Join us: Thursday, October 15th Riverwalk Golf Course Club House 7:00-10:00 PM Passed hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, live music, spoken word and a silent auction. Your support means giving our survivors a home for good and making GenerateHope a permanent refuge in our city. GenerateHope provides a long-term, comprehensive housing and recovery program—including Shelter, Education, and Therapy— for young women ages 18-30 who have been sexually trafficked so that they are able to re

Having worked in the nonprofit sector my entire life, I've always known that "it takes a village." Recently, however, I deeply felt the privilege of playing my small part in mobilizing a "village" of awareness (and funding!) for an extraordinary man and organization: Arthur Bloom, founder of MusiCorps – who uses the healing power of music to breathe new hope and life into our wounded military heroes. Several months ago, a colleague and dear friend - knowing my love of writing

For the past several weeks, twelve talented chefs, home cooks, and culinary experts have competed to be The Next Food Network Star. One by one, hopeful “stars” have fallen, and tonight’s episode showcased the final four survivors. During the first part of the show, each of the final four had to film a short 30-second promo, explaining their show concepts to viewers. Aside from my obvious “foodie” interest in this show, what I love most about it is that to be successful, con