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By Janene Holzberg | February 4, 2013
As a caregiver, Richard DeCaro knows that a little kindness goes a long way. And now he has a local nonprofit organization to thank for making his life a little easier. The Dorsey's Search resident began taking care of his wife, Ellen, in 2008 after she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer at age 50. She had been teaching consumer science at Dunloggin Middle School in Ellicott City, the happy result of a late-in-life career switch, when she awoke from a nap one day and didn't know who she was, he says.
SPORTS
By Arda Ocal | September 16, 2012
Roughly three times a year, John Cena changes colors. Typically we see his "kit" in a predominant black, green, orange, black again, red, purple, black again, etc. This time, the CeNation will wear a color their leader has never donned before - and it brings a charitable twist . Tonight at the Night of Champions pay-per-view event, for his main event match with CM Punk, John Cena will wear pink. Pink hat, pink arm band, black shirt with pink logo. The message? Rise Above Cancer.
NEWS
May 10, 2012
By coincidence, Dan Rodricks ' column on the ruling by the Maryland Court of Appeals labeling pit bulls as "inherently dangerous" coincided with the untimely death of Alan Jay Eidelberg, a longtime Baltimore veterinarian in the Govans community. Mr. Eidelberg was the one-man operation also known as the York Road Animal Hospital. He died in hospice care April 30 at the age of 59 after a short battle with brain cancer. In a beautiful tribute prepared by his family and friends that appeared in The Sun, Mr. Eidelberg was praised for the compassionate, first-rate care he gave his patients, for his expert skills as a diagnostician and for his generosity in treating pets whose owners had difficulty paying their bills.
SPORTS
Kevin Cowherd | February 15, 2012
Let me start by saying I don't have the whole "Zaching" thing down yet. Oh, I tried. It's the flex-the-biceps part that gets me. You kind of need biceps first. But everyone else seems to have the hang of it. Men, women and kids are "Zaching. " Celebrities, athletes, regular Joes and Janes are doing it, too. They're "Zaching" all over the country, all over the world. I look for the Coke polar bears to be "Zaching" any day now. Oh, look at that — just saw a photo of Maryland basketball coach Mark Turgeon "Zaching.
EXPLORE
November 30, 2011
If you see Santa Claus, or perhaps some elves or some reindeer, running through the streets of Havre de Grace, don't be alarmed. Chances are good they'll be trotting through town as part of the Running With the Reindeer 5K race. This is the inaugural 5K Run and 1K Fun Walk for the Jane M. Johnston Foundation, which raises money to help children fighting cancer. The foundation was started by Mrs. Johnston's husband, Alex. Just before she died four and a half years ago of melanoma, Mrs. Johnston asked her husband of 15 years "to do something" for kids with cancer.
NEWS
By Mary Gail Hare, The Baltimore Sun | September 23, 2011
A story in a motorcycle trade paper started Bob Henig on his 20-year crusade to help children overcome a deadly disease that attacks 11 of them in the U.S. daily. The children's stories of coping, surviving and sometimes succumbing have kept him riding to raise money to battle pediatric brain cancer. He will be on the road Sunday, leading a charity drive of about 400 motorcyclists that will likely surpass the $3 million milestone in local funds raised for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation.