Foundation Trends for 2026
It’s hard to believe that another year has gone. As we look to our new year, I wanted to share some of the trends that are predicted for Foundation giving for 2026. It’s not hard to guess that one of […]
Category: Education
Take Stock in Children Mentoring Begins in September
It’s back to school time and for Mercy Lab Foundation, that means several of our partners will be working with students again after breaking for the summer. Our partners at Take Stock in Children have been in school for a […]
Fostering Hope Through Horses: Therapy for Foster Children by Using Horses
It’s amazing to hear about the creative ways that people use horses to help hurting people. Horses have a way of bringing some people a lot of comfort and peace. Several months ago, a young lady in Pennsylvania named Grace […]
Donations from Financier Have Produced More Than 7000 Nurses
Financier Bill Conway announced in 2011 that he would give away $1 billion to a cause that he and his wife believed in and could create jobs for the poor. He asked the public to share ideas with him and […]
Mentoring Makes a Difference
Mentoring is a serious commitment. It takes a lot of planning, oftentimes research, lots of listening, sometimes some frustration, but I want to make a case here briefly that it’s worth it. Here are a few statistics that may help […]
Interesting Pop Song Study Shows Distinct Shifts in Music Through the Decades
If you enjoy music and have a history of listening to pop songs, you already can listen to a song and identify which decade it was released because of the sound and style. It’s interesting to learn that a new […]
The Importance of Protecting Our Boys
One of my first forays into charitable giving was to support poor children to supply them with clean water, schooling, and other basic needs. You would see pictures of the kids and get periodic updates. One of the things that […]
One of the Oldest Koala Sanctuaries in Australia Stops Koala Holding at Visitors’ Requests
In 2016, I was able to travel to Australia for the first time. One of the highlights of my trip was to hold an adorable koala named Barney. This happened at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Queensland. The Lone […]
The Unseen Part of the Internet
Did you know that the Internet as we know it depends on 22 ships to function? It likely wouldn’t occur to most people that there are fiber-optic cables running through our oceans all around the world. In fact, there are […]
Blue Spring State Park in Florida Sees Record Number of Manatees Last Month
Every winter a very special phenomenon occurs in certain areas of Florida—the manatees swim to warmer waterways. One of the parks where you can observe this, is a park called Blue Spring State Park. It is considered one of the […]