Six years ago, Janine Skinner was a mother of three who was reentering the workforce. Some of the return was financial: the aforementioned kids were just a few years away from college. While serving as a youth event chaperone, she was introduced to Minnesota-based Feed My Starving Children (FMSC). That was the beginning of a six-year whirlwind.

Water is one of the most important nutrients and often overlooked for detoxification, losing body fat, and optimal health. Your body is approximately 70 percent water, your brain tissue approximately 75 percent water, and your blood is 83 percent water.

Feed My Starving Children, www.fmsc.org, is a nonprofit organization that utilizes volunteers to pack millions of meals each year. The meals are sent to starving and malnourished children around the world.

Feed My Starving Children, www.fmsc.org, is a nonprofit organization that utilizes volunteers to pack millions of meals each year. The meals are sent to starving and malnourished children around the world.

The Mountain Pointe baseball program was at the Feed My Starving Children, 7965 S. Priest Drive, on Saturday. In addition to volunteering there, they presented a check for more than $1,200 to Feed My Starving Children.

"Madonnas of Leningrad,” by Debra Dean, paperback 228 pages, is set in St. Petersburg, Russia. The main character, Marina, is a guide at the Hermitage Museum when war breaks out with Nazi Germany. She helps to pack and evacuate the million-plus paintings and art objects in the collection and then, during the first winter of the siege, lives in the cellars beneath the emptied museum, alongside other members of the staff and their families.

"Madonnas of Leningrad,” by Debra Dean, paperback 228 pages, is set in St. Petersburg, Russia. The main character, Marina, is a guide at the Hermitage Museum when war breaks out with Nazi Germany. She helps to pack and evacuate the million-plus paintings and art objects in the collection and then, during the first winter of the siege, lives in the cellars beneath the emptied museum, alongside other members of the staff and their families.

A friend on the other side of my opinions alerted me recently that she believes the “far right (wherever that is) ... is on its last legs.” They’re “extremely out of touch.” She told me, “They cling to 1950’s views and standards, and the world has moved on from that.” She delivered that news with a delicate touch.

A bill that would require those convicted of animal abuse to register with the state — similar to sex offenders — may currently be stalled, but its sponsor plans keep moving it forward through other avenues so it becomes law.

The new year brings advertising lies out of the woodwork. Talking heads, advertisements, celebrity endorsements, talk-show special guests - all peddling their wares in an attempt to get your hard-earned money for the least amount of their effort. Never mind what works 100 percent of the time is completely free: eat less food.

The new year brings advertising lies out of the woodwork. Talking heads, advertisements, celebrity endorsements, talk-show special guests - all peddling their wares in an attempt to get your hard-earned money for the least amount of their effort. Never mind what works 100 percent of the time is completely free: eat less food.

First and foremost, what many people neglect to take into consideration is that there is a difference between weight loss versus fat loss.

First and foremost, what many people neglect to take into consideration is that there is a difference between weight loss versus fat loss.

I'm one of those parents. I know; it might sound like I'm using the guilty tactics my parents once did. I tell my children that while they turn up their noses at broccoli, we're fortunate to have it. Times are hard across the street, and across the globe. And because I can only imagine how people are suffering, I won't let anyone in my house take veggies for granted. Even asparagus!

I'm one of those parents. I know; it might sound like I'm using the guilty tactics my parents once did. I tell my children that while they turn up their noses at broccoli, we're fortunate to have it. Times are hard across the street, and across the globe. And because I can only imagine how people are suffering, I won't let anyone in my house take veggies for granted. Even asparagus!

Recently, I've had an influx of clients come to me devastated because of the additional weight they gained after their experience with the hCG diet. They were under the belief that the hCG diet was the cure-all diet that promised to melt away their unwanted fat forever.

Recently, I've had an influx of clients come to me devastated because of the additional weight they gained after their experience with the hCG diet. They were under the belief that the hCG diet was the cure-all diet that promised to melt away their unwanted fat forever.

Cabela's, in partnership with Outdoor Channel and "Wanna Go Fishing?" TV, released the list of participating waters in its "Wanna Go Fishing for Millions?" promotion, an event the company hopes will encourage even more people to enjoy great outdoors.

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As her twin grandsons set out to serve a two-year mission for the Mormon church in Ecuador, Ahwatukee Foothills resident Mary Katzenbach decided to start her own project and document their experiences in a book.

Step right up, ladies and gentlemen. Read right here, right now — for free — about the best-kept fitness, weight loss and all-around healthy living secret in the history of humankind. It will save you time. It will save you money. And you’ll see results.

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The stomachs of more than 1,300 starving children across the world will be full for a year thanks to volunteers who packed more than 500,000 meals for Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) at Mountain View Lutheran Church (MVLC) in Ahwatukee Foothills between Nov. 17 and 20.