Fanny Pack Blog: Love Yourself
“Oh! How beautiful you are! “ … said little prince to his rose in the novel The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. “Am I not?” the flower responded, sweetly. In a garden, although there are thousands of roses next to each other, each rose is so beautiful, special and unique that could never be [...]
Job Shadowing: What You Can Learn
Job Shadowing: What You Can Learn Written by Ellen Marie Hawkins Don’t know what you want to do after you graduate from high school? Don’t understand why your guidance counselor insists you take another year of Spanish even though you’ve already got the credits you need? Consider taking advantage of what job shadowing can teach [...]
Chit Chatting with Monica Parales of the School Gyrls
Chit Chatting with Monica Parales of the School Gyrls Written by Jill Sheets Picture source: www.amazon.com Relate recently got to talk to Monica Parales of the all girl teenage group the School Gyrls. Learn more about her and the band. R: Tell us about the band? Who is in it, and how did you all [...]
A Career in Physical Therapy
A Career in Physical Therapy Written by Ellen Marie Hawkins http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1114180 Who needs them? Patients who have been in accidents or who have suffered from a heart attack or stroke or an organ transplant, athletes who have been injured while training, or those who have an illness such as Parkinson’s Disease or Cerebral Palsy. A [...]
Earth Day Beauty All Year
Earth Day Beauty All Year Earth Day 2010 is coming up. Every year it becomes a bigger deal. Maybe, it’s because the entire ‘green’ movement is hard to escape, or it could be that recent awareness is finally catching on. Either way, we should all celebrate mother earth. Looking for ways to green your beauty [...]
Help to Save Music Education in Schools
Help to Save Music Education in Schools Written by Devin Miller source of both pictures: www.dosomething.org/bands DoSomething.org and The VH1 Save the Music Foundation are asking teens like you to help keep music alive in schools! By entering a video contest you could win $5,000 for your school music program! With budget cuts occurring everyday, [...]
4 Talented New Musicians
Amanda Henkel Amanda Henkel May 2008 Louisiana based country artist Amanda Henkel released her self-titled EP in May 2008 after being a professionally paid model for many years. Amanda has a voice of her own that is somewhat reminiscent of LeAnn Womack. Her vocals are clear and powerful with lyrics and music that is full [...]
Vacation, All I Ever Wanted
Vacation, All I Ever Wanted By: DeAnna Britton picture courtsey of visitingnewengland.com. As a junior in college, I fantasize about the places I will go on spring break. The possibilities are endless! First, I’ve never been to the west coast, so California seems like a good place. Then I thought about Baja, Mexico, just below [...]
Spice Up Your Picture Frame
Written by Jill Sheets, Relate Contributing Writer When we started the Do It Yourself pictures frames, we were unsure of how it was going to turn out. When we headed out to go get the supplies, we had no idea of what we wanted it to look like. Then it hit us that Valentine’s Day [...]
Meet Rachel Bisch: Winner of DIY!
Congratulations to Rachel Bisch, winner of our DIY jewelry contest! Here’s what Cassy had to say about the design she chose: The winner I am choosing for the Relate jewelry design contest is Rachel Bisch. Her necklace is so creative and unique! I have truly never seen something like it. The way she used magazine [...]