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• Update: Baby Whale To Be Euthanized

  The baby whale who tried to suckle from boats off the coast of Sydney is in such poor health that officials have decided to euthanize it today. Read More... Posted Aug 21 2008, 10:35 AM by asflutz with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: orphans, Sydney, imprinting, baby humpback whale, whale rescue, Colin

• 9-11 Charities Shut Their Doors

  Remember all that money that poured into 9-11 related charities after the terrorist attacks on that day? Remember the telethon, the concert, all the fundraising? Well, that money is drying up. Almost seven years after the attacks, the Red Cross distributed the last $40 million to 26 groups it still funded,  down from the $1 billion it had right after the attacks that went to more than 100 organizations. Those groups have slowly gone away as funding has waned. Many donors felt a sense of needing to make a one time response  but question the need for ongoing funding.   Read More... Posted Aug 19 2008, 04:33 PM by AmyinMotown with | with no comments Filed under: Red Cross, 9-11, orphans, terrorist attacks, charity funding, 9-11 Kids, mental heath, counseling services

• When You're Afraid Of Your Own Kid

  When they heard about the Columbine shootings in 1999, Elaine and Tom Sonnen had a very different reaction from most parents.  Instead of shock, or grief, what they felt was recognition.  The anger and alienation of the shooters reminded the Sonnens of their own son, Richard, who had been prone to aggressive and unpredictable outbursts since shortly after they adopted him from Bulgaria when he was four years old.  The Sonnens resolved to keep a very close eye on Richard, who - although he was only ten years old - had already screamed at his parents many times that he wanted to kill them. Read More... Posted Apr 14 2008, 06:05 PM by asflutz with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Columbine, mental illness, orphans, school violence, Sonnen, bipolar, mental institution

• Saving the World in Junior High

  Kids today. Why, when I was Tara Suri's age, I was…well, doing not a whole hell of a lot, actually, compared to what she's accomplished. When she was 13 years old, Tara went to India with her family. She was profoundly saddened by the poverty she observed, and wanted to do something to help the orphaned children she saw there and the Sudan. "It was somewhat of a revelation for me," Tara, now 16, told CNN. "It was the first time I recognized the economic disparities and the gender inequalities that were there. And that really touched me and I knew I had to do something about it."  So she began HOPE, for Helping Orphans Pursue Education...   Read More... Posted Mar 31 2008, 05:06 PM by AmyinMotown with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: hope, charity, india, sudan, Tara Suri, orphans