Anthony Granato is a gregarious outgoing sixteen-year-old high school student. He loves playing Wii and simply being around people. He lives in Auburn, New York with his mom and two brothers. Dad lives nearby and sees him frequently.
Anthony is a young man who suffers from Dravet Syndrome, (see www.idea-league.org), which is characterized by an intractable [...]
Introducing Jaie Benson, a new friend who went from near death to hope because her physician insisted she couldn’t have Celiac Disease because she was African-American. Here’s her story:
Just 6 weeks ago, I felt like I was dying. For the past 6 months, I have been really, really sick. Six weeks ago, I found out [...]
Ann Handley, one of my heroes, just blogged about something significant. To her. And to many others.
A week or so after she visited a dermatologist, she “got a flimsy white postcard in the mail from the doctor’s office. On it were three pre-printed options with open boxes next to them, and one was checked off: [...]
Alex’s mother, Carrie, send 4 Paws for Ability “a picture of the Mt. Everest Team that will be leaving next week in honor of Alex. Lady and Alex were filmed for their part of the documentry last week. You can also view more about their trip at www.efky.org We had a banner [...]
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. Thyme, JJ’s service dog, was devastated when she couldn’t spend the night in the hospital with JJ. Once the family and Thyme arrived at home, she began fussing and fretting. She kept JJ’s dad, Neil, awake all night, pestering him to get her back to her boy.
Here’s [...]
Note from Judy: I thought it would be fun to share some of the stories of families who have 4 Paws for Ability service dogs that have affected their lives. Here’s one about a brother and sister who use a service dog:
September 9, 2008. WOW, it has been almost 9 months since bringing Brock home [...]
Over the past five years, 200,000 civilians have died due to violence, malnutrition, and disease in Darfur and an additional 2.2 million people have been displaced. We want to do something about it.
Fed up with watching humanitarian crises on the evening news and not doing anything to help, a group of bloggers (most notably, Leo [...]
