Featuring Stories
House Blend Cafe
Eat Good. Do Good.
Written By Rachel Galvin
Josh and Kelly Taylor have been serving up more than just food at their restaurant, House Blend Cafe. For the last nine years, they have been giving 100 percent of their net profits to local and global projects, including raising more than $20,000 to help feed the hungry.
Connie Francis:
A Profile in Courage and Generosity
Written By Rachel Galvin
Best known for her soulful singing and songs like “Where the Boys Are,” “Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool” and “Stupid Cupid,” Connie Francis got her start at age 3, beginning with taking accordion lessons. The road was rocky … but she got her big break on January 1, 1958 when Dick Clark played her song “Who’s Sorry Now” on American Bandstand.
The Road Back:
Darrell Gwynn and the Darrell Gwynn Foundation
Written By Steve Goodman
It was Easter Sunday 1990. The place, the Santa Pod Raceway in Bedford, England. Darrell Gwynn, known as The Kid on the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) circuit revved his engine at the starting line, as he did dozens of times before. As the “Christmas Tree” lights counted down to green, tires screeched and billows of smoke trailed behind his golden dragster. But Darrell would not cross the finish line in victory that day, as he had so many times before.
