charity

If you are anything like me, you may have asked yourself recently, "Hey self, how can I help out a really great cause and get rid of all these Twisted Tea cans at the same time?" Well, fortunately for all of us, a listener named Ed recently contacted me with the perfect solution. Ed is a longtime listener to WGNA and specifically to the morning show. He also loves horses. Recently Ed ask

Tonight a listener forwarded to me a letter written by a mother in Selkirk to her local Assemblyman pleading for help with her disabled son. I read the letter and felt so much empathy for what this woman has endured and wanted so much to both help and just give her a hug. After reading the letter I wrote back to the listener who reached out to me and said, "This story is heart breaking but I

Listen, I don't ask for favors too much so please understand this is very important to me. My friend and co-host Bethany is trying to raise money to fight blood cancers and become this year's Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's "Woman of the year". Believe me the title is not why she is doing this but I personally think she DESERVES it. When the People from LLS and management here at WGNA

"The young people today just don't care about anyone but themselves. These kids have a sense of entitlement that will bring the country to it's knees." These are the kind of comments you see these days about our youth. I'm not here to argue the merits of such statements, but I would say that if you want to see good in the world you just have to look for it. Unfortunately it can be hard t

It was a rainy, windy, chilly Sunday morning as we put on Under Armor, additional layers and our "Sugar Heroes" team t-shirts. One by one arriving on the UAlbany campus and signing in for the

I love Make A Wish, I think getting kids with terminal illness a final wish is an amazing idea, but I have often wondered why we couldn't do it for adults too. I guess it comes down to the fact that there are unfortunately too many adults who are facing terminal disease. This story though of a Mom and her one desire kind of made me want to help. What this family is asking for monetarily is just no

I saw this on my Twiiter feed this morning and thought it looked really cool. On May 14, you can put a team together for an airplane pulling competition in Glenville and it all supports our military. You just need to get 19 other coworkers to do it with you and enter with just $450 which comes out to $22.50 a person.

Every year some philanthropic firefighters in Australia pose for a calendar to sell for charity. Since 1993 proceeds of the hottest calendar down under have benefited the Children's Hospital Foundation and the Westmead Children's Hospital's burn unit to the tune of over $1 million...

The Fore the Girls Scholarship Foundations annual Bogey Bash event is sure to entertain even the non-golf fans on April 24th!

He's learning how to walk. He can say a handful of words including his favorite word, "cracker." He brings smiles everywhere he goes. And he's learning how to control his blood sugar. He only turned one year old in February. His name is Grayson and he has Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes.

Listen, when your wife has the nickname "The Coupon Lady," you understand how much money you can save through coupons if you take it seriously. This 20-year-old girl in Scarsdale N.Y. has taken extreme couponing to a whole new level—and for all the right reasons.

You know when I write these blogs or share a story or video, I like to try to give my opinion or reaction to what you are about to see. I try to perhaps help put into words the lesson I feel is behind the images or notice some small funny aspect that maybe you don't get to see the first time you watch. With this video I just feel that any words or thoughts or even emotional reaction I could add wo