by Jordan Smith | Oct 5, 2015 | Diseases, Disorders, and Medical Disciplines, Features, Philanthropy Journal
By Jordan Smith “No one ever told me that my child would die from asthma,” Tonya Winders, CEO of the Allergy & Asthma Network, quotes the Buckleys from Connecticut, who lost their son Owen very suddenly. Owen’s asthma was exacerbated one day by external conditions...
by Jordan Smith | Sep 8, 2015 | Features, Mental Health and Crisis Intervention, Philanthropy Journal
By Jordan Smith Imagine a child who is diagnosed with Global Development Delay Disorder, a condition that occurs in a child’s developing years that will, among other things, impair that child’s ability to communicate. Loved ones sink their time and money going to one...
by Jordan Smith | Aug 3, 2015 | Features, Health Care, North Carolina, Philanthropy Journal
By Jordan Smith Imagine that you are 6 or 10 years old and you just learned your mom or dad has cancer. Imagine how scary that would be. Two NC State University alums don’t have to imagine what that would be like, they lived it, and now they are making a difference...
by Jordan Smith | Aug 3, 2015 | Features, Health Care, Philanthropy Journal
By Jordan Smith In 1921, Hollywood stars Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith saw a need to bring their community of entertainers together to provide assistance to fellow entertainers in need. These Hollywood pioneers understood that...
by Jordan Smith | Aug 3, 2015 | Features, Health Care, Philanthropy Journal
By Jordan Smith In the late 1990s, Roxane White was working with homeless teenagers in Colorado. One of the young women she worked with was pregnant, still working on the street some, homeless, and a teenager. Nobody really wanted to help her because she was just too...
