USA TODAY asks people in Philadelphia about their charitable giving. © 2015 Eileen Blass, USA TODAY
Dogs and handlers in the breed competition at The 137th Annual Westminster Kennel Club All Breed Dog Show in New York City. © 2014 Eileen Blass, USA TODAY)- As Mother's Day 2015 grew near, moms in the Philadelphia area talked about their
proudest moments, how things were different when they were being raised
and the hopes they have for their own children.
(© Copyright USA TODAY) - Each season, Brad and Karly Lowe sow new seeds the old way. On their farm, Hillyard Field Organics in Murray, Ky., daily chores are more like rich rituals, traditions passed down from the one generation of farmers to the next. © 2009 Eileen Blass
- Creative styling took center stage Sunday at the 2014 Groom Expo in Hershey, Pa., as dog groomers transformed pooches into works of art in a creative styling tournament.
(© Copyright USA TODAY) - James Gashel of Denver, Colo., has been blind all his life. In 2009, he bought his first iPhone. VoiceOver, a screen reader option built into the iPhone, made the device talk. © 2013 Eileen Blass, USA TODAY)
- Stephen Cleghorn, owner of a 50 acre certified organic farm and goat dairy in Reynoldsville, PA, is
concerned about nearby hydraulic fracturing gas drilling activity and how it might affect his animals
and the farm he and his wife started in 2005.
(© Copyright USA TODAY) - Go behind the scenes with the Mummers as they prepare for their 2015 New Year's Day
parade in Philadelphia.
(© Copyright USA TODAY) - In a prison greenhouse in Philadelphia, inmates start vegetable seedlings that give back
to the community through the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's City Harvest program.
(© Copyright USA TODAY) - Dolly Parton talks about Dollywood, her theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. © 2010 Eileen Blass, USA TODAY
- In the Western Pa. city of Clairton, the nation’s largest coke manufacturing plant
dominates the skyline. The steel mill closed and the city declined. But the City Of Prayer
may have found salvation in the H.S. football team.
(© Copyright USA TODAY) - Westminster Presbyterian Church in West Chester, Pennsylvania, offered drive-thru ashes and a cup
of coffee Ash Wednesday morning to those wishing to get their ashes on the go.
(© Copyright USA TODAY) - Marc Buoniconti suffered a spinal cord injury while playing football for The Citadel nearly 30 years ago.
Today as a quadriplegic, he is president of The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and its fundraising arm,
The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis. Marc is the son of NFL Hall of Fame linebacker Nick Buoniconti.
(© Copyright USA TODAY) - The opening of shrimp season marked a major milestone in the oil spill crisis.Third generation shrimper David Morales heads back into the bays off Delacroix Island for the first day of white shrimp season. © 2010 Eileen Blass, USA TODAY
- Laminitis is one of the leading causes of death in horses. In 2006, Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro shattered his right hind leg in the Preakness. His subsequent laminitis drew much attention to the disease. © 2011 Eileen Blass, USA TODAY
- A look at the pop up beer garden scene in Philadelphia. © 2014 Eileen Blass, USA TODAY
