The focus for home chefs hosting during the holidays is often centered around the big feast, but if you’re welcoming guests for an extended period or just looking to fuel your immediate family for the festivities, eggs are the perfect partner for cracking holiday cooking and entertaining.
Charitable giving grew in 2021. According to Blackbaud Institute, a social good innovator, giving not only increased after COVID-19, but actually rebounded more than it had in a decade - increasing in the United States by 9 percent overall.
Dear Doctors: What can I do to protect my baby from RSV? What are the symptoms? People are talking about a “ tripledemic,” and it has my husband and me worried. We’re both vaccinated for the flu and COVID- 19, and we are being super careful when we’re out and about. What else can we do?
Youth at West End Instructional Center packed and delivered 127 gift bags for veterans at the Southwest Louisiana Veterans Home on Veterans Day last week. They filled the bags with homemade candy covered pretzels, as well as rice crispy treats and soft peppermints. The students also collaborated to create a fingerprint tree titled,“Forever in Our Hearts.”WEIC students have been studying character traits and what it means to have empathy. They were able to gift each veteran with a hand-painted rock decorated with character traits and artwork to thank the veterans for their service and sacrifice. Gratitude and appreciation is extended to WEIC faculty for donating funds to sponsor a bingo game for local veterans.The staff noted the veterans seemed excited to get all these special gifts.
