Lisa Acker

Think Pink: October Is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Never has anything been so perfect in PINK! A collaboration of people from all walks of life are banding together in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in one united fight. This October, events include the and Pink Ribbon Symposium Survivors Celebration 5k Run/Walk on October 3; a musical concert on October 9; a on October 10; and the huge annual “” on October 24. For women in the United States, breast cancer death rates are higher than those of any other cancer except lung cancer. In 2015 an estimated 231, 480 new cases of breast cancer are expected to …

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Spark Youth With The Arts

It starts with the tap of your foot to a sound you hear in your head, and then you realize it’s music. Like a soft ting of a bell or the graceful descent and deliberate resting place of a snowflake, it uplifts and intensifies the sense of sight and sound in all of its majestic forms. It’s Art, a gift bequeathed to be nurtured and chiseled into magnificence. Enter the (CAP, www.capkids.org): a visual arts and performance program that facilitates artistic creativity. Consisting of a single dance class and ten students at its inception in 1993, the Cathedral Arts Project …

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