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Seize the Day: Laundromats join child literacy campaign

drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 04:00:00 -0500

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.

Seize the Day: Finding the next big thing

drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 04:00:00 -0600

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.

Seize the Day: Matters of the heart

drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 18:34:10 -0600

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.

Seize the Day: War Horses for Heroes helps veterans find hope and healing

drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:50:43 -0600

Childhood friends Trey Lawson and Pearson Allen are helping veterans heal emotionally and physically through their nonprofit equine-assisted therapy program, War Horses for Heroes.

Madonna Learning Center celebrates its 50th anniversary

drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 04:00:00 -0600

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.

Seize the Day: One year, 365 chances to make a difference

drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 04:00:05 -0600

New Year’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.

Seize the Day: It’s never too late to reclaim hope

drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) — Sun, 16 Dec 2018 04:00:01 -0600

It’s an inner-city neighborhood. It’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’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.

Guest column: Goodwill Excel Center shifts model to benefit adult students

drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 14:56:56 -0600

There really is no such thing as “one size fits all,” 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.

Junior Achievement educates and inspires young people to value free enterprise, business and economics

drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 04:00:06 -0500

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.

Seize the day

drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 04:00:04 -0500

“Anytime you can move the needle on home ownership in Binghamton, it’s a good day. And today is a good day.”

Artesian Schools will be a catalyst for post-secondary opportunities

drmcdonald@mcd-partners.com (Mary C. McDonald) — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 04:00:12 -0500

“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.”