Get the tissues ready and read this heart-warming story of a stray cat named Tom being reunited with his family, thanks to the care and efforts of local non-profit Stray Cat Alliance. We’ll save the story-telling for the Instagram post above, and instead share why we’re shining the spotlight on Read more…
Did you know there is such a thing as the “Comedy Pet Photography Awards“? Well, now you do and you’re welcome. They recently released their 2021 Finalists, and will be announcing the winners on December 7th! According to the folks who produce the annual submission competition, their primary goal in Read more…
All of our American readers are familiar with the traditional First Thanksgiving tale that is taught to schoolchildren every November: how the colonists would have starved had the indigenous North Americans not fed them and taught them how to cultivate and prepare local food. Whether presented as historical fact or Read more…
In “Back To The Future”, Marty McFly tells a gymnasium full of teenagers, “I guess you guys aren’t ready for that.” That actor, Michael J. Fox, says the opposite to his fellow Parkinson’s sufferers- he knows they are ready for a cure. Past ready, really- Fox himself has lived with Read more…
Do you know what your organization’s biggest assets are when it comes to your live fundraising event? At Bliss Auctions, we believe it’s your volunteers! Volunteers, helpers, the generous folks that give their time to your live event for free- they are indeed some of our biggest assets and harnessing Read more…
Michaela Goade, an award-winning illustrator who lives in Sitka, Alaska, is a member of the Tlingit tribe and her work is a celebration of her culture as well as her love of nature. Her beautiful illustrations in We Are Water Protectors, a children’s book by Carole Lindstrom, led to her Read more…
November’s Moment of Bliss Non-profit Spotlight shines on Nourish LA, a grassroots, volunteer-led nonprofit focused on providing food to hungry folks while diverting and reclaiming food waste. Founded in the early days of the pandemic by the tenacious Natalie Flores, Nourish harnessed the energy of collective action by enlisting volunteers, Read more…
Sometimes the simplest things are the most profound. Take for example, the ability to speak to the people we interact with on a daily basis. When we say hello and thank you, we rarely think of the impact of being able to say and hear those things. In this video Read more…
Australia’s Daintree rainforest is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is believed to be 180 million years old, with fossils and relics dating back to the great Gondwanan forests that covered what is now Australia and parts of Antarctica before the continents split apart 50 to 100 million years ago. Read more…
Recently, a very cool paper was released showing that scientists have observed tool-making in wild Goffin cockatoos. Not just one tool either, but three different tools, and each are made multiple times to specific shapes for the purpose of getting at the seed at the center of a hard mango Read more…