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Giving Thanks: Heather Robbins

  As Thanksgiving approaches, I give thanks for one of my greatest blessings: my friends – particularly that “inner circle” of friends – the truest kind.  I have heard it said many times that friends are the family you get to choose, and that is certainly true for me.  I come from a small family, [...]

Giving Thanks: Christine Serio

Giving Thanks! As Thanksgiving approaches and I think about all I have to be thankful for in my life, I am overwhelmed. It really is amazing what can happen when we stop to count our blessings and focus on all of the positives in our lives. If I had to choose one element of gratitude [...]

6 DIY Thanksgiving Decorating Ideas

No instructions required. Check out some of these fun and super easy ways to re-purpose pumpkins, everyday splendors and other fall items for your Thanksgiving festivities. Each uniquely conveys the spirit of the season - giving thanks, celebrating harvest, and expressing gratitude for the preceding year. Leave an impression. Give your guests something amazing to talk about. Might be enough to make them think [...]

Don’t Give Up, Get Your Giggle On!

In honor of National Suicide Prevention Month, NDH introduces you to Wilmington laughter visionary and suicide prevention advocate, Christa Scalies. Christa recently caught our attention on Twitter @GiggleON after posting about her experience helping homeless people laugh at an event at St. Patrick’s Church in Wilmington. As we started to dig into Christa’s site and her [...]

Happening Heroes: ACS Honors 3 Cancer Fighters at Crystal Ball

CONGRATULATIONS!  Three members of your community were proudly nominated to be American Cancer Society of Delaware's Hometown Heroes and WON!   Join the celebration of our LOCAL Heroes at The Crystal Ball – A Future without Cancer to be held at the Wilmington Country Club on Sept 28, 2013 from 7:00 pm – 12:00 am.  The Crystal Ball is a black tie [...]

Fall Delaware Home & Garden Show

"Inspire, Inform, Engage... Changing what's expected."  Creative ideas for your home & garden projects. It’s that time of year again…leaves are dropping, mums are blooming, hammers are knocking, pumpkins are collecting, DIY projects are waiting and honey-do lists are lengthening! Looking for some great ideas for fall home and garden projects? This is the place for you! The Delaware [...]

Tune In. Listen. Give. Help Our Kids Radiothon

Nemours A.I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington is hitting the airwaves with its 3rd annual Help Our Kids Radiothon, presented by Nemours Fund for Children’s Health and generously sponsored by Delmarva Broadcasting.  Seven local radio stations will be broadcasting from the hospital with on-air personalities interviewing patients and families, physicians, nurses, volunteers and others.  Nearly [...]

Exercise Altruism – Confessions of a Former Status Ho

 Why do YOU do it? As I finished my yoga practice one morning and trekked off to Starbucks with a few friends, I was struck by something. Not only did we all walk taller, but it seemed as though we wanted everyone around us to KNOW we had just worked out – HARD. We were [...]

Nominate LOCAL Cancer Fighters

Happening Now! Seeking nominations by August 7th for Delaware Hometown Heroes who are extraordinary CANCER FIGHTERS - Medical Professionals, Volunteers and Community Leaders -  to be honored at the Crystal Ball event on September 28th at the Wilmington Country Club. The Crystal Ball – Seeing a Future Without Cancer To Benefit the American Cancer Society of [...]

THE DELICATE BALANCE THAT IS HEALTHCARE

THE ROAD TO HAPPY, HEALTHY & TERRIFIC MUSINGS OF AN ETHICIST -CHELSEA SWITZER Throughout my life I have often felt like a coin – delicately, and perhaps impossibly, balanced on it’s narrow spine. With the subtlest of movements a coin can flip to one side, only one half of visible. The other half remains hidden, [...]