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January 28, 2018
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Andrew CarrollAndrew Carroll Dies at 32

Bring your brokenness, and I’ll bring mine.

Bring your brokenness and I’ll bring mine.  I have always felt like music has the power to comfort and heal and a song by Francesca Battistelli titled, If We’re Honest, has be

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December 21, 2017
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Thank you for believing in me.

“Thank you for believing in me.” I have been an educator since the fall of 2003 and I’ve come to realize that we teachers get the privilege of being “Chief Encouragers” t

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November 23, 2017
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I’m thankful they weren’t wrong. 

Chris had just handed Jack over to me.  It was the first time I had laid eyes on my new baby.  After a few tears about how the delivery went, little did I know there would be mor

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November 13, 2017
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Our 1st Jack’s Basket Annual Fundraiser Event

“Ultimately if you think about it, Jack’s Basket shouldn’t have to be.  We shouldn’t have to remind the world that we should be celebrating these babies wi

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August 16, 2017
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I’m a person, not a diagnosis.

*This is the best way for me to formulate a brief response to the recently published story by CBS News and eliminating Down syndrome in Iceland. The weight of this has been so emot

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July 6, 2017
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How will you respond to your child when he asks about my child?

How will you respond to your child when he asks about my child?   Luke came out of his bedroom, shoulders shrugged, head down, fireman pajamas on, and filled with feelings of hurt

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July 1, 2017
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KTIS Community Spotlight

Interview with Carissa Carroll, founder of Jack’s Basket July 2017

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May 12, 2017
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She laughs without fear of the future.

Last June, my daughter turned 1-year old.  With having two older brothers, this was the first time I had the task of throwing a girl party. When thinking of a theme and only a yea

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March 11, 2017
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You can change the world.

A few weeks ago, I received an email from Liz Collin, news reporter for WCCO, asking to do another story on Jack’s Basket.  She changed our lives and the growth of Jack&#821

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March 10, 2017
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ABC News, March 10, 2017

Teen donates to family’s nonprofit after toddler’s story hits home

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