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I'm totally in the Christmas spirit. My tree is up at home. My house is decorated. All of my holiday purchases are wrapped and snuggled around the tree. So, how do I keep the spirit going all season long? It involves you and YOUR gifts!

The always hustling and bustling Caroline Street is a little quieter since a Thanksgiving Day fire that has caused four of its busiest restaurants to close.

There is a good chance that if you're reading this, you know where your next meal is coming from. In fact, maybe you just came back from the vending machine after spend $1.25 on a bag of chips.

Did you know that in 2013, there were 49.1 million Americans that were unsure of where or when they'd find their next meal? It's something so many of us take for granted: food; a warm meal. That's why the 3rd Annual Capital Region High School Hunger Games is so important, especially as the holidays approach.

Back in August a community was devastated by the loss of 16-year old Morgan Bowers who was struck and killed by an Amtrak train while walking along the tracks. Two months later, as we approach Halloween a local family is doing something special for those she left behind.

It's the inaugural rubber duck derby in support of autism awareness coming up this October and it's sure to be one heck of a sight!

Josh Keyes of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is a former student of Chatham High School and this weekend he's headed home in support of a fellow Chatham native.

It was the most heartbreaking news any of us could hear the week leading into Father's Day: a 16-year-old hit by a car and killed on 787's Bridge Street intersection in Cohoes. With tragedy a community rallies and you can help Brittany Knight's family.

A month ago, or so I participated in the JDRF Walk for type 1 diabetes in support of my little bff, Grayson. He was diagnosed at just 13 months and has been struggling daily with his levels as he learns the ins and outs of T1D before he can say more than a handful of words.

It's hard enough as an adult to be diagnosed with something like diabetes, but imagine it happening before you can say more than "kitty" or "cracker."

All the chili! All of it! Are you ready?!

Maybe there will come a day where we don't have to promote another benefit for someone with cancer because will have cured this wretched illness once and for all.  In the meantime, however, this family could certainly use everyone's help