The holidays are a time to enjoy the season and extend appreciation for friends, family and coworkers. This year, try taking a mindful approach to gift-giving and incorporate a healthy holiday theme. It’s the perfect way to share a gift that contributes to overall health and well-being.
It’s not often that “thinking inside the box,” is lauded as a winning strategy. But for spoken word poet Henry Morray, it won Slamovision’s 2025 international slam poetry competition.
The exploration of how social media impacts our day-to-day lives — including the dramatic effects on mental health — is perhaps just beginning to truly unfold. But particularly during this time of year, it’s important to reflect on how social media has shifted and shaped how we experience and perceive both the holiday season and our preparations for the New Year.
Available for adoption at the Cedar Valley Humane Society
Babs Haggin-Roy recalls growing up in Illinois, the second daughter of deaf parents. Their home was quiet. No music, no singing, no telephone, no radio and no television.
As more movies and TV series about Biblical characters crop up, defining what counts as ‘faith-based’ can be a challenge.
‘Moonbeams for Sweet Dreams’ offers holiday greetings for patients and families at Corewell Health Children’s in suburban Detroit
Hike Pinnacle Peak, squeeze into a WWII submarine, explore museums and learn Civil Rights history in Little Rock, Arkansas.
As the last working Sister at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids retires, their legacy and mission lives on in a new way.
The community is invited to the lighting of a menorah in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday to mark the third night of Hanukkah.
Available for adoption at Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control
Cyclist Nancy Footner, a founding board member of the Iowa City Bike Library, first heard of Cycling Without Age when a short feature on the program ran on PBS News Hour.
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