Living with life’s ups and downs, hanging with some Hollywood elite, and life on the wild side. Welcome to your daily dose of the best stuff happening right now on Gather!
(1.) It does not define us, but it most certainly affects us. At one time or another, nearly all of us suffer from or love someone who is struggling with illness. Be it diabetes, heart disease, anxiety… the list goes on and on. With that in mind, TODAY Gather is proud to present a new family of Groups to the site we call “Living With…” Members can support each other, offer advice, friendship and even discuss their condition with experts at Harvard Medical School. Living with disease is a part of so many lives, TODAY we hope these new groups will help bring you comfort and support. For more details on Gather’s exclusive “Living With…” series, click here.
(2.) What do you get when you add three Hollywood big-wigs, one award winning film and a live chat? One unforgettable hour on Gather! Be sure to join us tonight at 7pm ET for a live chat with the stars of the new film “Sweet Land.” Writer/Director Ali Selim will be answering your questions about the film, along with actor Ned Beatty and author Will Weaver. Don’t miss out on this exclusive opportunity! Join the “Sweet Land” chat tonight in the Gather Movies Essential at movies.gather.com.
(3.) Wanna get away? Dare to share your best vacation adventure story and you could win a Wyndham resort vacation! This fun, new contest is kicking off TODAY in the Groople group on Gather. For a closer look the official rules and regulations, visit groople.gather.com. We’re looking for your funniest, craziest, wildest vacation stories here; we know you got ‘em… now share ‘em!
What would TODAY be without a big round of applause for our weekend “Picture More Points” winners?! Please join me in congratulating the following photographers and commenters:
Friday, July 6th
Winning Image: Patriotic dog “dressed up for the 4th!”
Winning Photographer: Trudy P.
Winning Comment: Jennifer N.
Saturday, July 7th
Winning Image:Walk-BehindFalls- "Nature Break"
Winning Photographer: Rob Appell
Winning Comment: Elsie Duggan
Sunday, July 8th
Winning Image: “Wanna Play?”
Winning Photographer: Mikal M.
Winning Comment: Trish A.
TODAY is Tuesday, July 1oth, 2007. Team Gather is featuring your stories of “Transformation” in the Health Essential and our editors are on the lookout for good news to share! If there's a great story making headlines in your town, tell us about it on Gather at news.gather.com. We'll feature your "Good News on Gather" story in our News Essential. Happy Tuesday everyone!
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Comments: 15
It is my understanding that the current groups in the 'Living With...' series represent the beginnings of a larger program. Following this 'kick off' phase, the number of groups will potentially increase and eventually cover more of the most common chronic medical conditions.
As a follow-up, here is part of a comment made by Tom Gerace earlier today regarding the new 'Living With...' series:
"Thanks, everyone for the terrific suggestions of new groups! Today's announcement covers just our first seven groups. We will be launching 28 additional groups this year. We staged our launch to be sure we could be well coordinated with the doctors at Harvard and so that we could tackle it ourselves in manageable bites. "
You may read Tom's full comment, as well as his new article devoted to this great program HERE. :-)
I was unaware that you were keeping up on it, and the link I provided above is for other members that may not be aware of his recent article. ;-)
I joined a few of the "Living With..." groups and I'm extremely excited about them. I agree with others that there could be some additional groups that would be very beneficial to a lot of people. So, I'm glad to hear that these programs will eventually grow with more conditions!