Dr. Dale Hunt and team travel to the remote village of Cebadas to help villagers with oral health For over 10 years, Dr. Dale Hunt of Wood Creek Dental in upstate South Carolina has brought his dental services to the country of Ecuador. It’s a special relationship that he and his staff have developed with […]
Leftover Olympic Meals Help Feed the Hungry
Although the Summer Olympic Games are over, in some ways, their positive impact has continued. This year a program was created to feed Rio’s hungry citizens using leftover foods at from the Olympic Stadium. This program named RefettoRio is in response to the world’s growing wasted food crisis. According to Agencia Brazil, 30 percent of […]
Happy Period, Giving the Homeless Support in Ways Often Taken For Granted
There is so much that homeless men and women go without that we don’t realize is essential to human needs. For example, go to your bathroom and look through your cupboards and medicine cabinet. The homeless often do not have access to any of the basic supplies that you may find in a common household […]
Three Men Who Led Development of Cell Therapy and Why it is Important
There is a form of cancer treatment that you may not be aware of. It’s called “CAR T-cell therapy” and it turns your immune system into a cancer-killing machine. The process involves extracting the T-cells already inside of your body, biologically re-engineering them to hunt and kill cancer cells, multiplying the “killer T-cells” by the […]
How the Ice Bucket Challenge Led to a Research Breakthrough
Do you remember the Ice Bucket Challenge from the summer of 2014? It involved people dumping a bucket of ice water on their heads, or else they had to make a donation to the ALS Association. Well, it turns out that the funding raised by the Ice Bucket Challenge resulted in the discovery of the […]
13 Officers that Went Beyond the Call of Duty
President Obama awarded Public Safety Medals of Valor to 13 law enforcement officers on Monday, May 16th. The officers were recognized for their acts of bravery that helped save the lives of many. “To a person, each of these honorees acted without regard to their own safety,” said Obama during the ceremony. We would […]
Anheuser-Busch
After a long day, is there anything more refreshing than a cold can of beer? Actually, there is – a cold can of water. Last week, Anheuser-Busch began canning drinking water for donation to the victims of the recent floods in Texas and Oklahoma. The first shipment of 50,000 cans is due to arrive this […]
The Senior Class of Profile Junior-Senior High School
As the school year reaches a close, high school seniors face the ending of one chapter in life and the beginning of another. So they can be forgiven for being a tad self-involved. But last week the senior class of Profile Junior-Senior High School united in their efforts to help someone else – and in […]