By Alyssa Dearborn Since its founding in 2011, The Bear Team has brought over 14,700 Build-a-Bear stuffed animals to children receiving care and treatment at Golisano Children’s Hospital. The bears serve not only as companions and comfort objects for the...
Category: Inspire
Inspire
Coming full-circle: Ophelia’s Place founder to retire
By Ashley M. Casey Associate Editor MaryEllen Clausen first announced her retirement from Ophelia’s Place more than 10 years ago — on the cover of the first-anniversary issue of Syracuse Woman Magazine, no less — but she found herself unable...
Inspire
Inspire: Sharye Skinner Affecting Social Change with Faith and Fearlessness
By Kate Hanzalik “Do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with the Lord.” Michal 6:8 When Sharye Skinner was a child, she woke up every Christmas to see a tree that had very few presents beneath it. For many children,...
Inspire
Inspire: Christine McNeeley – Putting her life experience to work
By Alyssa Dearborn Although Christine McNeeley has been the new executive director of the Chadwick Residence for only four months, she looks forward to furthering the Chadwick Residence’s mission of helping women move past homelessness to live successful lives. Before...
Inspire
Inspire – Wanda Fremont: A Helper to the Youngest Among Us
By Jason Klaiber Looking back on decades of work in psychiatry, predominantly in the branch dedicated to children and adolescents, Dr. Wanda Fremont traces her interest in her specified field back to a long-held fascination in the biopsychosocial model. Originally...
