Traditions are what we make them.
By Lana Turnbull Growing up in the Mississippi Delta, the traditional 4th of July picnic could be brutal. With temperatures reaching three digits, and mosquitoes the size of hummingbirds, outdoor celebrations were at best challenging. After years of packing up the family picnic basket and cooler to head out for the typical July 4th get-together with friends and family, my dad finally put his foot down and said, “NO MORE!” As Read more »
Food Insecurity Has No Season
By Lana Turnbull For many of us July 4th brings thoughts of picnics past, with all the traditional grilled favorites, plus baked beans, potato salad, fresh sweet corn on the cob, deviled eggs, watermelon, peach cobbler…the list is embarrassingly long. But the truth is, there are 48.8 million Americans who do not have enough to eat and 16.2 million of them are children. In Mississippi one in every four people struggles Read more »
Invasion of the Memory Snatcher
By Lana Turnbull Families…they’re the bastions of our memories – the proof of where we came from – the connection that makes us the individuals we are. The memories we share between the generations form the oral history of our families, and they are not trivial things. Then enters Alzheimer’s disease and silently takes them away. Suddenly, the connection between generations can be broken and the unrecorded history lost. Once it’s Read more »
Equal Opportunity for Body & Mind
"Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all." ~ Bill Clinton It has taken years of awareness building and millions of dollars in promotional messages, but the importance of preventive healthcare is finally sinking in. The Affordable Care Act requires insurance companies to cover preventive care screenings and regular checkups with the goal of helping to keep people physically healthy or finding problems when Read more »July 18th 2019
JACKSON, Miss. – For many wheelchair users, getting out and about is a major problem. The solution? A transportation service read more »
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of MS Foundation names 2017 Healthiest Hometowns Posted Wed 09/13/2017 9:22PMIn continuing its efforts to support a healthy Mississippi, the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation announced four read more »
New Capital Orthopaedic Center under construction in Flowood Posted Wed 09/13/2017 9:02PMBenson Construction and Masonry has recently started construction on a new clinic and outpatient surgery center for Capital Orthopaedic and read more »
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