BESTie and caregiver, Maggie DePuye-Phillips (pictured above), is back with Caregiver’s Corner (and she even provided the BEST Kick-starter Quote of the Week, see below). For this column, Maggie tackles managing the holidays as a caregiver. With the holidays right around the corner, this information couldn’t be more timelier! Read on and feel free (more…)
Meet Luke and Lola. Luke is a three year old Corgi Pitbull mix and Lola is a nearly two year old Cattle Dog Pitbull mix. Both are rescue dogs and the beloved service animals of BESTies Kevin Phillips and his wife, Maggie DePuye-Phillips. The couples love for the dogs is clear and Maggie puts it (more…)
Psst….We have the BEST secret that is going to be revealed! Save the date and mark your calendars for the BEST 2014 Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair on Saturday, November 22, 2014 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Our BEST Space and the BEST Learning Center. Meet and greet local artists and craftspeople (more…)
It’s Animal Week at BEST! Here are three great articles we found that we’d like to share with you! Click on the highlighted words to link to each article. This article is about how service dogs can help with brain injury. Here one woman’s personal story. Check out this piece on how animals make great (more…)
BEST Communications Manager, Kim Thompson’s, border collie Kona, taking a well-deserved nap. Animals are such magical creatures that can bring such joy and love to our lives. That’s why at the Brain Energy Support Team (BEST), we want to honor our favorite animals and the animals that make our lives a better place. This (more…)
Meet Desiree Douglass. Above: Douglass (on the right) poses with a friend at a HeadStrong event (courtesy photo) Douglass is the president and founder of HeadStrong, a locally-based organization that supports youth with traumatic brain injury and their families. Douglass and the HeadStrong team have been longtime BESTies and community partners of the Brain (more…)