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Written by Terri Mello
| Photography by: Ann Spurling
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Becky Ausenda is a “mom-preneur,” a term she defines as someone who creates a job she can do at home, calling upon previous professional experience while playing a significant role in her children’s lives. It was this combination of interests and skills that eventually led her to create the Bermuda Education Network (BEN).
Ausenda describes BEN as a foundation that raises funds in order to invest in projects in public schools. “We identify the areas of need b... |
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Written by Terri Mello
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When 43-year-old Jan Fraser applied to work in the airline industry, she expected to be the oldest flight-attendant-in-training there. Instead, she was one of the youngest, and she was inspired. “There were women who were 68 years old!” she remembers. “The amazing thing is there is so much of life out there to achieve and find, and as long as you keep your health in good shape, you can do anything you put your mind to.”
If Fraser’s long list of achievements... |
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Written by Darlene McCarthy Barnfield
| Photography by: Scott Tucker
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Jonas Salk made history in 1955 when he created a vaccine to rid the world of polio, and by the late 1970s the disease was virtually eradicated in the United States. But it would take an army of volunteers to rid other nations of this devastating disease. Bermuda resident Walter Maddocks became one such soldier in the war against polio in 1986.
At the time, he and his wife were living a serene life on a Kentucky farm, relatively unaware that the disease was still rav... |
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Written by Elizabeth Jones
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In John O’ Groats, the northernmost tip of the U.K., stands a special post with one sign pointing to Lands End, the southernmost tip of Great Britain. On July 10, 2010, 63-year-old James McCulloch, retired managing director of Rothschilds, Bermuda, and currently director and treasurer of Age Concern, proudly stood in front of it, his Felt City pedal bike, Felicity, beside him. It had taken him seven gruelling weeks to pedal the thousand odd miles between both ends of the co... |
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