Mason's Toy Box started when a young man named Mason, lost his battle to rare childhood cancer in 2011. The truth is that not all children will be home for the holiday season, as my family as experienced in 2008 as my son was fighting for his life after...
Hi, I’m Joey Bevins and I am a person in recovery from substance use disorder. My clean date is 10/5/3015 and I haven’t found it necessary to have a drink or drug since that day over four years ago. I was at a real all-time low before getting...
Today I am sharing about the how you can support the cause for equality via the NAACP. When I started The Rebels Den, part of the mission was to highlight non-profits and bring awareness to different causes, injustices and what we can do about it. The...
This past week in our home, we've been having conversations how protests lead to change and some of it didn't always feel good. I limited my social media because I wanted to take the time to listen and learn and reflect and when I did sign up - every...
You can't walk around with blinders on and ignore the fact that Black People have been discriminated against since forever. It is time that we truly listen to their experiences and become active in our anti-racism work. We’ve been having the hard...
There's no question that music is healing and incredibly powerful. It can and often does express what you're feeling when you are finding it difficult to say it with your own words. I recently learned about Guitar's 4 Vets - an organization whose...
I recently had a brief chat about being involved with the 1st Annual Rocking for Recovery Event. While we haven't quite hashed out the details just yet, I thought I would share a snippet of my story and then tell you about the event! My father was an...
This past week or two I came across DRAW - a non-profit that was founded on the premise that a single event of a natural disaster can bring a person to instant rock bottom. How many times have you watched the news to see a community be drowning in the...
When I attended Exit 111 back in October, one thing was incredibly clear: Rise Above + SAVE - a suicide prevention message that needs addressing perhaps now more than ever. I'm a fan of people using their platform for what they believe in - we may not...
