Julia K Cole

HAD to share this with all of you.  It's a true story!  Happened yesterday (Wednesday 12/14/16) here in Louisville, Kentucky. Louisville Metro Solid Waste workers paid a visit to Wheatley Elementary School yesterday.  Kids love those big orange garbage trucks folks!  No lie!  Now why did they show up?  Because they care.  Do we really need any other reason than that?  Seriously!  And folks...it was COLD out there (still is)!  But the crews showed up...for the kids!   Pretty cool, eh?  (No pun intended *LOL*) The school received an email from a parent after the event which I am sharing below...      Today was an experience that I will never forget.  When I turned the corner onto the school's street, I was in shock.  I had absolutely no idea what was going on.  I was thinking, are they working on the street?  What is going on?  They were all honking their horns and smiling and looking...

Is Paying  It Forward on your Christmas List this year?   Well, here are just a few ways you can check it off! Volunteer at your local Homeless Shelter.  Serve a hot meal to a neighbor or a stranger. Visit/Volunteer at  a Nursing Home and/or Children's home. Your Local Shelter Is In Need Year Round! Foster, Rescue or Adopt a Pet from your Local Shelter.Shelters are Always looking for donations in the form of money, blankets, cleaning supplies, food, toys.  Volunteer to hold and play with kittens and pups and/or walk a dog. Donate food and/or money to your local food pantry (both human and animals)   Hold the door open for someone Let someone go ahead of you in line! If you ride the public bus, pay the fare for the person behind you (You can also do this at your favorite fast food hang out,  coffee shop, grocers, etc.) Read to the elderly, to children, to the blind, to the home bound! PET FOOD BANK: Donate Food for Needy fam...

Halloween can be a festive and fun time for children and families. But for pets? Let's face it, it can be a downright nightmare. Forgo the stress and dangers this year by following these 10 easy tips. 1. Trick-or-treat candies are not for pets. All forms of chocolate -- especially baking or dark chocolate -- can be dangerous, even lethal, for dogs and cats. Symptoms of chocolate poisoning may include  vomiting ,  diarrhea , rapid breathing, increased heart rate, and  seizures . Halloween candies containing the artificial sweetener xylitol can also be poisonous to dogs. Even small amounts of xylitol can cause a sudden drop in blood sugar and subsequent loss of coordination and seizures. And while xylitol toxicity in cats has yet to be established, it's better to be safe than sorry. 2. Don't leave pets out in the yard on Halloween. Surprisingly, vicious pranksters have been known to tease, injure, steal, and even kill pets on Halloween night. Inexc...

As it turns out, kids these days actually do know less than they used to. Kent State University researchers conducted a study that evaluated the general knowledge of students in the U.S. during the year 2012 by using an exhaustive test first implemented in 1980. The study ranks the most commonly known facts among college students and compares those rankings to their 1980 equivalents. Click HERE to find out what the top 10 things are Or copy and paste the URL below http://www.takepart.com/photos/10-things-kids-knew-1980-dont-know-today?cmpid=tp-ad-outbrain-general