Appointments: 302-227-3450 info@kayawellness center.com For Information: http://shaman.natemetz.com

When the calendar rolls over to 2015 this winter, I challenge you to make a radical shift in your being by abstaining from resolutions of change.

Instead, I invite you to take a retreat to focus your time and energy on discovering who you really are NOW. I often see people falling short of their goals because they do not yet fully understand who they are with their present life circumstances. Our culture weaves a tangled web that can leave you preoccupied with balancing a long list of obligations, doing too much with too little, grappling with anxiety and depression, making unhealthy choices in relationships, diet, and so forth.

Quite simply, the middle of winter is not the optimum time to try and change who you are by making resolutions.

Living out of synch with Earth’s natural cycles creates imbalances in life.

Consider what winter represents.

This resting place is a time of dormancy.

Nature calls to you to find stillness by practicing contemplation and going within. Bear teaches us how to hibernate.

Instead of fighting the natural rhythm of winter with resolutions of fad diets, unrealistic exercise regimes, and breaking habits, I invite you to hibernate.

Winter is the auspicious time to explore a spiritual life, to go within yourself, and discover your identity. Take time for you.

Spend quality time free from your electronic devices, your grueling schedule, and other distractions.

Taking a retreat is a very practical and attainable method to incorporate a spiritual practice with your holistic path.

On my own journey of healing, I did not

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attain a sense of wholeness and balance until I reconciled my self with a spiritual practice. It allows me to make sense of negativity, isolation, disease, and shortcomings so that I may find meaning in life that is filled with prosperity and joy in a nurturing and sustainable way.

Working with spirit allows me to understand life through symbols, energy, archetypes, intuition, and more. It also shows me that I am not alone and that I have help on this journey.

I would be honored to help you plan a spiritual retreat this winter and experience the deep healing that you desire.

At Kaya Wellness center, we have a selection of classes and services that can be tailored to meet your needs: Chakra Balance, STAR Energy Healing, Private Yoga Instruction, Reiki-infused Massage and more!

I highly recommend the STAR Energy Healing as part of a spiritual retreat.

Performed within a medicine wheel, this healing targets the energy star deep in the very core of your being and will influence every aspect of your life. Using specific ray energy and healing crystal, the vibration and pulse of your core star will be restored to a radiant energy pattern as you remember your true, divine nature.

Call or email today to accept this invitation and arrange a personalized selection of services that will transform your life and allow your true colors to blossom this spring!

Tide Pods Poisoned My Grandson By Erica Johnson, WVE Member

Imagine for a moment: You are home doing your family’s laundry. You gather a load of clothes, and put them in the basket along with a Tide Detergent Pod. You turn for a millisecond to grab your keys, coins, etc., as you turn back to reach for the basket your child is raising the Tide Pod into his mouth, and it explodes as he bites down.

What do you do? You will do what more than 12,000 American families have done across the country: Frantically dial 911.

packaging to make the tubs opaque until July 2013, more than a year later.

Initially, P&G blamed many of the cases on Italians’ way of living.

Italians typically live in apartments where washing machines are in lavatories and detergent is often stored on the floor—within reach of children. American households typically do their laundry in separate rooms and keep detergent in cabinets or on counter tops, leaving one to question if making additional changes to the product packaging alone would be enough to prevent the death or serious injury to another child.

Taking these pretty little pods outside of the container and transporting them becomes a disaster waiting to happen.

On September 13, 2013, I experienced a The liquid inside these pods is extremely mother’s worst nightmare. As I was toxic, held together by a thin film, preparing my family’s laundry, my 15Most reported cases are not of designed to dissolve the moment it gets month-old grandson Dakari bit into a Tide children accessing this product via the wet, whether by water or a child’s saliva.

Detergent Pod and began the fight of his product packaging, but intercepting little life. Frightened and confused, I these pods while they are being The average age of poisonings reported watched helpless as he immediately transported outside of the bulky was 3-years-old, and about 94 percent of began to turn blue and gasp for air. container. Dakari is currently receiving pod exposures were in children 5 and medical treatment thru specialist for younger.U.S. poison control officials say Looking for answers, I turned to the severe respiratory issues.Long-term they were caught off guard in early 2012, Internet. I began to panic. A 7-month-old damage is unknown. Since then, I when the first cases of babies and boy in Florida had just bitten into a similar have begun an online petition urging toddlers ingesting detergent capsules laundry packet and died. How could this Procter & Gamble, the makers of Tide came up. Interestingly enough, poison be happening? Since these pods burst Detergent Pods, to go a step further control officials and Procter & Gamble onto the scene in early 2012, more than in preventing these poisonings from (makers of Tide Pods) have indicated 12,000 children have been poisoned and happening by adding an additional that the issues with Tide Pods did not rushed to the emergency room, including layer of protection, placing an come entirely unexpectedly. the 7-month-old boy whose family was individual wrapper around each pod. staying at a domestic violence shelter Three years ago, Milan officials at an located in Florida. The shelter hands For safer options to these and other Italian poison-control center contacted these packets out to its residents for toxic products in your home, please P&G to report that children were biting them to do their laundry. call Kevin at 302-399-4829 into small packets of a similar P&G concentrated liquid detergent called Sources:http://online.wsj.com/news/artic Packaged in a clear jar resembling a Dash Ecodosi. Milan officials advised the les/SB100014240527023036189045791 candy dish, to some children these pods company to make the capsules’ 67980730406864 http://www.newsnet5. become irresistible. The same thing that packaging opaque and harder to open. com/dpp/money/consumer/dont_waste_ gives them their cute, convenient appeal P&G made those changes in Italy in the your_money/pg-tide-pods-poisoning-chil is the very reason they are so incredibly spring and summer of 2012, after which dren http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headli dangerous. No mess, no spill, no more nes/2012/05/laundry-detergent-pods-poi P&G reported poison cases fell by 60 lugging the bulky container, you just pop soning-children/ http://www.cbsnews.co percent over a six-month period. The one and go, right? What if you are one of m/news/cdc-warns-laundry-detergent-po decline was attributed primarily to the the 25% of American households that do ds-pose-health-risk/ ttp://www.greename new packaging. not have a washer and dryer inside of the rica.org/livinggreen/dryer.cfm home?

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Take Your Personal Language to the Next Level

How you communicate with yourself and others is how you will experience the world. The words that we use are extremely powerful. Every day we are faced with negative talk. The language that people use, tells us a lot about themselves and what is going on for them. Just imagine if you could experience life in a better way, simply by becoming more conscious of the language you use.

life. If you communicate with yourself in a negative manner using negative language, you will experience life negatively. Your choice of negative words disempowers you, e.g. phrases like “life is hard” or “I never get it right.” People who have a much broader and richer vocabulary, can experience life differently. They have more choices and variety and therefore can feel more empowered.

Very often it starts with your internal dialogue.

What you tell yourself and others Observe the language that you use and notice how this has an effect on on a regular basis is how you will experience and create your your psychology and physiology.

When you continually using negative words you are constantly focusing on lack, pain, disappointment, anger, resentment and frustration. If that is what you are focusing on and putting out there, that is what you are going to get back. This type of language usage can become so habitual that you don’t even notice you are using it; you use negative vocabulary unconsciously.

Karen Singery is a Transitional Coach who is furthering her studies at The Coaching Institute in Australia. She founded her business Pathways Unlimited and specializes in assisting people who are experiencing or wanting change in their lives, career, wealth, health or relationships. Karen is passionate about helping people to empower themselves, to explore new paths and develop new supporting goals. As a result of this her clients ultimately have clarity, direction and a new lease on life. She has coached clients in the USA, New Zealand, South Africa, UK and Australia. Karen can be reached on pathwaysunlimited@gmail.com or via her website www.pathwaysunlimited.com.au.

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To create a positive change in your life, take your personal language to the next level. This simple strategy will transform how you feel, how you think, and the way you will live. We become so conditioned to use words like ALWAYS, NEVER, SHOULD, EVERYONE. We make statements like “I am always the one who gets hurt” – Really, always? “He should never have done that “– Really, I’m curious is this your life or his?

Using these disempowering words has a strong impact on our lives.

They are emotionally charged and have an intensity. What are you really telling your unconscious mind? A simple method is to replace all those words, with words that empower.

Here is a list of resourceful and empowering words that you can use to help you experience a situation differently.

Disempowering Empowering Sometimes, often Always Never Should Everyone Have to Need to Must Try But You make me feel Problem Angry Depressed Overwhelmed I am fine / okay

Sometimes Choose, want Someone Choose to Want to Choose Will, want to, commit to And I feel Opportunity, challenge Tad cranky, peeved, annoyed I am feeling down, confused, concerned I am feeling stretched I am feeling great

Starting today, become more aware of the language that you are using. Notice the judgments, the thoughts, the actions and reactions. In order to change your language you need to be consciously aware of the language that you are using. Be aware of how powerful your words are, and the effect they may have on you and others. Become an observer. Once you have taken note, consider the changes that can be made. Build yourself up with positive self-talk. Start a new habit of using resourceful and empowering language.

Change your language around tasks that are difficult or tasks that you don’t want to do.

Celebrate and commend yourself when you have successfully achieved doing something.

Love yourself enough to use language that builds you up and empowers you.

Language has the power to transform. Imagine, if by focusing on changing just a couple of words in your everyday conversations with your colleagues and customers, you could have more sway and effect and achieve improved results! Yes, you can!

Language is the apparel in which your thoughts parade before the public – George Crane.

Testimonial- Karen also has this ability to know where I was emotionally during the life coaching session and lead me in a direction that was positive, thought-provoking and inspired action.

She taught me to identify and change the language I was using and she reminded me of my strengths and how to use them when I was ‘stuck’. - Nadine

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Part 1 : How Women Can Win on LinkedIn

LinkedIn is one of the biggest social networks with approximately 300 million members worldwide as of 2014. LinkedIn has gained the reputation as being the social media platform that can help businesses women find the right employees, investors, or the next best lead to convert into revenue.

This unique platform stands out from the rest because of the characteristics of its users. LinkedIn members in the United States have an average income of $86,000.

Many successful business women use this platform to network on a professional level first then on a social one next.

One of LinkedIn’s greatest benefits is its ability to enable companies and entrepreneuress to connect with their contemporaries, clients, and potential clients.

Ladies did you know that Fiftypercent of LinkedIn members are more likely to do business with a company they network with on LinkedIn? Furthermore, LinkedIn has been proven to be 277% more effective at generating leads than Facebook and Twitter. Kick Butt on LinkedIn and Take Names Later.

Invest in a Quality Picture (NO LOGO) Ladies a picture is worth more than a thousand words. It is worth your next client or that dream job that you have been working for.

If you are a business women looking for a job, then you may want to have a picture on your LinkedIn profile that has you wearing the clothes that you would wear to an interview. If you are an entrepreneuress, I recommend that you have a professional-looking picture that has you wearing clothes that you would wear to a business

Drew Kennedy is recognized throughout the DelMarVA region for his expertise in eMarketing.Drew Kennedy’s background includes over six years in Healthcare IT, Email Marketing, and Social Media Marketing.

Drew Kennedy earned his Master of Business Administration in 2009, and his Master of Information Systems and Technology Management in 2013.

meeting with a potential client. Create a Powerful Headline That Makes You Stand Out The headline is one of the most important sections of your LinkedIn profile. It is the first piece of information that everyone will see. So it is important that you show your unique skills and/or services to everyone.

Post Your Website Link on Your Profile Embedding your website link in your Profile is another way to drive traffic back to your desired website. This is especially important for the entrepreneuress who relies heavily on her website to capture leads. Be Clear and Concise about You or Your Services. Let everyone know exactly what you do and how well you do it. If you have more than one connection asking what you do or what services you provide, then you probably need to be clearer about yourself and your services.

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Own Your Credibility If you are a founder of a company, post it! If you are an author of a book, post it! If you have skills that you know are valuable to your niche, or your respected industry, post it!

The SpotLIGHT Promo: Tis the Season for Giving!

The Holidays are always a great time of the year to spread joy and to give back to your community. Well, the Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce (CDCC) wants to do just that. The CDCC appreciates our members more than they will ever know so it’s time to give back to them! This is a way for the Chamber to say thank you to members because without them, the CDCC would not be the only 5-star accredited Chamber in Delaware: Coming to the CDCC January 1st, 2015:

The SpotLIGHT Promo So, what exactly is The SpotLIGHT Promo?

For an entire year, the CDCC will randomly choose two members on a weekly basis to be in the SpotLIGHT!

How do you qualify? That’s simple!

Every week between Monday and Wednesday (4:30 pm deadline) CDCC members are encouraged to send the CDCC an email to info@cdcc.net simply saying “I want to be the SpotLIGHT”!

What do you get if chosen? Your company will be featured and hyperlinked on our “SpotLIGHT Promo” page on www.cdcc.net for 1 year, highlighted on the CDCC’s Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages and featured on the “SpotLIGHT Board” that will be on display at the CDCC Sunset Business Mixers.

We are so excited to give back to you, our members, who are the heart of this organization. A sincere thank you to all of you.

Call the CDCC office at (302) 734-7513 or email at info@cdcc.net for more information.

Mark your calendars for January 1st – you could be the first in the SpotLIGHT! Thank you from all of us at the CDCC, Judy, Cristal, Deb, Felicia, Heather, Kristi, and J.R.

The History of CDCC Established in 1919 as the Dover Chamber of Commerce, the Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce evolved over time with the merger of the Smyrna-Clayton Chamber of Commerce and more recently, with the addition of the City of Harrington Business Association.

The general purpose of the Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce is to advance the balanced economic development of Central Delaware by promoting civic, industrial, commercial, agri-business and social interests of the community, and by strengthening the freedom of private business to operate competitively for profit with minimal governmental regulation.

Created as a non-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian, apolitical corporate entity, CDCC stands as an advocate of business geared to improving the economic well-being of the community by qualitatively expanding the income potential of its members. Through active work in organizational and economic development, as well as community, military and legislative affairs, the Chamber helps to increase job opportunities for residents; to attract new industry and business to the area; to encourage programs of a civic, social and cultural nature; and to promote business conduct and practices.

CDCC serves as a forum to articulate contemporary issues facing the business community and to act as a public relations medium for the interests, problems, and needs of its membership.

Promoting the general welfare, prosperity and quality of life in Central Delaware and stimulating public sentiment to these ends, are principal themes of purpose for the Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce.

The Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce is the network of choice for the premier businesses in Central Delaware. https://www.cdcc.net/about_us.cfm

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Warm Workers’ Hearts

Warm workers’ hearts when it’s cold outside 5 ways to keep employees safe from winter’s danger.

Caring employers should pay special attention to winter-weather warriors by taking care to ensure their safety. Here are five ways to protect your workers and your business: 1. Advise employees to dress appropriately for various chilly conditions: cold, wind and wet. Encourage them to layer their clothing to adjust to changing temperatures and to wear thermal underwear that wicks moisture away from the skin.

2. Remind employees to stop working and seek shelter immediately if they experience pain or numbness in their extremities, such as their fingers or toes Stress that they should immediately seek medical care if frostbite sets in.

3. Provide outdoor workers with company phones or encourage them to carry their Shari Sack was born in Fort Riley, Kansas. personal mobile devices. That way, they As a military brat she experienced moves can call for help if they're stranded by from California to Panama, Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Germany. snow or ice.

Along the way, her family gained five 4. If possible, schedule outdoor work for younger siblings. Twenty five years ago the warmest hours of the day. Remind she chose to make Kent County, Delaware workers to take periodic breaks in dry her home. She holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Old Dominion University. shelters.

She and her husband, David, work 5. Encourage employees to winterize together as Benefits Consultants and their work and personal vehicles with Special Project Coordinators for AFLAC. blankets and cold-weather gear, as well She does volunteer work with Friends of as with emergency kits. the Fallen, is a Founding Board Member Danger lurks at home too Business of First State Military Academdy, and serves on several committees with the leaders are naturally concerned about CDCC. She is also a recent Graduate of the effect on-the-job injuries have on the Leadership Central Delaware Class of employees' well-being, as well as on their 2014 (the Best class in the Universe)! companies' finances and productivity. But

Sources 1 The Nation al Safety Council, Brin g Safety Home, acces sed Nov. 22, 2013 - ht tp://www.nsc.org/news _resources/Resources /Documents/Off-the-Jo b%20Fact%20Sheet% 20rcvd%2010%2022% 2009.pdf 2 The 2013 A flac Work Forces Repo rt, a study conducted b y Research Now on be half of Aflac, accessed Nov. 22, 2013 -http://w ww.aflac.com/brokers/i nsights/aflac_workforc es_report/default.aspx Z131266 12/13

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off-the-job safety issues should be top of mind for employers too, because Americans are actually safer at work than at home: The National Safety Council reports that for every at-work injury, another three injuries take place away from the job.1 Many employers increase workers' peace of mind and generate goodwill by making short-term disability and accident insurance policies available as part of their benefits plans.

Here's the lowdown on each: Disability insurance – When an employee suffers a disabling injury, initial thoughts focus on the journey to healing. Those are often followed by questions about returning to work and paying the bills.

Disabled workers may not lose only their ability to earn a living, but also savings and retirement funds. They may even face losing their homes. By offering voluntary short-term disability insurance, employers offer them the confidence that comes with knowing benefits can be used to help pay the mortgage or rent, as well as for gas, groceries, education expenses – in short, any bill that threatens a family's financial security. Accident insurance – Accident insurance helps employees stay ahead of the medical and out-of-pocket expenses that add up quickly after an injury. Again, benefits can be used not just for emergency treatment, hospital stays and medical exams, but also for other expenses workers may face, such as transportation costs, lodging needs and daily living expenses. The protection accident insurance provides may be particularly important to employees who are generally healthy and have not met the deductibles on their major medical insurance policies, because benefits can be used to pay out-of-pocket medical costs, including deductibles and copayments. Here's another reason robust benefits plans benefit employers in addition to employees: Workers surveyed as part of the 2013 Aflac WorkForces Report 2 said a strong benefits package increases their company loyalty, productivity and job satisfaction – and also plays a major role when they're deciding whether to remain in their current jobs or move on to jobs with better benefits.

Is a Car Wash Better for the Environment?

Scott and Katie Becker are both graduates of York College of Pennsylvania with bachelors in Sports Management and minors in Business Administration and Marketing. After he graduated Scott took to the car wash industry right away, managing a car wash on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

The interest in owning their own car wash grew quickly. The two took classes in Florida and went to the National Car Wash Convention before purchasing the car wash in Dover.

Washing your car at a car wash or washing it in your driveway, which is more environmentally friendly? Many people don’t realize that washing your vehicle in your driveway has a negative impact on the environment. Between the gallons of water that is used to soap up your sponges to the fresh water flowing from your garden hose, you can use anywhere from 80 to 140 gallons of water to wash a single vehicle. Now consider all of the wastewater that is being washed off of your vehicle that runs into the storm drain. These drains flow right to the closest river, stream, wetland, or other body of water. The water that is being washed off your vehicle is filled with toxins, oils, and exhaust residue as well as any number of chemicals in the very soaps being used to wash the vehicle. This water, filled with pollutants, will find its way into these bodies of water via the storm water management systems and begin to wreak havoc on the environment.

The rules and regulations that are placed on commercial car washes protect these bodies of water from being contaminated by the car washing process. We are required to dispose of our water directly into the sewer system. From there the water is properly treated before it is returned to the environment. We also use computer technology and high-pressure water systems to help minimize the amount of water it takes to clean cars.

On average it may take around 45 gallons to clean a car, less than half the amount it takes to wash a car at home. However if you would still prefer to hand wash your car at home here are some tips to mitigate your impact on the environment. Use biodegradable or water base soaps. Use less soap, even if it is biodegradable they are more than likely still not toxin free.

Use a hose with a water flow control adapter. Wash your car in the grass or on gravel, this filters some of the toxins before entering the storm drains. Empty your dirty bucket of water in a drain in your house, then that wastewater will be properly filtered.

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Up Coming Events At The Schwartz Center IRISH HERITAGE CELEBRATION TENOR MATT MACIS March 7, 2015 7:00 pm CHARLOTTE'S WEB PRESENTED BY THE CHILDREN'S THEATRE, INC. March 28 & 29, 2015

January 24 & 25, 2015 Join the adventure of Treasure Island.

You will meet pirates, search for a treasure map and treasure and meet many exciting characters, such as, Long John Silver, Doctor Livesey, Jim and Benn Gunn. Along the way there will be battles and much excitement.

Adapted from the story by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Tickets: Adult $10 Child $8.

THE PERSUASIONS April 11, 2015 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN BALLET PRESENTED BY DELAWARE DANCE ALLIANCE April 25 & 26, 2015

The Schwartz Center for the Arts is the premier venue for the arts in Delaware’s Capital City of Dover.

It has been and remains the aspirational destination for the area’s best artists. We are proud to play an integral role in the lives of citizens of Dover and Kent County. Steps to Supporting Community Arts: Success for the Schwartz Center for the Arts is framed by our mission statement: The Schwartz Center exists to enhance the quality of life for everyone by providing a home for the performing arts, educational activities and entertainment. The Schwartz Center for the Arts has won First State Favorite 2014 for the best performing arts center for Kent County.

February 27 & 28, 2015 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying From the authors of GUYS AND DOLLS comes one of the most delightfully irreverent musicals of all time.

Tickets: General Admission $10

Office Hours Wednesday-Friday 10:00 - 4:30 pm.

302-678-5152 or email us at: thearts@schwartzcenter.com www.schwartzcenter.com

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Wedding Photographer Tips

by Escudero Photography When you are looking for a wedding photographer there are some things that you should keep in mind and so we would like to take this time to share some advice that we provide to our potential Brides and Grooms when they are still interviewing wedding photographers.

Your cake will be eaten, the music will stop, the flowers will die and at the end of the day you will be left with your memories and your portraits.

Always look at an entire wedding that a photographer has captured.

Don’t let them just show you the best photos. Make sure your personality combines with that of your photographer because they will be with you all day. Check out reviews of past clients. Ask about how long the it will take to get your photos back . Make sure that it is a time frame you are comfortable with.

Ask about how they back up and protect your images. In the digital error one copy of a photograph is no copies because data can be lost very quickly. Check and see if you can get a full resolution digital copy of all the edited images.

Cristian and I are excited to be working with The Kent County Women’s Journal and are honored to be working with such an amazing group of people.

We started Escudero Photography eight years ago and have enjoyed capturing so many wonderful memories for our clients and friends.

Over the years we have focused our business towards Wedding Photography, High School Senior Portraits and our Photo Booth Rental, however we also capture many other wonderful memories for our clients.

Think about everything you want captured before choosing a package with few hours. Trying to rush your wedding photos will make for a crazy hectic day for you and will not allow your photographer to reach their full potential.

Make sure that the photographs that you are viewing at the time of selecting your photographer are from the actual photographer that will be capturing your wedding day. Make sure your photographer will be professionally dressed on the day of your wedding.

There is so much more that goes into wedding photography than just these 10 things. Photography ranges in prices and skill. Photography is also an expression of personality, talent, skill, of the photographer. Your family member or friend with the good camera may save you money but are they going to be able to save your memories?

Make sure that your photographer knows how to use the camera on a setting other than automatic and make sure that they have an off camera flash.

Really look at the portraits that your wedding photographer has captured and look for some from your same venue or a venue that is similar so that you can get an idea of how your portraits will look.

Choosing a wedding photographer is a very hard choice. Listen to the advice of friends and family but don’t let cost be your only factor because these are memories to last a lifetime.

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Katherine and Cristian Escudero Escudero Photogrpahy www.escuderophotography.com 302-389-8593

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Helping Santa for 65 years !

HOW WE STARTED When Leroy and June Sayers opened Sayers Jewelers in Smyrna on August 4, 1950 they had no Idea of what it would become only a short few years later. The original plan was to provide Smyrna with a jewelry store that also did watch repair, jewelry repair and hand engraving.

With these skills available, customers soon requested gold initials with hand engraving and a 14k solid gold fish hook which Leroy made for a client. Word soon spread and the store has expanded many times over the last 65 years to occupy three buildings on Main Street and serve clients in 48 states as well as England, Canada, Bermuda and some of the Caribbean Islands.

TODAY With the latest state of the art equipment such as Delaware’s first laser welder, CAD-CAM jewelry designing and machining equipment and high tech engravers as well as in house casting equipment, nothing leaves our store. We also use the tried and true methods of jewelry repair and manufacturing using the traditional torches, metal lathes, hand saws and files in addition to hand carving wax models as needed.

diamonds or gemstones that are family heirlooms we can use them as well.

HOW DO OUR CLIENTS BENEFIT? Sayers has worked with many corporations and organizations such a Fire companies, fraternal groups and schools as well as sports organizations to make custom rings, badges, pendants, lapel pins and custom plaques and trophies. For our private clients who want to create a one of a kind engagement ring or remount an existing diamond, if you can dream it we can make it.

Tom Sayers recently created a one of a kind engagement ring with a Batman theme that created national attention and hundreds of inquiries after being seen in a Delaware Today magazine article. One of our two GIA Graduate Gemologists will sit down with you in private and design a new one of a kind item with your ideas. If you have

I want to thank you and your employees for always being so helpful and pleasant. I have been a customer of Sayers for nearly 60 years. You are “The Best Jewelry Store” in the state and surrounding area. - Mary

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THE PROCESS After we work with you to determine the design, you choose the metal that will be used. You can choose from white or yellow gold in 10K, 14k or 18K. The most popular in the United States is 14k for all around good strength and beauty. Pure gold is called 24k and is too soft for use in most jewelry, it is therefore mixed with alloy metals which vary depending on the desired color of the finished product. The alloy metals can be copper, silver, zinc or nickel. Other metals we work with are platinum and sterling silver. Then one of our Graduate Gemologists will help you s elect an appropriate gem stone for your creation.

Following your selection of metal and stones the item is designed by one of our CAD-CAM professionals and a computer rendering is done for your approval. Upon approval of the design we machine a wax model that is the exact dimension of the finish item. Once you approve the wax it is invested, burned out and cast in gold.

At this point the finishing process begins and then the stones are set and the final finish is applied. You are then presented with a fine piece of jewelry you can enjoy for your lifetime and pass down to the next generation to treasure.

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W J Lifestyle I thrilled to be teaming up with Lisa Chase to participate in the 2015 Dancing with the Delaware Stars – to benefit Mom’s House of Dover!

Dancing with the Delaware Stars Journal I work for an online wellness company helping families get safer, healthier, natural and organic products for their home and family.

I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 2007 and my MBA in 2010. I am currently working on my Doctorate in Business Administration. I am a Distinguished Toastmaster with Toastmasters International and have received Toastmaster International’s Leadership Excellence award. I am a graduate of Leadership Central Delaware and am an ambassador for the Central DE Chamber of Commerce.

I am a Microsoft Certified Professional, received the Ralph Helm Fellowship awarded from Lions International, and the South African Army awarded me the Commanding Officer’s Commendation Award.

"I was thrilled that the DWTDS committee asked me to participate as a pro this year ," Lisa says. "I loved every minute of preparing for the event last year, all for such a great cause - Mom's House. Kevin Phillipson and I are great friends - having known each other for years, so it will be a blast getting us ready to dance for one of Delaware's premier events. It is exciting, but also very humbling. I am honored."

Lisa is a brown belt in Isshinryu Karate.

In her spare time, she enjoys artwork, crafts, reading, hanging out with friends and family, and watching occasional "bad" TV (all the cult hits!) An ardent dog lover, Lisa and her little collie Miss Nell are participating in "therapy dog classes" so they can visit hospital pediatric wards, in order to bring comfort and joy to sick kids.

They should have their certificate in midlate January 2015. One healthy addiction is Marianne Magee's Jazzercise, which I am also an Honorary Aircrew Member Lisa joined January 2014 and has with the 3rd Airlift Squadron of the United surpassed 100 classes. She is working State Air Force. I am also a sworn CASA on her second 100 classes now.

(Court Appointed Special Advocate) in the family court system working with foster Lisa and I promise to practice hard and care kids. In my spare time, I coach and give an exciting and well-executive dance referee rugby, I enjoy martial arts, kick performance for benefit of the families boxing and working out. served by Mom’s House. Please support our team by making a generous This wonderful organization provides I am married to Angie, we have five kids, contribution to Dancing with the Delaware free childcare to single women who and we are raising a nephew and one of Stars, benefitting Mom’s House, and are furthering their education with a our four grand kids. We also have a earmark your support to the Phillipson/ goal to be completely self-sufficient. Golden Retriever, Sophie. Lisa Strong Chase team. If you have several “horses Last year’s event netted more than Chase, the “Pro”, participated last year, in the race,” – including us, please $90,000 for the organization. We and she is excited to be a part of this consider splitting up your contribution to hope to raise even more – with your wonderful event once again. benefit all of us. Closing date in January help, we can! The 2015 event will be 23rd 2015 at 5pm. Votes can be cast/paid held Saturday, January 24th, come For more than nine years, Lisa taught for at http://www.dancingdestars.org. snow or shine, at Dover Downs Hotel hundreds of children, middle school and and Casino. high school-aged youth the fundamentals Thank you for your generous support of of ballroom dance through her National our team – Phillipson/Chase, and of I am the “Star” of our partnership, League of Junior Cotillion Chapters. Lisa Mom’s House of Dover. and as you may know, I am the is the development director and publicist publisher of the Kent County for the First State Animal Center and Best wishes, Women’s Journal, as well as an o SPCA, and she is the children’s and wner along with my wife, Angie and middle school youth director for the Elizabeth Brode.

Presbyterian Church of Dover.

I was born and raised in South Africa, serving my national service in the South African Army. I am an entrepreneur; along with the

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She is married to Randall, and they have two teenagers. Lisa is a trained dancer, having had years of classical and ballroom dance education.

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A Gift Worth Celebrating Fashion is so much more than cars, clothing and jewelry. It plays a greater role than people realize, especially in what we elect to drink. It’s not surprising that that fashion and wine go hand in hand, but it actually seem the two are a match in heaven.

Regardless of the method used to make sparkling wine, today’s wineries are using more Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier.

new wine type in the USA and abroad.

A distinctive character that will connect high end entities and their respective clients as they create the “ESE Experience (Embrace-Smile-Enjoy).

Businesses can use this “experience” to reward loyal clients, employing it as a symbol of appreciation and prestige.

Image Wine Cellars’ image of chic exclusivity is specially designed to create platinum brand loyalty. This image will be further cultivated through association with memorable and prestigious events and occasions, fostering a perception of an elegant and vibrant connection with people and their experiences.

Drinking bubbly is an experience that is unparalleled: a true pleasure of all senses. Bits of edible genuine 24 carat gold flakes also make it utterly decadent. The mere idea of adding a touch of bling to any party of celebratory scenarios is luxury on your lips.

Make no mistake, the world will always adore the romance and Bleu de Chavin, truly extraordinary and elegance of traditional sparkling wines unique, is a Caribbean blue destination and champagnes. However, for the that accentuates the profound taste of first time in centuries, wine makers luxury in a sexy bottle. The style and are embracing the power of the flavor of this wine gives a distinctive fashion industry in their creative character, setting it aside from other process. This elaborate business of sparkling wines by offering a gentler moving people through the power of perfume and tender flavor. As a delicate imagery and associations leads to sparkling wine reserved for memorable trails of stimulation, fantasy and celebrations, it offers seductive flavors titillation as the cork pierces the and fresh aromatic effervescence with atmosphere. The bi-product is an vividly pastel blueberries presented in image of luxury in its full capacity an impressively alluring bottle belying a to make your celebration etched in tasteful flair. stone for years to come: unique products for your special moments.

A refreshing change of pace from ordinary, the Champagne-Bratbirne Pear presents itself as a fine bubbled long lasting, intense and unexpectedly delicate pleasure. The aroma infatuates with notes of ripe pears, encouraging the subtle creation of thirst and curiosity. A historical book from 1760 documents that these sparkling wines have been produced from trees up to 150 years old, about 50 years before sparkling wines were produced from grapes in Germany. Image Wine Cellars, the only importer of these exclusive wines, proudly presents the “New Face of Celebration.”

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Jim Price is a highly skilled, entrepreneurialminded individual who is an accomplished Chemist, Quality Assurance and Quality Control professional with a track record of results-driven success in delivering his improvements and efficiencies that support ongoing business modernization and technical capabilities.

However, all his skill sets and education did not make him invulnerable to the down turn in our economy. Realizing there is no such thing as job security, he decided to take hold of his future and create his own destiny. Mr. Price brings with him exceptional business acumen, garnered from his considerable experience managing multi-million dollar chemical template repositories for high profile clients. He has a passion for developing and implementing new products and brands as well. This coupled with an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the beverage and lifestyles products industry and its market dynamics led to the creation of Image Wine Cellars. Image Wine Cellars is a member of the BBB as well as the only importer of the wine type Chic-Lux, Focused on building relationships through special occasions and events. Jim makes it possible for you to stand out in the minds of your family, friends, and clients.

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Seasonal Stress Every day stress can become more stressful for most people around the holidays. From scheduling visits to multiple family gatherings to baking food for organizations can be quite taxing. Fortunately, there are some useful techniques we can apply to help make this time of year a little less stressful.

Get Prepared

Dan Cain, the owner of Cain Illusions, LLC is an experienced and seasoned Keynote Presenter and Corporate Entertainer. For many years he has presented his topic on how to “destress” to companies across the country. His presentation comes right from the pages of his best selling book “Re-Program to DeStress – You Are What You Remember.” Pulling from actual life experiences and eastern philosophy he convincingly shows how we are all connected in life. For availability at your next event contact: www.cainillusions.com or (302) 526-7910.

We know the time is coming. The shopping. The hustle and bustle. The cooking. The baking. One of the most efficient ways to reduce stress at this time of the year is to be prepared.

Consider shopping for gifts online at your favorite stores. Chances are those places have a larger inventory to choose from as they do not have the constraint of storage space that a physical store has. You will also feel less anxious about trying to beat the rush of shoppers for that last item on the shelf!

Consider food items that you can freeze and prepare them beforehand. This can allow for some relax time later so there isn't that last minute meal to rush and prepare.

Dialogue Open lines of communication with friends and family members by sending a polite note or card (appropriate for the holiday) stating this season will be a bit more limited than usual. As the years progress, so do responsibilities.

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As a matter fact, for my family, this year will be slightly more reserved as we just welcomed on October 14th our third child into the world.

Your friends and family will appreciate and

understand your position. You may consider asking other family members to have dinner or “gift-opening night” at their home. Most of the time family and friends would love to assist andhelp out.

Pleasure and Enjoyment Keep in mind that if you are stressed out, exhausted, and are not as lively, you and those around you will probably not enjoy the holiday.

Is there a holiday tradition you can modify in order to enjoy it better? A good idea was given to me for parents with children regarding the New Year Ball dropping and so I'll pass it along to my readers. Find a YouTube video of the ball dropping from the previous year and play that for your children around 8pm or 9pm. The perception of time for them is not the same as yours and around that time (if they've had a fulfilling day) they will be tired and just about ready for bed. Now consider thepeace and quiet you'll enjoy over the next three hours for you and your significant other.

Testimonials “Drawing from mindfulness, eastern philosophy, and meditation Dan Cain has made an excellent “life-coach in a book,” to help relieve stress in your life.”

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Generations of Service - Inspired by in-laws - Patricia "Trish" Rodriguez Delaware GFWC has been a part of my husband’s family for many years. His grandmother, Annie Coursey Conwell, organized the GFWC Rising Sun Community Club, while his great aunt, Lucy Conwell, founded the Avon Club of Felton as a literary club. Annie and Lucy’s father (my husband’s great grandfather), Charles Samuel Conwell, who was an authority on Shakespeare, suggested the name for the club in honor of the literary great when it joined the Federation. In 1961, my mother-in-law, Elizabeth Conwell Rodriguez, encouraged me to join the GFWC Rising Sun Community Club. Now, my two daughters, Laura and Virginia, are active members of the GFWC Federation Guild Association, the club that I organized when I served as GFWC Delaware State President. My Federation Family Elizabeth Conwell Rodriguez (mother-in-law) Annie Coursey Conwell (grandmother-in-law) Lucy Conwell (great aunt-in-law) Laura Rodriguez Burton (daughter) Virginia E. Rodriguez (daughter).

many miles away, has brought families together by sharing a common bond.

The Round Table Club of Wyoming / Camden, a 113-year-old club started on January 23, 1901 in Wyoming, Delaware.

It is one of the now 23 clubs in the Delaware State The Round Table Club of Wyoming / Camden is devoted to serve the towns of Wyoming and Camden and the Caesar Rodney School District through service in: The Art, Education, Conservation, Home Life, International Outreach, Public Issues & Military Personnel, Legislation.

Federation of Women's Clubs, affiliated with the GFWC - The General Federation of Women's Clubs headquartered at 1734 N. Street, NW, Washington DC organized in 1898 by Jennie June Croly a New York City Journalist. The GFWC Signature Project Domestic Violence Awareness. GFWC Moto - "Unity In Diversity" GFWC General Federation of Women's Clubs started over 75% of the libraries in the United States and several important Bills The General Federation of Women’s Clubs in Congress such as the Child Labor is a unifying force, bringing together local Laws. www.gfwc.org women’s clubs, with members dedicated to strengthening their communities and enhancing the lives of others through volunteer service. With 100,000 members Keynote in affiliated clubs in every state and more Speaker than a dozen countries, GFWC members Dr. Sharon are community leaders who work locally Yoder to create global change by supporting the Wilmmington arts, preserving natural resources, University advancing education, promoting healthy lifestyles, encouraging civic involvement, and working toward world peace and understanding.

Federation membership is a gift that members may pass on from generation o generation. Mothers, daughters, granddaughters, sisters, nieces, aunts, cousins, and in-laws share a passion for community improvement through volunteer service. Being a part of the same club, or another Federated club

Caesar Rodney H.S. ROTC

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Donations to People’s Place

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The Entrepreneurial Spirit Over the course of his administration, Gov. Jack Markell has nurtured the entrepreneurial spirit by backing programs geared toward the earliest phases of business development.

Those programs include Start It Up Delaware, which brings the educational and business communities together to assist entrepreneurs as they develop their ideas. There’s also the Kauffman FastTrac program, which helps entrepreneurs take their ideas or businesses to the next level through training and mentoring from experienced small business owners and experts.

But the process begins much earlier than these stages. Entrepreneurism actually takes root during the education process.

This effort is spearheaded by Junior Achievement of Delaware (JA), which offers programs for grades K through 12 that help plant the seeds for our workforce and business leaders of tomorrow.

These volunteer-run initiatives help students look ahead toward careers and even the dreams of one day having their own business.

JA encourages children to look toward the future by providing experiences designed to create a spark and set them on a career path. It connects students to leaders with the goal of helping them find good jobs, continue their education or start their own business.

JA’s emphasis on entrepreneurism, innovation and the global economy dovetails with the programs and

and manages the day to day activities and functions of a multi-faceted economic development agency. Bernice is a proven business development & logistics executive with over 25 years of retail supply chain experience and several years of business consulting experience, prior to her current role at DEDO. She currently serves as Chair of the Board of Junior Achievement of Delaware. Bernice was appointed to Delaware State University’s Bernice Whaley, Deputy Director of the Delaware Economic Development Blue Ribbon Commission which is charged with defining the Office (DEDO) As Deputy Director, acts in the absence of the Director

initiatives Gov. Markell has promoted and launched over the last five years.

Volunteers with work experience visit schools and teach classroom programs that detail all of the nuances of what they do.

Young students get hands-on experiences with career and financial life decisions with the interactive JA BizTown and JA Finance Park.

Through JA BizTown, students will have the chance to “work” in simulated places of employment – everything from a radio station to a hospital. JA Finance Park puts students in the real world, where they have to manage a personal budget.

JA business partners also offer tours and more intensive career insight to students who show a particular interest and potential in their respective field.

There are also programs that go beyond simply thinking about what the future will be but instead focus on how to make that future a reality.

The JA Career Challenge gives high school students the chance to practice networking and job interviews; and in the JA Future Leaders Roundtable, high school students interact with adults to tackle a business ethics case study.

And with so much of our economy’s future riding on innovation and the fields of biotech and bioscience, JA has worked to inspire students with STEM (science, technology,

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University’s new vision. She is also a member of the Delaware Workforce Investment Board’s [Strategic Planning Committee and serves as a proxy member of their board. She serves on the Advisory Council of the Dean of the College of Mathematical, Natural Sciences and Technology at Delaware State University.

Bernice also serves on various advisory committees for the New Castle County Vocational Technical Schools and on the advisory committee for Delaware Tech’s Center for Industry Research & Workforce Alignment (CIRWA).

engineering and math) programs and the particulars of a STEM-based career. The JA Innovation Hub gives a glimpse of some of these career opportunities and what it takes education-wise to compete for these high-paying jobs.

JA It’s My Future, a recently sealed partnership between Gov. Markell’s STEM Council and Junior Achievement, will result in STEM literacy courses for Delaware middle school students.

The promotion of STEM learning and the introduction to STEM-based careers are perhaps the most urgent facet of what JA is doing for Delaware’s young learners.

Innovation isn’t just our future; it is our now.

This is because we’ve experienced recent success in attracting companies in hi-tech fields. CD Diagnostics, a leader in biomarker research and immunoassay development that enhances diagnoses and improves patient outcomes, recently moved its headquarters and more than 100 jobs from Pennsylvania to Northern Delaware. The company has plenty of room to grow at its new site, as it has agreed to employ 170 people there by 2016.

There will be STEM-related jobs at companies like CD Diagnostics, and Incyte, and Invista, and SevOne. To participate visit jadelaware.org

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Circle of Red The Circle of Red is a group of women who give generously of their time and resources to the Southern Delaware Go Red for Women and The American Heart Association. Each year they work towards bringing awareness about heart disease to the community through events and education. Annually, the city of Dover and surrounding areas Go Red for the month of February with the help of the Circle of Red. This legacy event lights up Legislative Hall red and places several red dress signs throughout the community. Other opportunities involve working with Bike-able Delaware, a grant from AHA for pediatric cardiac care and bringing CPR training to students in the schools.

Dr. Robin Smith Williams, a native of Garner, N.C., is the wife of DSU President Harry Lee Williams, the 10th president of Delaware State University. Their union has produced two sons – Austin, 18, and Gavin, 14.

Dr. Robin Williams is the only First Lady in the 123-year history of Delaware State University to possess a doctorate.

She earned a Bachelor of Science in Communication Media and a Master of Arts in Industrial Technology, Graphic Communications, both from Appalachian State University – where she first met her husband. In 2001, she earned an Ed.D in Technology Education from North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Her dissertation topic was An Analysis of Award Winning Local School Technology Education Teachers and Their Use of Effective Leadership Practices.

An educator in her own right, Dr. Robin Williams taught from 1995 to 2009 at Appalachian State.where she rose to the rank of a tenured associate professor in the university’s Thomas W. Reese Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology Program. In addition to teaching undergraduate courses, Dr. Williams taught several graphic arts courses at the master’s level during that tenure and served on a number of graduate student committees, six of which she chaired. In 1999, she was one of two doctoral students in the University of North Carolina system to receive the Board of Governors’ Faculty Doctoral Study Assignment Program Award. In 2006, she was selected to receive the North Carolina Technology Education Association’s Excellence in Education Award. She served as an associate dean in the University College of North Carolina Central University in Durham during the 2009-2 010 academic year. In that capacity, she worked to improve the university’s retention and graduation rates and successfully wrote two Title III grants totaling more than $1.5 million to support that work. In addition to supporting her husband as the First Lady of DSU, Dr. Robin Williams served as the Executive Director of the University College at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, and now is a retention consultant with Noel-Levitz, a national higher education consulting firm.

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The Symbol of the Circle of Red is a bracelet with one of a kind created charms by Sayers Jewelers. A new and unique charm is added for every year of membership

Angela Mills I have three teenagers in high school, a middle schooler and a 3rd grader to keep me busy.

I’m married to Dr. James Mills a Neuro-surgeon for Bayhealth Medical Center. As a mom I enjoy watching my kids compete, debate, play the piano, read a book, smile and laugh, not necessarily in that order. As a wife, I am proud of my husband’s role in our community and in his abilities to help others in his learned skills. As a daughter I enjoy my parents and in-laws moving here to Delaware to be closer to us. For me, I enjoy traveling and seeing things around the globe, a good cup of chai tea latte, a nice easy pace run with my headphones blaring, relaxing with good friends and volunteering where I can. I wear many hats, Circle of Red helps me focus on one: me. It is a reminder to me that heart disease can hit anyone at any time but it also can be prevented. Through Circle of Red, I am more aware of the dangers of not taking care of oneself.

Circle of Red Dr. Laura Gravelin is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist, specializing in rhythm disorders of the heart, with Delaware Heart &Vascular, P.A. Dr. Gravelin is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology. She graduated Wellesley College in Massachusetts and worked for several years in the medical research field before returning to school. She graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine where her excellence in cardiovascular medicine was recognized with the Zarrett Family award and her bedside care and compassion was recognized with the Dr. Mary Jo Nugent Award. She received her internal medicine training at Yale University providing care at the Yale-New Haven Hospital and West Haven Veterans' Administration. During this time, she traveled to Africa and spent two months in Uganda practicing medicine at Mulago Hospital. Dr. Gravelin received her Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology training at Brown University in Rhode Island. There, she was recognized by the American Heart Association with an award for excellence in clinical training. She has been a Top Doc in Delaware for these last two years and was recently recognized as Bayhealth Kent General Hospital's Planetree Physician Champion.

Dr. Gravelin provides cardiology services for adult and geriatric patients, with a particular interest in women's cardiovascular health

Louisa Phillips, RN, FACHE Administrative Director of Operations, Cardiovascular Service Line - Bayhealth Medical Center American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Delaware Regent Louisa Phillips began her career in healthcare as a tray girl in the dietary department of Kent General Hospital in 1970. Her diverse career includes Clinical, Human Resources and Operations Management in both non-profit and for profit environments. Ms Phillips earned her Diploma in Nursing from Milford Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in 1976; a Bachelors Degree in Nursing from Wesley College in 1986; a Masters Degree in Human Resources from Wilmington College in 1988; a Post Master’s Certificate in Nursing Administration from Villanova University in 1989 and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Healthcare Administration from Wilmington College in 2002 and a Master of Science Degree in Nursing from Wilmington University in 2014. She was the first Circle of Red Chair in 2012 and City Goes Red in 2012. She was the recipient of the Richard H. McCarty Friend of Heart Award - Distinguished Lifetime Service in 2 013. She continues to serve the American Heart and Stroke Association as a Lay Peer reviewer. Ms Phillips is the Administrative Director of Operations for the Cardiovascular Service Line at Bayhealth Medical Center.

Kim Daino is the current Circle of Red Chair Woman

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I will bring Americans together to strengthen our communities" is the pledge that 19 Delaware Habitat AmeriCorps member took on September 12, 2014 when they began their year of service.

What is AmierCorps?

AmeriCorps is a federal program that provides an opportunity for adults to participate in a year of service.

AmeriCorps engages more than 75,000 Americans in intensive service each year at nonprofits, schools, public agencies, and community and faith-based groups across the country. Since the program’s founding in 1994, more than 900,000 AmeriCorps members have contributed more than 1.2 billion hours in service across America while tackling pressing problems and mobilizing millions of volunteers for the organizations they serve. AmeriCorps in Delaware There are currently about 100 Delaware Corps members in state-supported AmeriCorps programs at four nonprofits: Habitat for Humanity, Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs, Delaware Economic Development Office, Ministry of Caring and Teach for America. The Delaware Habitat AmeriCorps program began in 2009 when all three affiliates, Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County, Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity, and Sussex County Habitat for Humanity joined together in an effort to further our mission statewide. Habitat's mission statement of "putting God's love into action by bringing people together to build homes, communities and hope," is a perfect match with the AmeriCorps pledge.

Habitat's AmeriCorps members focus on fighting poverty housing. Last year alone, Delaware's Habitat AmeriCorps team has made it possible for 33 Delaware families to move from substandard housing by purchasing their own decent affordable home through Habitat's homeownership program. Here at Central Delaware

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Serving Through AmeriCorps Habitat, our AmeriCorps members serve as our Volunteer & Construction Coordinator, Community Outreach Coordinator, and ReStore Marketing & Volunteer Coordinator. Each member fills a critical role that allows us to increase our capacity and serve more families annually.

Each member is challenged with developing and implementing sustainable new programs that are utilized years after their service. Last year, Allison Steffens, ReStore Marketing & Volunteer Coordinator, was recognized as AmeriCorps Member of the Year. Ms. Steffens joined AmeriCorps as she was exploring different options after graduating from college and wanted to join an organization she believed in, and AmeriCorps provided her an opportunity to gain new experiences. What she has learned is “service changes the way you think about work as the mission becomes your motivation to continue to work hard and knowing the i mpact you have on the lives of others.”

Cynthia Luciano, Community Outreach Coordinator, joined for similar reasons and wanted to pursue a year of service prior to heading off to graduate school. She has begun to realize how the smallest of tasks or information can have a significant impact in the lives of those we serve. AmeriCorps Commitment & Benefits Members commit to a year of service in which they "live in poverty as those they serve." Members receive a living allowance to facilitate that service, but is not a payment for the service. Member's "payment" is the knowledge that the service they provided helped families grow in safe, decent, affordable living conditions. Members commit to a minimum of 1700 hours of service for the year, but most far exceed that number.

Upon successfully completing their year of service, members also receive an education award. For those considering a year of service through AmeriCorps, Ms. Steffens and Ms. Luciano would tell you that is doesn’t just impact your life for one year, but will have a life-long impact, the opportunity to gain personal and professional

experiences is invaluable and finally the joy of knowing the impact you make in the lives of others which is why both and many others have committed to serve. For more information about AmeriCorps and how you can serve visit, www.americorps.gov.

For more information about Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity, please visit our website at www. centraldelawarehabitat.org or call [(302) 526-2366.

Jocelyn Tice has served as Executive Director for Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity since 2009. Over the past five years, Jocelyn has seen over 20 families achieve the American dream of homeownership. Prior to relocating to Delaware for the position, Jocelyn served in Pass Christian, Mississippi for two and half years coordinating volunteers and overseeing construction and repairs of homes during recovery of Hurricane Katrina. It was during this experience she was exposed to Habitat for Humanity who worked in a nearby town. Jocelyn grew up in upstate New York and attended University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky and graduated in 2002 with a degree in Business Administration. You can contact Jocelyn at (302) 526-2366 or info@centraldelawarehabitat.org.

A Gift of Encouragement Merry Christmas from Peggy, Kathy and Tricia at Inspirations Boutique

As we approach the busiest season of the year it is a great reminder to me that Jesus is truly the reason for the season. So, as I am thinking about this issue and the Christmas season I cannot help but reflect back to where I as one year ago in process of opening Inspirations Boutique and thank Jesus for His many blessings. Last year at this time we were still remodeling (with a lot of help from family and friends).

We invested a lot of time in creating a space where women who are facing a difficult cancer diagnosis could come and feel cared for in a loving, warm, and comfortable environment.

I wanted to offer a Boutique where friends and family could come to buy their loved one an uplifting gift – to cheer them up or give them a little hope. Oftentimes we do not know what to say or do for a loved one on this journey and a small gift of encouragement can really lift their spirit. It has been a long journey with many obstacles but one year later I believe Inspirations Boutique has what it needs to serve the women of our community.

Question: Does Inspirations Boutique carry post-surgery garments?

Answer: Inspirations Boutique has a postsurgery kit that includes a light weight leisure bra, 2 velcro attachable drain pouches, and confidence boosting feather weight puff form. We also sell separately a camisole with pockets for drainage tubes and easy access clothing that will make your recovery more comfortable.

Many women just want to return to a sense of “normalcy” and these post-surgery garments will enable you to run errands more discreetly.

Question: Does Inspirations Boutique have comfortable head coverings if I lose my hair during treatment?

Answer: Yes, Inspirations Boutique carries a wide variety of head coverings including wigs made from real hair.

Question: What other types of services does Inspirations Boutique offer?

Answer: Inspirations Boutique has a Beautiful room available for family members who may want to have a “Survivor party.”

We have licensed hair stylists available at any time to provide services such as head shaving or customized wig fitting. There is a licensed massage therapist who provides oncology massage and full services available for a day of pampering.

I have found that many women do not know the benefits available to them I am truly thankful for all the blessings of through their health insurance and Inspirations Boutique and I have a grateful what is available to make their recovery heart that God has placed me in a position more comfortable. Here are some where I can serve women in a place of frequently asked questions that may warmth as they travel their journey. I am help inform survivors. Question: If I confident that we have many products that have undergone a mastectomy, does will meet your needs whether a survivor or health insurance cover the cost of a a loved one of a survivor. I look forward to prosthesis and bra? Answer: After meeting each person in 2015. receiving a prescription from your I Corinthians 13:4-7. “Love is Patient. Love doctor most insurances will pay for 1 is Kind.” prosthesis every 2 years and 3 bras every 4 months. If you are not certain of your coverage just give us a call. Kathy Inspirations Boutique Diaz formerly from Avenue Medical is our licensed mastectomy fitter on site and 3469 S. Dupont HWY each client receives a customized fitting 302-698-5299 in a very private fitting room.

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Survivor Testimonial “I am a 12 year breast cancer survivor and I have been wearing the wrong size bra and prosthesis for all this time. I went to visit Peggy Bailey at Inspirations Boutique and she made sure that I had the correct size and fit. I am so happy and this boosted my confidence more than I can say. I was so pleased with how nice the boutique was and how comfortable I felt. I have spent many years dreading ordering bras and I am so happy that I no longer have to be uncomfortable.” - Bonnie.

Peggy was born in Virginia and moved to Delaware in 1973 with her husband Don Bailey. Peggy has a 40-year-old son, Donny Bailey, who owns his own contracting business, Marshall and Bailey Contracting; and a 38-year-old daughter, Tricia Bailey-Robinson, who is a social worker at Luther Towers/Village. Peggy counts her five grandchildren among her biggest joys in life. Peggy has owned All About You Hair Salon for ten years and recently opened a breast cancer boutique called Inspirations, which was inspired by her daughter, Tricia, a 4 year breast cancer survivor. Peggy is passionately devoted to helping newly diagnosed cancer patients and survivors and is committed to helping women find their inner strength and beauty after a difficult diagnosis. She has made it her mission to create a space for the cancer boutique that is private, peaceful and filled with love, hope and the strong faith that she carries.

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Giving Back for Kids

Diane King is thoroughly enjoying this new phase in her life.

She is actively involved in all aspects of her ten year old daughter’s life - from volunteering for her cheerleading team to school activities. Her daughter is not the only one to benefit from Diane’s love of children, her desire to be involved and the fruition of her dream to give back. She has served on the Board of Director’s for the Smyrna Boys and Girls Club, she is a basketball coach for the Police Athletic League, and volunteers as a bus aide for children pre-k to kindergarten assisting them with getting on and off the bus. To say she is involved is an understatement. This was not always the case for Diane. Working full-time for Verizon did not afford her the opportunities to be as involved while raising her son, who is now thirty three years old with two sons of his own. Her retirement from Verizon in 2009 came after thirty one years of service. She has succeeded, sometimes through difficult times.

She has experienced being a single mother, earned a college degree, and owns her own home. These are the life lessons Gail Truxon that have enabled her to be such great mentor and role model Growing up in New Jersey, Gail had a shining example as a Court Appointed Special Advocate to children. “That you on the importance of helping others very early in life. can succeed even through tough times, if you fall down, you While she grew up with 7 siblings, her mother was get right back up” is the mantra that she lives by. She became always helping others in addition to her own family. Gail a CASA volunteer two years ago after reading about it in the couldn't understand at the time why her mother would do Delaware State News. She enjoys being a stable influence to that. As she became older she began to understand how children who sometimes have no one in their life. She brings good it felt to give back, to help other people. Gail married that motherly influence to the child she is currently serving. her husband and moved to Delaware 31 years ago. She Instilling morals and values, encouraging them to finish school thoroughly enjoyed raising their son and happily and go on to college. Reminding them that they too can be volunteered at his school as a homeroom mom, successful even if they have chaperoning on field trips, etc. Being so involved at his had it tough. “If I can save school she grew close to many of his classmates. Once he one child, it is well worth it” graduated she found that some of his younger classmates she says. still wanted her to continue volunteering at the school. She decided to find a way to give back in a more meaningful way. She was no stranger to children's issues. She has worked full time for the past 29 years for the Delaware Department of Education as an Administrative Assistant, where she is currently still employed. She also served on Gail Truxon the Board of Director's for the Boys and Girls club in Dover. She heard about Casa through a friend and began volunteering in 2008. She has been assigned to 6 different families over the past 6 years. She still maintains contact with the children she has assisted even though they are now adults and have aged out of the system. "Knowing that sometimes you are the only stable adult in their life, Diane King you become very close. When you encourage them, reassure them that they can achieve a goal and then they come back and tell you they did it- I love it, it is so worth it"!

CASA and the children that they serve could use more people like Diane and Gail, perhaps like you. Have you always wanted to do more, get involved, give back?

What are you waiting for? There may just be a child waiting for you to make that difference in their life.

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Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition, Inc. presents

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Lights of Life An Evening of Living & Giving

Saturday, February 28, 2015 6 to 10 pm Dover Downs Hotel, Dover, DE ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT DBCC’S PROGRAMS IN KENT AND SUSSEX COUNTIES

The Southern Lights of Life gala is Southern Delaware’s premier breast cancer fundraiser. The evening will feature wine, dinner, dancing, exciting live and silent auctions, live entertainment, and local breast cancer survivors.

LIVE PERFORMANCE BY: KRISTEN AND THE NOISE

Photos Courtesy of Lloydlee Heite Photography

Event Co-Chairs: Gerri Coble & Michele Domenick, MD Honorary Chairperson: Michael Meyer, DO Individual reservations are $150 and sponsorship opportunities begin at $500.

For more information visit www.debreastcancer.org/SLOL or call 302-672-6435.

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For this Season of Giving, we focus on the impact one person can make in the lives of service members and military families nationwide. When one person is dedicated to making a difference, the greater community very often steps in to support. Meet Tracy, a perfect example of one person whose efforts to support Hope For The Warriors® were magnified when she conceived the idea to bicycle from California to Florida with a group of friends. The team of cyclists called their odyssey the Ride Across USA. They started in Malibu, CA on June 4 and finished in Amelia Island, FL on July 8. Throughout their journey, Tracy and the Ride Across USA team spread knowledge and awareness about the need to support military families nationwide. They spoke to veterans’ groups, attended memorial services, biked through parades, and more. Their goal was to raise

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Impacting Lives both funds and awareness for the needs of service members across the country. We are forever grateful for the commitment this team made to support our mission and improve the lives of service members.

Ride Across USA raised more than $15 thousand to support Hope For The Warriors®. They traveled 35 days, close to 3,000 miles, biked through nine states, and had one mission of ordinary people doing extraordinary things to give HOPE to our warriors. Ride Across USA’s journey across America may be complete, but they’re still doing tremendous work on our behalf. More information on Tracy and her amazing team can be found on their website, rideacrossusa.com or on the team’s Facebook page Ride Across USA-2014.

Cold Weather Animal Care First State Animal Center –SPCA provides life-saving tips for caring for animals during snow storm and cold weather.

With the winter months here and the potential of bitterly cold temperatures, and possible snow, canine, feline and other animal companions must be cared for properly. Don’t let that fur coat fool you – chances are, if you are cold, so are your pets, especially cats and dogs.

The First State Animal Center – SPCA (FSAC-SPCA), asks that dog and cat owners to make every effort to keep their pets safe, warm and dry this winter. Ideally, pets, especially cats and dogs should remain inside the owner’s home during cold days. However, those who must keep their pets outside are asked to follow the following specifications for the humane handling, care and treatment of their pet dogs and cats. Also, it is the law.

All outdoor housing facilities for pets should be structurally sound and safe for the animal, and the housing facility should fit the pet securely and restrict other animals from entering. The facility, or dog house, should preserve body heat, and keep them dry during snow, rain or freezing rain, or even in cold sunny days.

pet owner has to keep the animal outside during bad weather, the owner must checkregularly the pet’s water dish, to make sure the animal has access to fresh, thawed water, and additional bedding, which must be wood chips or straw, NOT blankets- the use of blankets is also against the law. “If the animal gets wet, so will the blanket, making the situation worse, possibly deadly-- for the animal,” FSAC-SPCA officials said.

Holiday Wishes and Thanks. During this holiday season, we reflect upon and are grateful for the hundreds of individuals and groups who have made a positive difference in the lives of the animals in our care, through your in-kind and monetary donations, active service such as helping to clean the kennels, feed the animals, walk and play with our dogs, and cuddle our cats.

Thank you.

One of the things you can do to help us is by finding the room in your home and family for a shelter animal. If you can’t do that, then consider giving them a gift of your time as a volunteer who can walk the dogs and play with the other animals.

Additional bedding needs to be provided for the animal when the temperature falls below 35 degrees or less. Some type of rubber/cloth covering, such as a thick, textured rug (kitchen or car mat) should be adhered to the door of the housing structure, to keep snow out, but in such a way that the animal can get in and out of.

Animal adoption is a very important family and individual decision, and it should not be made lightly or at the spur of the moment. Many animals that were originally a well-meaning holiday gift, end up unwanted and at the First State Animal Center and SPCA, and other humane facilities.

During a snow storm, the owner must check on the pet often during the storm, ensuring the pet has thawed water, and that it can go to the bathroom.

Please consider all aspects of animal care and responsibilities before adopting a pet for your family. We want all of our animals to find their loving, forever homes.

Perhaps yours is the next.

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Learn about the many reasons to and downstate Delaware by the editors at support Delaware Public Media by Delaware Today, our own newsmagazine.

We recently completed a new interview visiting our website at The Green was voted best Radio/TV talk studio, where we invite members of the DelawarePublic.org. Read through show by the National Federation of Press our archives to see the kind of news community to come in and join the Women, and the Delaware Debates that we conversation. We are hard at work to coverage we provide to the recently co-hosted with the University of get a new mobile studio up and running community, listen live, and take a Delaware were broadcast live nationally on that our reporters can use to travel look at some of the photos and video C-SPAN! We have been really, really good, around the state looking for stories segments that complement our and we hope our loyal audience will broadcasts and online news. and input from our audience. We recognize these efforts with thoughtful Then hit the Donate Now button and have ramped up our coverage of and generous gifts this holiday season, make it a happy holiday for Northern Delaware with a new Delawareans everywhere!

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Are You Willing to RISK It?

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Who’s really doing the teaching? Part Two

Schools try to live up to the model that Robert Fulghum described in All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, “Live a balanced life – learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.”

But at St. John’s, we’ve observed that what I’ve just described is only half the story. The other half of the story is what happens when the roles are spontaneously reversed… It’s true that students do learn a lot from their teachers – BUT it is also true that teachers learn a lot from their students.

This article is the second in a series call “Who’s really doing the teaching?” and will focus on the willingness of kids to lead the way in honest risk taking.

Kids are avid volunteers! I have learned over the years that all I really need to say is “I need someone to…” and many hands immediately shoot up into the air… even before they really know what I need.

“Would someone be willing to read this section out loud?” More hands. “Is there anyone who could lead a song for us this morning?” A forest of willing arm trees.

“I need some help in the lunchroom.”

Plenty of children vying for the assignment.

The hard part becomes choosing one.

Amazing. The “happy-kid-thought process” goes like this: something is needed,

Our middle school language arts teacher has been working all quarter on teaching her students to produce quality writing.

At the end of the quarter, with all of their hard work and finished products in hand, the students were asked to read aloud sections of what they had written. The teacher shared how impressed she was at their willingness to put themselves out there and share their own writing. Not only were they willing to share – they were eager to do it!

Whether the activity is helping with room set up or sharing something as personal as original writing, it’s all about the balance between risk and trust, isn’t it?

As adults, we often think twice about what we’re willing to share of ourselves.

Unfortunately, as we grow up, our efforts to share ourselves aren’t always met with praise and acceptance… so we become jaded or defensive.

Sometimes what we’ve chosen to share is deemed inadequate or even unnecessary.

These experiences keep us from fully trusting those around us. That seems kind of a shame. Because of our fears, the world around us can be deprived of some pretty cool things.

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They soak in everything from math facts to shoe tying to letter recognition to higher level thinking to critical decision making to how to do the latest dance or sing the newest song from ITunes. Each day is filled from beginning to end with opportunities to acquire and apply new knowledge.

I know how to do it, I’m not really doing anything else right now… so pick me! We have found this to be true even when we ask kids to do things on a more personal level.

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Schools are full of lessons. That’s the way education is designed, isn’t it?

At the opening bell, scholars clamor into the building ready to take in all that’s offered in the way of learning… both academic lessons and life lessons.

This is Dina Carol Vendetti’s 30th year in education, the last 14 years have been here in Delaware at St. John’s School.

She came to Dover in 2000, when St. John’s Lutheran Church established a goal of starting a Lutheran School. Dina loves her work with children, parents, and teachers. Dina holds a B.S. from Concordia, New York; a M.Ed. from Towson University; and she earned her doctorate in 2010 from Wilmington University. Dina is an active member of the Capital City Rotary Club and serves as the Leadership Central Delaware steering committee chair for the Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce.

St. John’s offers a high quality educational program for children in Pre-Kindergarten through the eighth grade, and an online high school opportunity. Learn more about St. John’s at www.stjohnsdover.com or call (302) 734-3767.

Here’s the challenge… let’s concentrate on creating supportive and encouraging communities that encourage honest risk taking. Let’s let the children lead the way in these arenas and let’s not be afraid to follow in their footsteps. Let’s challenge ourselves to prayerfully and unabashedly put ourselves out there and share who we are with those around us. We have learned that it is only in this kind of sharing that new ideas are born, problems are solved, and life can be celebrated!

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Association of Classical Christian Schools Classical Christian education develops thinking, articulate, well rounded graduates Age-specific K–12 learning Classical Christian schools use the children’s God given strengths at each stage of growth to help them learn; young children enjoy memorizing, singing, and rhymes, so a solid foundation is laid in each subject of study at this age; junior high students are inquisitive, so we develop their ability to reason and discern truth; and high-school students want to talk, so we teach them how to present their ideas persuasively.

The result is a graduate who knows what they believe and why and can positively impact the community around them.Time-tested method and content Classical Christian schools develop skills to equip students to be lifetime learners by teaching students that every subject is comprised of certain defining facts with an orderly organization of the information, and a concise and persuasive way in which to present the acquired material.

This method of instruction has been in use for hundreds of years, and is the means which produced most of history’s great thinkers; it is the new “old-way” of educating students with a long history of success. Graduates are familiar with reading, writing, Latin, logic, math, science, rhetoric, and the fine arts resulting in gracious, knowledgeable, and thoughtful men and women. Christcentered curriculum Classical Christian schools teach all subjects based on the principle that God is the Creator of all that exists, and therefore all knowledge is interrelated and points back to Him. Biblical standards of conduct are applied in all arenas of school life, acknowledging that Jesus Christ is Lord of all.

The schools acknowledge that God has given parents the responsibility for the education of their children and that the

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schools instruct those students under the parents’ delegated authority. Most graduates remain faithful to Christ even through college and have a heart to serve others.

Academically rigorous Students are capable of achieving much more than is commonly thought, and therefore classical Christian schools have high expectations for student learning. Students learn to love the subjects that their teachers love and cheerfully follow the godly example of their instructors.

Students with a classical Christian education experience the personal satisfaction that is inherent in mastering a difficult task. Nurturing community A classical Christian school is a community of parents and teachers who share a commitment for teaching children to love learning and growing in godliness.

Smaller class sizes ensure that teachers know their students and are better able to serve them individually. Students know they are loved and not just another face in the crowd while openly manifesting deep appreciation and respect for their parents and teachers.

The Association of Classical Christian Schools (the ACCS) represents over 200 unique and inspiring schools across the US. With methods that span over two millennia and substantial content or today’s world, classical Christian schools are rising to prepare students for the workplace, and more importantly, to live virtuously.

Classical Christian K-12 schools are independent and locally serve your community.

But, they all pursue the same goals, using similar methods.

Who and What is First State Military Academy?

First State Military Academy is a fulltime Marine Junior ROTC High School program located in Clayton, Delaware.

Situated on a 35 acre campus, with some 5 buildings, the Academy has begun extensive renovations on Drexel Hall, the Media Center, and St. Michaels Hall. Our long-term funding from the USDA, at an estimated value of $6.3 million, provides for the complete renovation of these buildings that includes the latest furniture and technology for our Cadets by our opening in August 2015.

FMSA will be opening with two hundred Cadets in the 9th and 10th grades.

Military Academies are a unique for a number of reasons; our cadets will be in their JROTC uniform every day.

Formations, drill and ceremony, and military classes on leadership are an integral part of the culture that will be FSMA. FSMA will be a Marine Corp based program to "prepare high school students for leadership roles while making them aware of their rights, responsibilities, and privileges as American citizens."

The Marine Corp Junior ROTC program produces successful students and productive adults, while fostering a more constructive and disciplined learning environment. The standard curriculum provides cadets training in a variety of academic subjects in the following areas: Leadership, Citizenship, Personal Growth and Responsibility, Public Service, and Career Exploration.

However, there are three major common misconceptions surrounding Military Academies: Military Academies are for cadets needing discipline.

In reality the structure of the Academy is a good fit for cadets who enjoy a structure and thrive in a disciplined environment.

with the school, and cadets are not being groomed to join the military.

This school is only for boys.

Nothing is further from the truth.

The goal is to have a 50/50 ratio of girls to boys.

First State Military Academy is a Charter school; what this means is that all cadets are welcome at this tuition free Academy, giving all Delaware families a real choice for a quality education. The school does not have any entrance requirements, or exams. The Academy is looking for cadets who have a passion for learning with families who support them in this endeavor. Invitations to attend are on a lottery process.

The school will provide transportation for all enrolled cadets and will have a competitive sports program. The school will support 1:1 computer initiative for cadets.

As a Charter School, First State Military Academy has chosen a unique educational program. First State Military Academy will use New Tech Network’s Project Based Learning to make learning relevant to the cadets. This method of teaching provides cadets real world problems to solve; the cadets will work collaboratively in teams of fellow cadets to solve the problem. Cadets will have to use the content they learned in Science, Social Studies, Math and English to complete these projects, teaching Cadets to use their knowledge, instead of just using it to pass a test.

New Tech Network, a non-profit organization, they have helped thousands of students gain the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in life, college, and the careers of tomorrow. They work throughout the nation with schools, districts, and communities to provide services and support that enable schools to implement innovative high schools that promote deeper learning.

While local schools were meeting education standards and the community thought of Napa High School as a good school, local business leaders remained concerned that meeting basic standards would not be enough to ensure that students were graduating with the skills needed to meet the needs of the new economy. These business and community leaders worked with the local school district, and researched innovations in education to re-imagine what a truly great school might be.

In 1996, the Napa Valley Unified School District established Napa New Technology High School with the first class of one hundred students. Today, their name is New Tech Network and they support over 150 schools in 26 states and Australia.

New Tech Network graduates are thriving: This Project Based Learning approach 95% of freshmen who enter New Tech high engages cadets with dynamic, rigorous schools graduate in four years, 73% of New curriculum. Through extensive professional Tech students choose to enroll in college, development and hands-on coaching, our 83% of these college enrollees remain teachers evolve from keepers of knowledge enrolled the following year. These students to facilitators of rich, relevant learning. also grow 77% in critical thinking skills over New Tech Network’s Project Based the four years they spend in High School.

Learning is re-imagining education and the cadet’s accomplishments speak volumes.

Military Academies are for those who want What is New Tech Network? Since their to be in the military.

There is no military commitment associated beginning in the 1996 in Napa, California,

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She has several years of work experience in the Delaware Public Libraries and is an advocate of reading and life-long learning. Presently, Melissa works for the Harrington Public Library and instructs evening computer literacy courses at Polytech Adult Education.

Seasons greetings! Welcome to the December/January installment of “Literal Lissa.” This is a continuing feature of the Kent County Women’s Journal. Each issue I personally-select a series of novels - sometimes new and sometimes old - but always encompassing a vast array of genres and subjects; in an effort to further pique you and your family’s interests, expand your knowledge, and broaden your love for the printed (and now digital) page. At this point it’s particularly difficult to disguise it. Shopping malls and boutiques are packed to the brim with customers rushing home with their gifted treasures.

City streets and sidewalks are dressed up in charming wreaths with vibrant red ribbons. Trees can be seen in the windows of homes with vibrant, twinkling lights and accoutrements hanging from its boughs. The air is frosty.

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Curl Up With a Good Book aromas of fresh baked cookies and other enticing treats in preparation of a grand celebratory feast…This can only mean one thing: the holiday season is upon us once again! And all too soon another year will lay waste to its reputable end. It’s time to start reflecting back on the past year and list those almost impossible to stick to resolutions. But before you brace yourself for another New Year and ring in 2015- take a moment or two for yourself or beloved to revel in the awe, wonder, and enchantment, the holiday season has to offer. Curl up by the fireplace with a nice hot mug of cocoa and a classic book or two. Find out why this is truly THE most wonderful time of the year after all.

A Christmas Carol By: Charles Dickens No holiday book list could be complete without this iconic and quintessential novel. It’s spawned countless reimaginings and interpretations and for good reason. Dickens’ classic tale of miserly old Ebenezer Scrooge’s journeys through Christmases past, present, and future and his transformation from a cold-hearted, bitter man to a charitable and compassionate human being has latched itself to the very core of the holiday season since its original publication and inception in 1843 by resonating so well to every man’s deepest desire to be loved and valued.

Waiting Is Not Easy!

By: Mo Willems Gerald is careful.

Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling.

Gerald can Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to.

Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In Waiting Is Not Easy!, Piggie has a surprise for Gerald, but he is going to have to wait for it. And Wait. And wait some more... If you have young ones begging you to stay up late this New Year’s Eve, consider reading them this newest installment in the critically beloved Elephant & Piggie series.

It’ll help alleviate the long the wait until New Year rings in at midnight.

A Christmas Story By: Jean Shepherd Yes, this is the original novel that inspired the classic 1983 cult holiday film of the same title. It’s always been a personal favorite film of mine and the novel is no exception. There is something wildly endearing and comforting of Shepherd’s humorous autobiographical portrayal of your average Depression-era American family’s triumphs and tribulations at Christmastime. It’s timeless. Fans of the film and newcomers alike will find The Polar Express entertainment in young Ralphie’s unrelenting attempt to receive an official By: Chris Van Allsburg Van Red Ryder carbine-action two-hundred- Allsburg’s tale of an old-fashioned steam train that takes children to the North Pole on shot range model air riffle only to be Christmas Eve to meet Santa Claus and see told time and time again “You’ll shoot him off on his annual big sleigh ride as your eye out!” become a true classic since it was published more than twenty years ago. It always been a personal favorite holiday story of mine ever since I can remember being in first grade and having my teacher read this aloud to the class. As a class room activity, I remember being asked to come to school in our pajamas and robes to pretend as if we were riding on the Polar Express ourselves. My teacher even fashioned desks and chairs to look like the inside of the train. Those memories of the story still resonate with me and will in any child young and old who long to believe.

Health GIVE YOURSELF AND YOUR LOVED ONES THE GIFT OF HEALTHY TEETH AND GUMS Teeth are not just to give you a great beautiful smile, although we all like to have that. We need our teeth to be strong and healthy so that we can have a nutritious diet. As we all know, our diet has an enormous effect on our overall health. We also need to prevent an infection from occurring. This can happen if a cavity is left untreated.

Infections in the mouth are a very serious matter and should never be ignored.

I have seen people end up in the hospital very quickly from just a “little swelling”.

If your teeth are strong and healthy you still need to check and make sure your gums and bone are healthy too. You can have great teeth and still lose them if you don’t take care of your gums. Flossing is one of those things that is easy to skip in your daily routine but it is just as, if not more, important as brushing your teeth.

as with every cancer, early detection is the key to survival. In addition to the usual culprits of smoking, tobacco and alcohol, viruses are now being linked to oral cancer.1 Now, I could list a bunch of statistics here about cancer rates and survival rates but I won’t. What I am trying to get across is that most people don’t consider that they are getting, or should be getting, a cancer screening when they go to the dentist for their yearly exam.

Women go yearly for their gynecological cancer screening and for their mammograms. Men get their prostate exams. We all need colon screening after that certain age. People don’t think twice about getting these exams but they don’t realize the importance of having their mouths checked also.

Get your dental appointment scheduled today and give yourself the gift of a Bacteria in our mouths gets trapped under healthy mouth. Gift certificates are the gums. Because bacteria is actually a available so you can give your loved living organism it needs to “eat”. What ones a healthy mouth as well. does this bacteria eat? Well, quite frankly, Call 302-741-2044 for an appointment. it eats you. If this bacteria is left untreated it actually will cause bone loss. I have seen many patients lose teeth, sometimes all of them, because there is no longer enough bone to hold in the tooth. Flossing and getting regular dental cleanings helps to prevent a buildup of bacteria.

Dr. Robert Coope is Board Certified by the American Board of General Dentistry and has recently been awarded the Academy of General Dentistry’s highest honor of Master.

Dr. Coope started his dental career in 1991 with the US Air Force where he completed a 2 year residency in Advanced General Dentistry. He married his wife, Laurie, in 1994 and they have 2 children, Byron and Katana, who attend Caesar Rodney schools.

After moving to Dover he left the Air Force to open his own practice in 2004. Dr. Coope and his team pride themselves on compassionate patient care. They always strive to deliver an excellent experience for each and every patient.

The other very important aspect of your dental health checkup is an oral cancer screening. Oral cancer is on the rise and,

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Making a Great First Impression The future of orthodontic treatment planning, and impressions is here at Orthodontics on Silver Lake, in Dover.

Itero digital impressions offer the accuracy of traditional dental impressions with greater comfort and less "goop." The Itero digital impression creates a highly accurate 3D image of your teeth. Dr. Steckel uses the images to plan your Invisalign and orthodontic treatment.

Another feature is the "treatment simulator" that can demonstrate your future results using the 3D images. The best feature is the reduced turnaround time with the Align Technologies lab so you can start your Invisalign treatment up to 1 month faster than before.

Dr. Stephanie Steckel is a diplomat of the American Board of Orthodontics, and started her Dover orthodontic practice in 1995. She is a graduate of UCLA School of Dentistry, and she completed her postdoctoral specialty education at the Georgia Health Sciences University in Augusta, Georgia. At Orthodontics on Silver Lake (OSL) in Dover, she and her OSL team provide excellent orthodontic experiences and results for her patients.

The science behind orthodontic treatment continues to evolve, in many cases resulting in greater comfort and predictability for our patients.

Dr. Steckel’s experience as a general dentist prior to specializing means more coordinated care with your family dentist. Our OSL team is also proud to support the local community in numerous educational, sports and volunteer activities.

The American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (AJO-DO) November 2014 issue* discussed the clinical use of digital impression systems as compared to traditional alginate impressions. Digital impressions have been used for over a decade to produce crowns-for individual teeth-with highly accurate results.

Other studies have substantiated the use of full mouth digital impressions for diagnosis and treatment planning.

Models or 3-D images of your teeth are important for a variety of reasons. They are especially useful in determining the need for jaw expansion or extraction of teeth. Patients with a sensitive gag reflex do better with our digital impressions.

In summary, even as technology

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Call us at 302-672-7776, and Dr. Steckel, who lives in Smyrna, will discuss with you what orthodontic options may be best for you and your family. We also currently treat children and adults from Felton, Harrington, Magnolia, Camden-Wyoming and Northern Kent County. We also enjoy treating our patients and families from Dover Air Force Base.

Ref: Grunheid,T, et al. AJO-DO, Volume 146, Issue 5. Pages 673-682. November 2014.

What do you like about Orthodontics on Silverlake?: Dr. Steckel's office is AMAZING!!! Staff is friendly, professional, and my results were more than I ever expected! It rates a "10" in all areas! -Ashton C EXTREMELY ORGANIZED! I have told my admin about your office as a model.

Cannot think of any improvements/ suggestions. -Eileen S. Great communication! The fact that there is not 35 kids waiting for the Dr. feels like it's more one on one. We are very happy with our daughter's treatment.

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Know How to Spot a Stroke In the United States, more women die from cardiovascular disease than all cancer deaths combined. A stroke is one disease of the cardiovascular system that occurs when blood flow to the brain is interrupted, either because a blood clot is blocking an artery or when an artery has ruptured. This interrupted blood flow can damage the brain, often irreversibly. Each year in America, nearly 800,000 people will experience a stroke.

More than half of these occur in women: there are 55,000 more women with stroke then men.

On average, someone dies from a stroke every 4 minutes. In 2009, there were more than 125,000 deaths attributed to stroke.

Women accounted for about 60% of these deaths. Stroke risk varies by age and is higher with increasing age but strokes can occur at any age. In fact, 34% of people hospitalized for stroke in 2009 were less than 65 years of age.Pregnancy, especially if it involves preeclampsia or gestational diabetes, increases the risk for stroke for women. Oral contraceptive pills and hormone replacement therapy are risk factors as well.

Women with migraines associated with auras (visual disturbances), or with depression may also be at increased risk for stroke.

Many of the risk factors for stroke exist in both men and women. These include high

blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, alcohol use and smoking.

You can reduce your risk of stroke by committing to a heart healthy lifestyle that includes at least 30 minutes of daily physical exercise. Engage in heart healthy eating with 5-7 servings of fruits and vegetables daily, eat plenty of fish (rich in omega-3 fatty acids), and reduce the amount of saturated fat in the diet. If you smoke, quit, and avoid alcohol. Ask your physician about the role of aspirin in preventing stroke.

adult women could correctly identify the warning signs of stroke. Knowing the symptoms of stroke can help you and your loved ones prevent serious disability and even death. To learn more about stroke and atrial fibrillation visit the American Heart Association website at www.heart.org and www.

StrokeAssociation.org. Call now for an evaluation, 302-734-1414, or visit us on the web at: www.deheartandvascular.com.

Atrial fibrillation (afib) is a risk factor for stroke in both men and women. Afib is common, affecting more than 2.5 million Americans. The heart beats more than 100,000 times in a single day. If you notice racing or an uneven heart beat for several minutes, you may have atrial fibrillation. Afib is a disturbance of the heart’s electrical system, the system that tells the heart to squeeze and pump blood to the body. With afib, the electricity “short circuits” and a chaotic pulse occurs.

It may cause difficulty breathing, fatigue, or lightheadedness. Some people may not even be aware they have afib.

Women with afib are at higher risk for stroke than men.

The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association tells us to think FAST which reminds us the symptoms of stroke: Face drooping Arm weakness, Speech difficulty, Time to call 911, Beyond FAST, there are other symptoms of which to be aware.

These include sudden weakness or numbness in a leg, sudden confusion, sudden trouble speaking or walking, dizziness, loss of balance, or a sudden severe headache. The single most important reason stroke patients do not get aggressive treatment in the important early stages of stroke is a delay in presenting to the hospital.

A telephone survey by the American Heart Association found that only 1 in 3

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Dr. Laura Gravelin is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist, specializing in rhythm disorders of the heart, with Delaware Heart &Vascular, P.A. Dr. Gravelin is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology. She graduated Wellesley College in Massachusetts and worked for several years in the medical research field before returning to school.

She graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine where her excellence in cardiovascular medicine was recognized with the Zarrett Family award and her bedside care and compassion was recognized with the Dr. Mary Jo Nugent Award. She received her internal medicine training at Yale University providing care at the Yale-New Haven Hospital and West Haven Veterans' Administration. During this time, she traveled to Africa and spent two months in Uganda practicing medicine at Mulago Hospital. Dr. Gravelin received her Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology training at Brown University in Rhode Island. There, she was recognized by the American Heart Association with an award for excellence in clinical training. She has been a Top Doc in Delaware for these last two years and was recently recognized as Bayhealth Kent General Hospital's Planetree Physician Champion. Dr. Gravelin provides cardiology services for adult and geriatric patients, with a particular interest in women's cardiovascular health.

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W J Health Radiation exposure from CT scans may account for up to 2% of all cancers in the United States, but a new study finds patients tend to underestimate their lifetime risk.

Dr. Cook-Shimanek, the study’s author states: “I would recommend that providers optimize their own understanding of CT-related risk in order to best inform and educate their patients as they share in the decision to pursue such imaging studies” When patients were informed there might be a 2% overall lifetime risk of developing cancer from CT scans – they

Huge Difference in Your Care - 3T MRI preferred not to have CT scans done.

Most doctors do not inform their patients of this risk. The recent study showed that not only did patients not know that MRI does not expose a patient to ionizing radiation, they actually thought MRI had more radiation than CT. MRI So this basic misunderstanding is why doctors generally order too many CT studies and too few MRI studies. Dr. Chao cares about EVERY PATIENT AND HAS 27 YEARS EXPERIENCE in reading MRI studies. Please call him and ask questions. Our OPEN MRI is super HIGH quality. It sees abnormalities that the other 1.5T scanners in our state*(closed units) miss. In fact, MRI is also in some cases superior to CT. Just today, we saw two pelvic fractures in an elderly lady that were missed by CT. Our BEST OPEN MRI is superior to most CLOSED MRI scanners with the exception of four 3T MRI scanners in the state. We own two of the four 3T scanners and also have 7 years’ experience with 3T imaging.

3T MRI is the highest quality MRI you can get.

Dr. Philip Chao graduated from Yale University and continued his studies at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, receiving his medical degree in 1983. Dr. Chao has been interested in MRI technology since its very beginning - the first MRI scan took place in 1981 while he was pursuing his medical studies. The University of Pennsylvania was at the heart of the development of this technology and where Dr. Chao was able to work with pioneers in MR on the first GE Signa 1.5T (tesla) scanner.

His advanced research and specializations complete, Dr. Chao left the University of Pennsylvania for a position as Director of MRI in Wilmington, DE - a position he held for 14 years. Dr. Chao eventually left that position to create the Best MRI center in Delaware, using the very latest technology: 3T MRI.

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If you come to our closed MRI scanner and can’t do the test because of claustrophobia, we are the only provider in the state who can instantly switch you over to our state of the art 1.5T 70 cm OPEN BORE MRI scanner. We have a super high quality OPEN MRI next to a closed MRI. There are only 4 3T MRIs in the state of Delaware. Ours is the only one which offers this quality for 500 dollars.

Our 3T Trio is the only closed 3T next to a super high quality OPEN MRI. Our OPEN MRI pictures are guaranteed to be as good as other CLOSED MRI pictures. All units are ACR accredited. Dr. Chao also wants to provide services which the other facilities don’t even offer. Things like metal subtraction imaging. Indirect arthrography.

Super high resolution studies – which can only be done at 3T. Diffusion tensor imaging which picks up subtle brain trauma, Alzheimer’s and autism.

Proton spectroscopy. Prostate MRI. Prostate spectroscopy. 3T Breast MRI which is 100% sensitive for breast cancer.

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And we also offer our super high quality studies for only 500 dollars for non-contrast studies. Our abdomen study for 500 dollars is able to pick up smaller pancreatic cancers, smaller liver cancers and includes diffusion weighted imaging for free. This new technique is up to 96% sensitive for cancer.

We try to help everyone by using the safest MRI contrast. Our contrast agents are the safest in the world and cost a little more but we ABSORB THAT EXTRA COST BECAUSE WE CARE. (www.safecontrast. com). Sadly, the three contrasts (Multihance, Prohance and Eovist) that have never been linked to this disease (“NSF”) are not even carried by most MRI Providers who do not want to pay for it. Ask your MRI Provider which contrast they use! We only use safe contrast! We pay extra to be safer! REVEAL (DWI) shows cancers as “light bulb” lesions. Your doctor may not be aware of this revolutionary scanning technology. Most of the research on this excellent technique can be found by a simple web search— for diffusion weighted imaging of cancer. The large cancer shown above was found to be malignant by this technique without any injections. The ultrasound and CT were a waste of the $1000 they cost. They were inconclusive.

The MRI cost 500 dollars and was superior to both the CT and U/S without contrast.

One could have saved 1000 dollars on this patient. Multiply that over 300 million people and you can see how good quality MRI can save us money. Because of its extraordinary (100%) sensitivity to Breast Cancer, we generally prefer to do Breast MRI’s on our 3T MRI, but for someone who either will not fit, or who is extremely claustrophobic, our 18-channel 1.5T OPEN BORE MRI is a good alternative. Ask questions. Get the best.

More information can be found at www.mriconsultants.net and www.bestopenmri.net, or www. safecontrast. com. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call Dr. Chao at 302 295-3367 (33MR). We are here to help.

Winter Germs Stop winter germs in their tracks Colds and flu – no big deal, right? Well, yes and no. They usually don't last a really long time or cause serious problems. Colds can plague you with everything from a stuffy and runny nose to a scratchy throat and watery eyes – and nonstop sneezing that can even put your cat on edge. Flu bugs bring symptoms that can look a lot like a cold. But the flu tends to ambush you suddenly, last longer, and pile on other "treats" such as fever, fatigue, headache, chills, and achiness. Some people who get the flu, though, are at risk for pretty serious health problems. In fact, flurelated complications send more than 200,000 Americans to the hospital each year with thousands dying. Even the common cold takes a toll, accounting for 22 million lost school days in the U.S. each year. Prevention is looking better and better, isn't it? The number-one thing you can do to prevent the flu? Get a flu vaccine, which protects against the three most likely flu viruses to strike each season.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends that everyone six months and older get a flu vaccine. Get the vaccine as soon as it is available if you are at high risk – you are pregnant, 65 or older, or have a chronic disease. It's also more important if you are a health care worker or care for someone who is at increased risk. Available as a shot or nasal spray, the flu vaccine is best received in October or November, although you may still benefit in December or January.

Ask your doctor or me if you have questions about this.

Colds and flu are spread mostly by droplets in the air or by touching a contaminated surface, then touching your eyes or nose. So some other simple steps may go a long way toward helping you prevent these common diseases.

Wash your hands often with warm, soapy water for about 15 to 20 seconds. If you're away from soap and water, an alcohol-based hand rub will do. Avoid touching your eyes, mouth, and nose as much as you can. No free rides for these germs! Set a good example for your kids and encourage them to do the same.

Also, try to limit being around people who are infected.

Sneezing and coughing yourself? You know the drill: Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue, then throw it in the trash. If there's no tissue in sight, cough or sneeze into your elbow or upper sleeve. Be sure to pass this tip on to your kids. If you've got a fever, stay home for at least 24 hours after the fever is gone – that is, gone without the use of a fever-lowering medicine.

Don't forget that other all-around healthy habits – a balanced diet, sleep, exercise, and stress control – can help prevent colds and flu. And, remember that exposure to tobacco – firsthand or secondhand – makes you more prone to respiratory illnesses.

Zahir Kasmani, Pharmacist and Owner of Dover Community Pharmacy resides in Dover, DE with his wife and son. He has more than 10 years experience as a pharmacist working in different positions, including as a district manager. He is passionate about the profession and utilizes his knowledge to help patients with their pharmacy needs and questions.

Dover Community Pharmacy is located at 1035 South Governors Ave, Dover DE, with plenty of parking and easy access. Visit Dover Community Pharmacy. Let Zahir and his team get to know you personally, and help you live a healthier life.

1. FDA: "Get Set for Winter Illness Season." http:// www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ ucm092805.htm 2. CDC: "Stopping Germs at Home, Work and School." http://www.cdc.gov/germstopper/home_work_ school.htm 3. CDC. "CDC Says 'Take 3' Actions To Fight the Flu." http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/preventing.htm

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Local Program Brightens the Holidays for Kent, Sussex, and Southern New Castle County Seniors This season, many Kent, Sussex, and southern New Castle county seniors who are alone or impoverished will receive some holiday cheer thanks to the Be a Santa to a Senior® program.

Sponsored by the local Home Instead Senior Care® office, the program brings together area nonprofits, retailers, numerous volunteers, and members of the community to provide gifts and companionship for lonely and isolated seniors.

“It is heartbreaking to think of the senior members of our community spending the holidays all by themselves, without any gifts or any way to celebrate the season,” says Robert Ware, owner of the Home Instead Senior Care office serving Kent, Sussex, and southern New Castle counties. “But all too often, that’s what happens when seniors live alone. It can be a really tough time of year for them.”

Home Instead Senior Care has partnered with Dover Mall, Halpern Eye Associates, and many other businesses throughout the state to help with gift collection and distribution. Program officials hope to surpass the number of gifts collected during the 2013 season this year to help more than 3,000 area seniors again this holiday season.

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Home Instead Santa to a Senior From October1st to December 20, 2014, participating retail locations will display Be a Santa to a Senior Christmas trees, which feature ornaments with seniors’ first names and gift requests. Holiday shoppers can pick ornaments from the trees, buy the items listed, and return them unwrapped (and with the ornament attached) to the store.

Program partners and volunteers will wrap and distribute the gifts to local seniors who might otherwise spend the holiday alone.

“During this season of giving, we encourage shoppers to buy a little extra for a local senior,” said Ware. “Your gift and more importantly the visit that comes with the delivery – could make their holiday season.”

For more information about the program and to join Team Santa, visit Beasantatoasenior.com or call Rae Short at 302-242-6230.

You may also reach Rae at rae.short@homeinstead.com

Rae Short, Community Liaison & Larry DeFrancisco, VP Marketing Founded in 1994 in Omaha, the Home Instead Senior Care® network is the world’s largest provider of non-medical in-home care services for seniors, with more than 875 independently owned and operated franchises in 14 countries and 15 markets, spanning four continents.

The local offices employ 65,000+ CAREGiversSM who provide more than 40 million hours of each year through activities including companionship, meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping, errands and shopping. Founders Paul and Lori Hogan pioneered franchising in the non-medical senior care industry and are leading advocates for senior issues in America. At Home Instead Senior Care, it’s relationship before task, while continuing to provide superior quality service that enhances the lives of seniors everywhere.

Give Blood for the Holidays cancer or who are undergoing surgery.

The automated process for giving platelets takes a couple of hours.

The machine separates the blood into

Jonathan of Elkton, MD has been a regular platelet donor for several years.

It is something he has always believed is the right thing to do. In October 2011, the need for donors like himself truly hit home. Jonathan’s four-year-old son Gage was diagnosed with portal hypertension, a serious and potentially fatal condition caused by impaired blood flow to his liver. He ended up needing regular platelet transfusions prior to diagnostic and reparative procedures since his platelet counts were dangerously low and left him at risk for uncontrolled bleeding.

“It was shocking that my own son would be a patient in need of platelets. You never think that your own child will need any type of transfusion,” says Jonathan.

“It really made me think about the other children and adults who are able to live because of dedicated donors who give of themselves every day. You just never know when it is going to affect your life so deeply.”

platelets and red blood cells, keeps the platelets and returns the red blood cells to the donor. Platelets only have a shelf life of five days, two of which are spent in testing, so the demand for the product is always high. Giving whole blood takes about an hour from start to finish including the review of materials, interview process, blood collection and time for cookies and juice in the canteen.

One pint of blood can be used to help up to three people having surgery, battling serious illness or being treated for trauma. In addition to whole blood, donors who meet the requirements can be twice as nice and save twice the lives by being a double red cell donor.

The automated process takes a bit longer and donors give two pints of red cells instead of one. During the automated process, the double red cell donor receives their platelets and a saline solution so there is no loss of fluid volume. To be a double red cell donor, men must be at least 5’3” and 130 pounds and women at least 5’5” and 150 pounds.

By Christine E. Serio External Communications Specialist Blood Bank of Delmarva

“The need for blood doesn’t take a break for the holidays.”

“No matter what type of product someone is able to donate, they are saving lives and being a hero to someone right in our own community,” During the holiday season, blood and said Michael Waite, Director Marketing platelet donations typically slow down and Community Relations for BBD. “It is because people are focused on their truly a special gift—the gift of life that busy schedules of shopping, getmakes all the difference.” Blood Bank of togethers, family functions and good Delmarva services the Delmarva region times. The need for blood, however, with five permanent locations and more never takes a holiday break. As than 30 mobile sites—making it as individuals consider charitable giving convenient as possible for people to give this holiday season—and year-round— the gift of life. To become a lifesaving Blood Bank of Delmarva hopes that they blood donor at Blood Bank of Delmarva, consider giving one of the most personal schedule an appointment at and impactful gifts: the gift of life to www.DelmarvaBlood.org or call people right here in our own community. 1 888 8-BLOOD-8. There is now an app too. It can be downloaded on iPhones Platelets are needed for local patients and Androids to make it easier for mobile battling various conditions including users to schedule appointments.

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