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Loudoun SBDC Event on Small Business Health Insurance

A little news I thought might be worth mentioning: The Loudoun SBDC is putting on an event this coming Tuesday, April 29th, from 6:00 to 8:30pm, titled “Health-Care Options for Small Businesses” (Full info here). There will be various representatives from the health field (yours truly included) talking about how Small Businesses can best contain [...]

Leesburg Pharmacy Supports Autism Awareness

April is Autism Awareness Month. During the month of April we are raising money for the Aurora School which is a private non-profit school that is designed for students who are unable to reach their full potential in a public school setting or in a traditional classroom. The Aurora School will be relocating to the [...]

Bounce for Autism

Kym and Krysten Norris of the locally owned “n2Design” have been selected as part of the national team to spread the word about autism: ASA Launches “Bounce for Autism” this April! New Nationwide Event to Raise Awareness, Support Families Affected by Autism ASA and Pump It Up, the nation’s largest and fastest-growing franchise of giant [...]

A local family in need

Oasis Body Treatment Centre, Let’s Dish!, and the Loudoun Women Business Forum are helping raise money for a Leesburg family: “On November 17th, 17 year-old Michael Ramirez of Leesburg, VA was diagnosed with Acute Lymphblastic T Cell Leukemia, the rarest type of Leukemia. Happily, Acute Lymphblastic T Cell Leukemia responds well to treatment, so there [...]

Loudoun County Arthritis Walk

The mission of the Arthritis Foundation is to provide leadership in the prevention control and cure of arthritis and related diseases.The Arthritis Foundation has three major functions; discovering answers thru research, change behaviors by helping patients in finding the right care and reduce pain, and influence government thru public policy.  If you want to help [...]

Um…no.

Just got through watching a video clip of the candidate’s forum a couple of weeks ago through the chamber.  One of the panelists asked a question about how local Supervisors could help with small businesses offering health insurance.   A few of the candidates (half) suggested the chamber (or someone) should sponsor forming a group for [...]

Arthritis Foundation Walk

“While often referred to as if it were a single disease, arthritis is actually an umbrella term used for a group of more than 100 medical conditions that collectively affect nearly 46 million adults and 300,000 children in America alone.”(Arthritis Foundation) The most common forms of arthritis and the most well-know are Rheumatoid (RA), Osteo-Arthritis [...]

Friends of Mental Health-Hike with Hope

The 10th Annual Hike with Hope is this Saturday! Friends of Loudoun Mental Health has been supporting folks who struggle with mental health problems – since 1955. That’s their mission: to raise money and provide direct financial aid for Loudoun programs that clearly empower people to get healthier through recovery. You can help! How? Come [...]

Let’s Dish! Pink Dish! Campaign

Let’s Dish! is launching a very impressive Breast Cancer awareness campaign called the Pink Dish! Campaign. The campaign’s mission is to do what we Let’s Dish does best – provide meals to those who need them – and support families living with breast cancer through the donation of healthy Let’s Dish! meals at no cost. [...]