Have you curled up with your child and a good book lately? If not, Dec. 3 might be a good day to do so. That’s the date of “Scholastic Read for 2005,” the sixth annual worldwide reading initiative created by children’s publisher Scholastic Corp. The read-a-thon encourages parents, teachers and students to devote at least [...]

The children have a week and a half vacation over the holidays, but that doesn’t mean Mom and Dad do. Now a number of businesses are stepping in to fill the child-care gap over the holidays, providing daylong and weeklong camps to keep students safe and busy. The Columbia Association’s Columbia Gym and Supreme Sports [...]

Are you or your child ready to say good-bye to the long hair you’ve been growing for years? If so, consider passing on those snipped locks to help a sick child. For seven years, Locks of Love has collected long hair from donors and used it to make wigs for needy children suffering from long-term [...]

Amid the endless din of holiday marketing and the race to find this year’s gotta-have-it gift, it’s easy to lose sight of the more fundamental principles of the season. Heifer International, a nonprofit organization now in its 60th year, really does provide gifts that keep on giving _ in the form of livestock and training [...]