In 2007, the dominoes started to fall. The debt auction rate market caught cold, leading in time to the broad capital markets and housing markets catching pneumonia. Down went the dominoes – click/click/click – US housing prices plunged, lender foreclosures skyrocketed, equity share prices plummeted – and trillions’ of dollars of accumulated wealth disappeared – poof!

In its commitment to fuel good in the community, CITGO Petroleum Corporation and its local branded Marketers Griffith Energy Services, Inc., Carroll Independent Fuel Company, and The Wills Group, recently donated $15,000 in CITGO Gift Cards to the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and announced the “Be A Star, Buy A Star” community fundraising campaign to further benefit the hospital. The gift cards were presented to Paula Heneberry, LCSW-C, Director of Pediatric Social Work at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and will be given to families whose children are being treated at the facility to assist them with travel costs to and from the hospital.

Carnival Cruise Line brought its spirited brand of fun to this year’s Taste of Atlanta festival, hosting an exclusive Dr. Seuss-themed book reading and cooking demonstration for local children with Atlanta Braves announcer Brian Jordan.

Channel 2 WSB-TV and The Trust for Public Land are recognizing volunteers who are creating, preserving or enhancing shared outdoor spaces. Tom Branch, Julie Burroughs and Alan Toney have been selected as finalists for Atlanta’s 2015 Cox Conserves Heroes program, and the public is being asked to vote now through October 26 at wsbtv.com/coxconservesheroes.

Millennials, the next generation of leaders, ranks quality of life – their own and others’ – highly. This defining perspective will change organizational paradigms around the world within the next decade.

New Research Points to Egg Whites to Reduce Caloric Intake, Increase Protein and Satiety in College Women

Art Therapy Is More Than Just Making Nice Pictures