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Did you know we’ve been picking up Little Caesars end-of-day pizzas in Kingston since 2015? Six days a week, we have volunteers visiting our local pizzerias to redistribute that cheesy, tasty, HOT-N-READY® goodness, as well as Crazy Bread® and other generous donations. The food is then redistributed to our programs like The Embassy and to other
As you read this, you’re beginning the sixth-last week of the calendar year.
 
Time flies, huh? In just five weeks, many of us will be celebrating year-end holidays with family and friends. In less than one and a half months, the year will be over.
Have you ever wondered how bears know when to hibernate? Do they just wake up one crisp fall morning and decide, "I'm going back to sleep - see you in March?"   It turns out their bodies pick up on environmental cues like decreasing day length, colder temperatures, and, most significantly, a shortage of food, which triggers physiological
Author Richie Norton observed that, “Every sunrise begins with new eyes.”   For some of us, we’ve been seeing lots of new sunrises lately as kids transition into back-to-school routines and as the daylight shrinks.   As the seasons begin to shift and we start to think about fall weather, as well as wonderful celebrations like
What does your family name mean?   Depending on your lineage, family names come from many different sources. Medieval Europeans, for instance, adopted surnames based on professions, influencing surnames you’ll hear today like Smith, Skinner, Fletcher, or Baker.   You’ll also see last names based on place of origin – that’s where you