Irving Burgie, The Father Of Modern Calypso

A Look At The Vibrancy Of The Human Spirit

(NAPSI)—As a special tribute to the people involved in a 75-year-old atrocity, modern American veterans and others participate in the annual Bataan Memorial Death March challenge. What Happened Then It commemorates the forced march of Filipino and American civilian and service members captured in 1942. Approximately 10,000 individuals died along the roughly 62-mile route to the Japanese camps. What Happens Now Today’s 26.2-mile trek tests participants’ humility, endurance and perseverance. It originates on high desert trails that consist of sand, gravel, and paved roads within the Organ Mountains in southwestern New Mexico. The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, located 10 miles east of the city of Las Cruces, was created in May 2014. The elevation of Las Cruces, 3,908 feet ...

Protecting Mental Health In The Wake Of Natural Disasters

(NAPSI)—The often sudden and overwhelming devastation and destruction caused by hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and other natural disasters take an emotional toll on millions of people each year. Many survivors experience anxiety, trouble sleeping, depression and substance misuse. Help protect your mental health by learning ways to cope before, during and after these stressful events. Emotional Impact: Before, During And After Natural Disaster Knowing that a storm, tornado or other destructive event is coming can stir anxiety. Receiving continuous updates and warnings in the news can cause a heightened state of alert. This level of alert is particularly common in regions that frequently experience disasters: coastal communities vulnerable to hurricanes, towns on fault lines where earthquakes are likely, Tornado Alley, and ...

A Present For A Future

(NAPSI)—Take a look at the children you care about. Then picture them far from family and friends, in foster care, and with very little in the way of luxury or even stuff they can call their own. That was the situation eighth grader Latasha “Tash” Haynes was in when a special organization helped change her life forever by buying her a camera—her first one. “I didn’t get a lot of Christmas gifts,” said Haynes, now 35. “I didn’t grow up asking for things and getting what I wanted, so that first camera was a huge deal.” Now a professional photographer, she travels the country with her husband, Ike, also a photographer, and their daughter, Wisdom. The nonprofit that helped Haynes, ...