Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian | Mary C. McDonald https://dailymemphian.com/feed/authors/64 The Daily Memphian is the must-read, daily online newspaper for in-depth, local journalism in Memphis and the Mid-South. Sign up for morning and evening editions, plus breaking news. (c) 2024 Seize the Day: Laundromats join child literacy campaign https://dailymemphian.com/article/3719 <p>To promote literacy and parent-child engagement in reading, Pinwheel Playroom is located in a place where parents have to spend time, and children get bored. For families with limited resources, laundromats are one of those places.</p> drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) Business https://dailymemphian.com/article/3719 Thu, 14 Mar 2019 04:00:00 -0500 Seize the Day: Finding the next big thing https://dailymemphian.com/article/3395 <p>Six Memphis business innovators pitched their new ideas at The Next Big Thing, a competition with a cash prize hosted by The Society of Entrepreneurs and Epicenter.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) Business https://dailymemphian.com/article/3395 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 04:00:00 -0600 Seize the Day: Matters of the heart https://dailymemphian.com/article/3083 <p>Thousands of people have survived a stroke or congenital heart defect, and what can feel like an ending can actually be the beginning of a new chapter in life.</p> drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) Business https://dailymemphian.com/article/3083 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 18:34:10 -0600 Seize the Day: War Horses for Heroes helps veterans find hope and healing https://dailymemphian.com/article/2616 <p>Childhood friends&nbsp;Trey Lawson and Pearson Allen are helping veterans heal emotionally and physically through their nonprofit equine-assisted therapy program, War Horses for Heroes.</p> drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) Business https://dailymemphian.com/article/2616 Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:50:43 -0600 Madonna Learning Center celebrates its 50th anniversary https://dailymemphian.com/article/2349 <p>Madonna Day School, now Madonna Learning Center, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. It is a private, independent, faith-based school for children and young adults with disabilities.</p> drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) Business https://dailymemphian.com/article/2349 Thu, 10 Jan 2019 04:00:00 -0600 Seize the Day: One year, 365 chances to make a difference https://dailymemphian.com/article/2126 New Year&rsquo;s resolutions are tempting to make, and they are even more tempting to forget. In spite of the insatiable appetite our society has for self-improvement and excellence, good habits just seem hard to acquire. drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) Business https://dailymemphian.com/article/2126 Thu, 27 Dec 2018 04:00:05 -0600 Seize the Day: It’s never too late to reclaim hope https://dailymemphian.com/article/1915 It&rsquo;s an inner-city neighborhood. It&rsquo;s an area of burnt-out buildings and crack houses. The signs of homelessness, poverty and violence are etched into the neighborhood and into the faces of those who line up each day at the door to the church&rsquo;s soup kitchen. It is, for most of them, the only food they have had since the day before, at the same place, at the same time. drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) Business https://dailymemphian.com/article/1915 Sun, 16 Dec 2018 04:00:01 -0600 Guest column: Goodwill Excel Center shifts model to benefit adult students https://dailymemphian.com/article/1426 There really is no such thing as &ldquo;one size fits all,&rdquo; especially when it comes to education. The needs and life circumstance vary from student to student. For adults who dropped out of high school for whatever reason and want to earn a high school diploma, Goodwill Excel Center and Shelby County Schools have worked the past few years to determine the exact fit for those students. drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) Business https://dailymemphian.com/article/1426 Wed, 21 Nov 2018 14:56:56 -0600 Junior Achievement educates and inspires young people to value free enterprise, business and economics https://dailymemphian.com/article/842 He came to help for a few months just to volunteer to get their fund-raiser started. But here he is, 23 years later, now their president and CEO. drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) Front Page https://dailymemphian.com/article/842 Wed, 24 Oct 2018 04:00:06 -0500 Seize the day https://dailymemphian.com/article/568 &ldquo;Anytime you can move the needle on home ownership in Binghamton, it&rsquo;s a good day. And today is a good day.&rdquo; &nbsp; drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) Business https://dailymemphian.com/article/568 Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:00:04 -0500 Artesian Schools will be a catalyst for post-secondary opportunities https://dailymemphian.com/article/299 &ldquo;Just as tapping into an artesian aquifer helped restore the city of Memphis back to health after the yellow fever epidemic in the late 1880s, Artesian Schools Inc. will be the catalyst to restore vibrancy to post-secondary opportunities for students in our community.&rdquo; drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) Business https://dailymemphian.com/article/299 Thu, 27 Sep 2018 04:00:12 -0500