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Heros With Heart

Women Going Wild

Rescue and rehab for a growing number of orphaned and injured animals.

Rhonda Murgatroyd and Michelle Johnson are commited to rescuing and rehabilitating orphaned and injured wildlife. Their love for animals moved them to become certified wildlife rehabilitators, and they often spend their days—as well as sleepless nights—nursing them back to health so they can be returned to the wild.

A Father’s Love; A Son’s Legacy

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A foundation for honoring local heroes is born and gives through the memory of a courageous son, soldier, and friend

They say that when one door closes, another opens. Try telling that to parents who have lost a child. Opening new doors is not so easy.

Every Step of the Way

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2012 Arthritis Hero Shows Her Spirit

Tami Navarro wants you to put her out of job. She wants you to put her whole association out of a job, as a matter of fact. Navarro is the community development director for the Arthritis Foundation in Houston, and this month you’ll find her in the Bay Area on May 12, for the annual Bay Area Arthritis Walk.

Medicine Music

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It started out small. Singer/songwriter and music instructor Anita Kruse was a volunteer at Texas Children’s Hospital. She and a friend visited the cancer ward to play music for children awaiting treatment and their families.It added something pleasant to the unpleasant doctor visits, chemo rounds, diagnostic discussions and daily battle against disease.

Bill Baker and the Bay

Many jobs…One passion

Bill Baker’s downtown Houston high-rise office is a clutter of maps and binders: topography layouts, ecological reports, spreadsheets. He’s part of the environmental team of GenOn, a generator of wholesale electricity with offices in 12 states. His job with this Reliant Energy subsidiary keeps him busy, with a schedule that includes being on the road for at least half a month at a time, working with managers and environmental partners at GenOn sites around the country, making sure that the energy company and the natural environment can co-exist and analyzing the ecological impacts of the company’s projects.

Post Ike: Rebuilding Lives

The Power of Potluck Dinners, Mahjong and Dynamic Conversations

For about 20 years, Greg Fenberg carved out a successful career as a special events catererat Galveston’s UTMB.

Terry Conrad - Volunteer Prison Chaplain, Spiritual Counselor, Artist

Inmates are no different than anyone else. They just happen to be in prison,” Terry Conrad says as he sits in his Galveston office, his lanky frame folded easily into an office chair.

Garson B. Silvers

La Porte, Texas - A hub for the chemical industry and a major port city on the Houston Ship Channel with two container terminals - not the most likely place you’d find  a US Green Building Council LEED Certified office building, green space for public use and entertainment, and a Children’s Eco-Systems Museum.

Feed The People

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Lighthouse Charity Team recipe for traveling food and fundraising

When things go wrong, storms tear into communities, insurance doesn’t come to the aid of health expenses, or bad things happen to good people, folks count on Lighthouse Charity Team.

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Book Reviews

A Perfect Gift for Every Husband

How to Speak Womanese is intended to guide men through the emotional complexity of a woman's world. This book provides playful distinctions that will promote uncommon conversations and openings for what's possible in the untamed territory of woman to man communication.