September 2013

In the September 2013 issue of Plymouth Magazine, you'll read about healthy eating with tips and ideas for brunch and lunch. You'll also learn all about Church Basement Ladies Next Door before their final installment, read up on the best local chili, and discover local opportunities to get your creative juices flowing!

Hobby photographer Danny Dobrin—who’s had art featured on this page before—has been snapping shots for about eight years, but it was this image captured last summer of daughter Nyla that caught the eye of the 2012 Picture Plymouth judges.Dobrin, who works for a modern creative agency called Morse

 

In the face of shrinking budgets, government funding and the realities of living longer, many baby boomers are returning to work. According to the Department of Labor Statistics, the number of workers age 65 and older increased 101 percent between 1977 and 2007.

 

There’s more to the Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) than those delectable Samoas and Thin Mints: Meet Katie Delano, Plymouth’s very own Gold Award winner, who sought to change her community by establishing a local tutoring program.Considered GSUSA’s most prestigious honor, scouts who pursue the G

 

The benefits of music education go well beyond notes on a page.

 

For 22 years, Wayzata High School students have been giving back to the community through the Club Y.E.S. program.

 

With clients like Kraft, Campbell’s, Jerry’s Food and Kemps, Plymouth-based Nutrition & Food Associates Inc.

 

A little more than a year ago, Steve Bunnell was at a crossroads. Having worked as an advertiser for corporate giant Illinois Tool Works Inc.

 

Bear Has a Story to Tell by Philip C. SteadRoaring Brook Press 2012Want to teach your kids the importance of patience and friendship? This endearing picture book challenges our often busy lives to take a step back, listen and share stories with others.

 

The two to three-year process of accreditation by the American Association of Christian Schools (AACS) is no trivial decision, but it’s a challenge that Plymouth’s own Fourth Baptist Christian School undertook last year.

 

You might recognize financial planner Terry Sandvold from his billboards on I-94 and other places.

 

Many people know pre-packaged lunch options are high in saturated fat and sodium, but how to fight the convenience and popularity with kids of those build-it-yourself cracker lunches?

 

Chances are you already know a few of them. Maybe it’s your hard-working neighbor who loves to impart common-sense remedies. Perhaps it’s a woman at church who loves to direct showers or dinners. Or it might even be a bossy aunt who seems to know everything.

 

You’ve heard it a million times: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Ask Dr. Google—websites like WebMD and Mayo Clinic explain in depth how eating a good breakfast ignites the metabolism, revs the brain and body, and even aids in weight loss.