By Josh Kaplan The past year was important for proponents of medical cannabis. Those seeking to remove cannabis’ Schedule I status are now armed with even more evidence for its medicinal and wellness benefits from a combination of human and rodent studies. From benefits in epilepsy, autism, and beyond, here...
Hurricane Harvey of 2017 is tied with 2005’s Hurricane Katrina as the costliest tropical cyclone on record, inflicting $125 billion in damage, primarily from catastrophic rainfall-triggered flooding in the Houston metropolitan area. Harvey was the wettest tropical cyclone on record in the United States. The resulting floods inundated hundreds of...
When families are unable to help aging grandparents–either due to distance or finances–someone needs to step in and make-up for what government programs don’t cover. In instances where such assistance is needed, and Jamie Lee Foundation learns about it, we turn to donors to make up the difference. One such...
Celebrity charity receives lots of fanfare, but its the millions of Americans who give small doses of kindness who make up the heart of our great country! Scott Winterton/Deseret News No Junk ReadingLast year, Mathew Flores, a 12-year-old from Sandy, Utah, approached postal worker Ron Lynch and asked if he had...
Jamie Lee Foundation was fortunate to receive an invitation from a contractor in Thayne WY, offering to remodel the home of an elderly couple if the foundation would provide the funds for the materials. The couple was very active in their community, serving on the city counsel, initiating an annual...
Normally, reaching a fiftieth birthday, while certainly a milestone, isn’t worthy of the kind of celebration you get by making 80 or 90 years. However, in the case of Robin Hewitt of Batavia, IL, who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, it’s practically a miracle. Robin has lived with Duchenne muscular dystrophy,...
Even small donations have an impact Poverty seems unsolvable…possibly because of the millions of people it touches (or crushes). However, there is a less visible collective prosperity throughout the world that when pooled together can have a significant and personal impact on those in need. When giving to a charity,...
