Martha’s Village and Kitchen in Indio is asking for the communities help in refilling their emergency food pantry. This service provides supplemental food support to over 800 family members each month, and many people who experience food insecurity depend on Martha’s Village for food assistance. They are looking to our community members and local businesses […]
One of those rare, magical moments when my favorite NBC Palm Springs anchors and personalities gather together to support a great cause — to help end blood cancer for good! We performed a 1947 radio play by Dashiell Hammett called THE ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE: THE DEAD DUCK CAPER. You may remember the Sam Spade […]
It has been my mission to help end blood cancer for good. One of my reasons, one of my “whys” on running as Man of the Year for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is the inspiring resilience of cancer survivors like Dianne Callahan, speaker/author, who helped launched “Survivor Strut.” It’s a fashion show featuring models […]
The blood supply in the Coachella Valley and surrounding areas is critically low. In some parts of Southern California, hospitals are canceling surgeries because of this immediate and serious challenge. In this NBCares we speak with Dr. Rick Axelrod, C.E.O. and Medical Director of Lifestream, about how you can help share life in this time […]
The director of a blood bank is urging communities to donate blood at local drives like the two that will take place in the desert Friday due to urgently low blood supplies in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. “We urgently need your help,” LifeSteam Blood Bank’s President and Medical Director Dr. Rick Axelrod said on […]
The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians are making sure no one goes hungry this Thanksgiving as chefs prepare to serve around 2,000 people, including free dinners for residents of Angel View. More than 75 pounds of chestnut sage stuffing, 80 gallons of house-made orange, cinnamon cranberry sauce and 200 whole turkeys. “Plus another 600 […]
An unlikely bond between a Stafford County, Virginia, school janitor and a student has gone viral. Angel Echevarria, a custodian at Stafford High School, says he is used to being overlooked. “It’s normally mean mugs and shoulder shrugs where I come from,” Echevarria said. But in the middle of the high school’s bustling hallway, one […]
