April 16, 2016 By: Jerry Schwartz, PhD, LMHC So what is “National Health Care Decision Day” and why April 16? It certainly isn’t a day of celebration as familiar as Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Labor Day, or the bit more obscure Secretary’s Day or, as I...
By: Elizabeth J. Potter “Every person can make a difference and every person should try.” -John F. Kennedy Volunteers are the invisible glue that keeps communities and nonprofit organizations together. Margaret Mead famously said, “Never doubt that a small group of...
“One of the greatest ironies of life is this: He or she who serves almost always benefits more than he or she who is served.” -Gordon Hinckle The benefits of volunteering are infinite, for those who serve as well as for those being served. Actual...
By: Maureen Burge, CLC When it came time for Nahant’s Maggie Smith and Judith Rotiroti to retire back in 2011, they knew they wanted to volunteer but weren’t quite sure where it would lead them. They thought they may volunteer with children having had careers as...
Elizabeth Mearkle-Cumming, ATR, LMHC of Topsfield has been named All Care Hospice’s new Bereavement Coordinator. Mearkle-Cumming joins All Care with a decade of counseling and bereavement experience; well versed in developing and implementing successful bereavement...
