Health & Wellness
Health and Wellness covers a multitude of subjects. It is also a topic that nags in the back of your mind like the extra five pounds you have to loose or the craving for some extra calories that you can't shake. We've teamed up to bring you stories from the various sectors of life that affect your health and well…
Empty Bowls Hunger Awareness Dinner
The Empty Bowls Hunger Awareness Dinner was held April 26th. The event is the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma’s annual event for raising funds and awareness to fight hunger in our community. We were still able to draw over 1,000 supporters and raised more than our goal of 2 million meals.
The 5th Annual CANdlelight Ball was held April 23 at the historic Mayo Hotel.
It was a magical evening in the woods. Over $250,000 was raised for the Child Abuse Network, Inc. (CAN). Annually, approximately 1 in 14 children is involved in a child abuse investigation in Tulsa County. CAN stops the hurt and begins the healing for these children! Photography, Ace Cuervo Photography.
Juliette Low Leadership Society Luncheon
The Juliette Low Leadership Society serves as a visible advocacy group that raises funds to support the Girl Scout Leadership Experience in eastern Oklahoma and provides a conduit for raising awareness about the cultivation of a new generation of women leaders through Girl Scouts.
Around Town
U.S. Secretary of Education John King, on May 4, 2016, announced the selection of Gracie Rule of Tulsa, who attends Cascia Hall Preparatory School in Tulsa, as a 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholar. Rule is one of 160 outstanding American high school seniors who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, artistic excellence, leadership, citizenship, service and contribution to school and community, as…
Battling Bots
She’s a short, 80-pound, three foot-long robot with six wheels and a transparent case full of wires, blinking lights and seemingly random electronic components. But since her special abilities are hidden inside, you might initially mistake her for a brick on wheels. That’s definitely not the case. Veronica’s front panel can swing out to become a manipulating lever, and a…
Keeping Up with the Kids
Taking my three children to Disney World for the very first time should have been a dream come true. Unfortunately, the lasting effects of an injury sustained to my left ankle while playing soccer in college threatened to ruin that dream. The constant, nagging ankle pain and numbness made it challenging for me to keep up with my seven, nine…
Floating Stress Away
The concept of floating as a relaxation tool isn’t new, as Oklahoman Jay Shurley built the first float tank nearly 60 years ago. Today, float therapy has become increasingly popular, said Dr. Justin Feinstein, a clinical neuropsychologist with the Laureate Institute for Brain Research.