Valerie Rodriguez (right) and her mom, Patricia Troxell,
in a photo taken after they learned that Valerie had
won the 2007 Mother’s Day contest.
Talk about time flying! We announced our Mother’s Day contest last week, and this Thursday is the deadline to enter.
I still get teary when I think about the story submitted by our first […]

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Wow–Can’t believe it’s been weeks since I posted. But what a fabulous couple of weeks it’s been! During that time, we’ve launched our new Celebration Boutique, a showcase for beautiful handcrafts.
Launching the Celebration Boutique has involved an incredible amount of time and effort. The good news is that it was worth every second: I couldn’t […]

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A few days ago, I enjoyed attending a fundraising luncheon as the guest of one of my closest friends. Alice takes a table each year as a major supporter of the Henry Viscardi School, in Albertson, New York. The Viscardi School is one of the nation’s foremost institutions dedicated to educating children with severe physical […]

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