Speedway Middle School Students get Green Flag as they "Race to Prepare" with NASCAR and Red Cross

We recently sponsored a disaster preparedness event with Red Cross, NASCAR and a large group of middle school students. When I was in middle school, my family moved to the Virgin Islands. Back then I was somewhat familiar with disaster preparedness - as we took hurricane season very seriously - but I was not familiar with NASCAR. While NASCAR drivers race at speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour and drive on high tech speedways, the top speed limit in the islands was 40 miles per hour and lines were painted on roads by a guy in a motorcycle sidecar with a bucket of paint and a brush!

Hitting the rum during the holidays!

Watch the television hit Hell’s Kitchen and you can cut the tension with a knife. Emotions run high with frantic chefs often fighting back tears. Visit the kitchen at the Woodlands Foundation outside of Pittsburgh and you’ll find a completely different atmosphere.