I knew exactly what I wanted from the Fireball Foundation from the moment I jotted notes down on a piece of paper the day after my grandfather died. We simply wanted to provide unbiased information on nursing homes to anyone who needed it. My family had gotten screwed during our […] Read more »
Alzheimer’s Association Offers Tele-Group for Caregivers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire – MarketWatch
WATERTOWN, Mass., Jan 23, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Support groups can impact the physical and mental wellbeing of caregivers, but some people simply cannot attend them. The Alzheimer’s Association hopes to open the door to support by offering a new telephone-based group for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease […] Read more »
Why Start Something New; when Something Old will Do?
A good friend of mine sent me a note after the launch of the charity was made public. The essence of his note was simple: why undertake such a large endeavor when you could just become involved with a local organization like the Alzheimer’s Association? It’s a good question and […] Read more »
The Public Launch of the Fireball Foundation
My grandfather, Glenn E. Bolyard died of Dementia related illnesses 4 years ago today. He was 81. Today, four years to the date of his passing my family and I are pleased to announce the launch of a charitable foundation dedicated to him and those who care-give or have dementia […] Read more »
T-1 Day
I’m slowing updating links and RSS feeds in preparation for tomorrow’s launch. Frankly, tomorrow in the big picture is a fairly small day but to finally ‘Go Live’ after all this preparation and work will be nice. But, from there the real work begins. Read more »
Readying for Launch
The website and blog are all coming together rather nicely. The entire site runs on WordPress, which is an open source blogging and content management system. It’s fairly unimportant in the grand scheme of things, but what it does mean is that our foundation’s website will be able to grow […] Read more »
New Logo
I’m very pleased with our new logo. While it’ll probably evolve and change over the years this one will do nicely. And, considering it took around two hours to create on my old IBM R35 I say that’s a pretty good ROI. Read more »
The Start of Something New
I’ve spent a decent amount of today researching how to start a business and charity in West Virginia. If you recall, back in January I listed 5 objectives for 2007. 40% of those objectives involved building my relationship with Alissa and getting in touch with old friends. The other 60% […] Read more »