Tackle Those Unfinished Projects To Start the New Year

By Rita Latour With the holidays behind us and the winter months settling in, now is the perfect time to look at all those unfinished projects (UFOs) and try to corral them. This time of year, there are numerous articles and blogs that address “tackling” UFOs. I am not going to restate any of those […]
Please Remember to Smile

By Jonathan Davis, Health Alliance No doubt like many of us in the past few years, my family attended a funeral of a close friend not too long ago. And once again the mind of my 10-year-old surprised me and taught me something to remember. As we sat down at this small intimate gathering of […]
Winter Boredom Busters Fun Ways to Keep Your Energy and Spirits High

By Kimberly Blaker Does being cooped up through the long winter months have you feeling down and lethargic? Staying physically and mentally active is essential to maintaining your energy and keeping your spirits high. So give the following boredom busters a try. Film festival. These are often held during the winter months at independent theaters, […]
Cardiac Thoracic & Endovascular Therapies, S.C. Saving Your Circulation

By Alexander Germanis Nothing living can sustain itself without some system in place to transport nutrients. A city cannot subsist without a distribution of food to every household. The farms growing that food cannot thrive without delivery systems for water and fertilizer. And the human body cannot utilize the nutrients from that food or the […]
When It’s Time to Leave Home

Submitted by Villas of Holly Brook The decision about whether your parents should move is often tricky and emotional. Each family will have its own reasons for wanting (or not wanting) to take such a step. One family may decide a move is right because the parents can no longer manage the home. For another […]
Grateful!

Presented by Lanna Scannell, CFRE, Director of Strategic Philanthropy, OSF HealthCare Foundation The OSF HealthCare Foundation welcomes every opportunity to share our gratitude to our donors who give so generously to help others. Here is one more way the generosity of people, like you, makes a difference in the lives of others. Life takes on […]
Do You Need a Financial Planner?

By Krista McBeath, McBeath Financial Group Some people may feel confident they know enough regarding the dos and don’ts of the financial world; they may feel they don’t need any help. Their investments are diversified, they believe they have saved enough for retirement, and that’s all they need to know, right? Unfortunately, not. There is […]
Winter Boredom Busters Fun Ways to Keep Your Energy and Spirits High

By Kimberly Blaker Does being cooped up through the long winter months have you feeling down and lethargic? Staying physically and mentally active is essential to maintaining your energy and keeping your spirits high. So give the following boredom busters a try. Film festival. These are often held during the winter months at independent theaters, […]
Pleasures and Rewards of Walking

By Sandra Dempsey Post Ron Lavish is familiar to many people in the subdivision where he lives. The slim, well-groomed, agile gentleman is seen walking daily, unless the weather is absolutely not conducive to being outside. By Ron’s standards, that doesn’t happen often, but when it does, he walks in his house, usually in the […]
Santa Claus, a.k.a. Your Local Community Liaison

By Derek Brawner, Health Alliance One of the best perks about being a Community Liaison for Health AllianceTM is not just educating people about Medicare and the wonderful plans Health Alliance offers. For me, one of the best things is being able to build great partnerships with the community providers in my area. Today, I’m […]