Giving Back

By Megan Schreiber Willman A Home of the Innocents volunteer plays with one of the residents. As I drove onto the Home of the Innocents’ sprawling campus at 1100 East Market Street in Louisville, I admit I was surprised by its size. I had heard about this agency in bits of conversation over the years but I had no idea about the range of services they provided. When I expressed this to Julie Spry, volunteer services manager for Home of the Innocents, she smiled and explained my reaction is a common one. “I hear that a [...]

By Megan S. WillmanEach signature Hope Scarves bow is tied by a volunteer. I never cease to be amazed by the strength of others and the ways in which one person can start a movement toward positive change. Lara MacGregor is one of those people. She has stage IV metastatic breast cancer and is also the founder of Hope Scarves, a non-profit organization that has touched cancer patients in our community and around the world.When Lara started treatment after her first diagnosis in 2007, a woman she didn’t know sent her a box of beautiful head [...]

Can confidence come from a good-looking outfit?By Megan S. Willman The Dress for Success boutique has all of the clothing essentials clients to prepare for an upcoming job interview.  Remember the last time you left the house feeling like you were ready to take on the world? Your clothes look just right, the shoes are a knock-out, and there isn’t a hair out of place. When you start out feeling good, anything seems possible. And who doesn’t need a shot of confidence now and then?Dress for Success Louisville is in the business of providing that kick-start [...]