MUSINGS & EVENTS | Audrey Evans

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Jul 2
0 min

So true

Jun 8
1 min

What do cancer and the SARS-CoV-2 virus have in common?

According to pediatric oncologist John Maris, "in many ways cancer behaves like a virus." Maris and his colleagues at The Children's Hos...

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The Friendly Hamster

May 28
3 min

Way To Go, Justin!

Justin attended St. James School – the school Audrey helped to found in North Philadelphia. In the fall he will move on to Ursinus Col...

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The Friendly Hamster

May 17
1 min

"None of it stopped her"

They worked in completely different fields, but based on this report by ESPN, it sounds as though Audrey Evans and Phyllis George had a l...

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The Friendly Hamster

May 5
1 min

Celebrate Children's Book Week

Enjoy this special reading of a story about a child who grew up to do important things. The 15-minute video was recorded by the author ...

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The Friendly Hamster

Apr 15
1 min

Real Life Superheroes

Health care workers have hard jobs, not just in times of pandemic. Even before COVID-19 made their work more stressful and dangerous, he...

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The Friendly Hamster

Apr 1
1 min

Check Out Today's Google Doodle

Today's Google Doodle honors Dame Annie Jean Macnamara, a medical pioneer whose career parallels Dr. Evans' in some interesting ways. You...

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The Friendly Hamster

Mar 19
1 min

Worried About COVID-19?

In the midst of these scary and unsettling times, children (and adults, too) can learn from Audrey. This is her first pandemic, but she ...

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The Friendly Hamster

Mar 12
1 min

Audrey on CBS3

As promised, here she is! Reporter Chandler Lutz does a beautiful job showing Audrey's humor and heart in this 3-minute news story. ht...

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The Friendly Hamster

Mar 11
1 min

Audrey on TV

Tune in to CBS3 at 6:15 a.m. or 5:45 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday, March 12) to see what Audrey shared with Chandler Lutz.

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Mar 10
1 min

A Tweet from Across the Pond

What a lovely tweet and video clip about Audrey from the country of her birth. https://www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet/1236564651430813696

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The Friendly Hamster

Mar 8
1 min

The Secret's Out

Who invented the Shamrock Shake? The little known fact has been revealed by the Enterprise Ledger in Enterprise, Alabama. Without those...

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The Friendly Hamster

Mar 6
1 min

The Story Behind the Book

Hear Heidi Bright Butler describe how she found out about Dr. Evans and why she decided to write a book about her in an interview with Tr...

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The Friendly Hamster

Mar 5
1 min

Paying It Forward

Encouraging reading? Encouraging caring? Encouraging persistence? The Alumni Association at Northampton Community College did all thre...

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The Friendly Hamster

Feb 25
1 min

Slipping the Surly Bonds of Earth

Katherine Johnson had two strikes against her when she went to work for the space administration in 1958. She wasn't white and she wasn'...

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The Friendly Hamster

Feb 21
1 min

"I'm Famous!"

It's been an exciting week for me, the friendly hamster who writes this blog. You may have wondered why my picture is on the cover of th...

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The Friendly Hamster

Feb 20
1 min

What Makes February 19 Special?

Shamrock Shakes become available at McDonald's. You can only get the famous green shakes through March 20, so hurry! What do milkshakes...

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The Friendly Hamster

Feb 15
1 min

Welcome back, Christina Koch

Someday an inspirational children's book may be written about Christina Koch, an astronaut who just returned to Earth after traveling 139...

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Jan 30
1 min

#Homeschoolers

Thank you to the CHASE Home School Group for a fun afternoon. I'm glad you liked learning about Audrey Evans. Here's where your parents ...

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Jan 28
1 min

Sometimes Love is a Book

What better time than Valentine's Day Weekend to give a child a book that is both funny and inspirational? Swing by Barnes & Noble in th...

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