GRAND Magazine - January 2009 - (Page 2)

grand view Christine Crosby with grandchildren Madeline, Jacob and Shantell; and great-granddaughter Leah GRAND media CHRISTINE A. CROSBY Founder/Publisher ccrosby@grandmedia.com JONATHAN B. MICOCCI President jmicocci@grandmedia.com JOHN MILLER Brand Director jmiller@grandmedia.com BRUCE BENNER Director of Strategic Development JACK LEVINE Director of GRANDpartners for GRANDparents ROBIN RIDDELL Director of Special Events rriddell@grandmedia.com ADVERTISING INFORMATION 866-327-9039 or ads@grandmagazine.com ADVERTISING SAlES Kathy Carreira kcarreira@grandmagazine.com Anne Palmer ads@grandmagazine.com MARKETPlACE ADVERTISING Anne Palmer 866-327-9039 ads@grandmagazine.com NONPROFIT FuNDRAISING PROGRAM Robin Riddell, Director rriddell@grandmagazine.com JONATHAN MICOCCI Circulation Coordinator BRETT FADELEY Chief Financial Officer MARK COLEMAN, CPA Controller FOLEY & LARDNER, LLP legal NXTBOOK MEDIA, LLC Digital Media CENTELLA COMMUNICATIONS Internet Technology BOARD OF ADVISORS Green is good W E AT GRAND LOVE TO GET MAIL. Especially after making such a big—and tough—decision to go green with GRAND exclusively in digital format. We were concerned about how our readers would respond—and have we been encouraged! Here are just two of the hundreds of positive e-mails (and two snail mails) we received: “Thank you so very much for ‘going green’ with GRAND. I subscribed to GRAND this past spring 2008. I received the first two issues March/April and May/June and was delighted with both. When I got your e-mail today I was delighted and have just read GRAND cover-to-cover online. Thank you again. I’m looking forward to reading many more issues. —Judy Kennedy “Personally, I love the idea of being able to read GRAND online. I prefer it to adding more paper to my recycle pile. I have already read your first online edition and enjoyed it very much.” —Joan Ward Now, as you know, GRAND is delivered to readers’ inboxes everywhere in the world. In just the last two months, we’ve been joined by grands from the UK, Australia, France, Germany, Canada and Ireland. How cool is that! We are also thrilled to announce that with this issue, we are now publishing monthly—a direct benefit of the costs saved by changing from print to digital. There is also another, more subtle change that we are beginning to notice. The live links in the digital issue, taking the reader directly from the story or the advertisement to the original research or the company’s Web site, are widely expanding our services to you: more information, quicker, and more direct business for the companies—from major corporations to single-mom-at-home businesses—who support GRAND and our mission to work passionately toward a better world for our children and grandchildren. If you’re reading this, you’re already online and comfy…but if you know folks who are a bit resistant to reading a magazine online, tell them to come on in, the water’s fine—and P.S., here’s where your grandchildren live. Please feel free to let me know if you enjoyed this issue and anything else you may have on your mind. Just e-mail me at ccrosby@grandmagazine.com. My best to you and your family, Christine Crosby, Publisher ccrosby@grandmagazine.com 2 GRAND JANUARY 2009 Richard J. Anthony, Sr., The Solutions Network; Marti Barletta, The Trendsight Group; Dr. Lillian Carson, Author; Brigitte Castellano, National Committee of Grandparents for Children’s Rights; Lawrence Chimerine, Ph.D., Radnor International Consulting; Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D., Age Wave; Brent Elrod; James J. Gilmartin, Coming of Age, Inc.; Brent Green, Brent Green & Associates; Leslie M. Harris, Ph.D., Mature Marketing Research, LLC; Tom Mann, TR Mann Consulting; Andrew M. Nibley, Marsteller; Chuck Nyren, Nyren Agency; Ilene Rapkin, I Openers Holding Company, LLC; Anne Strozier, Ph.D., Florida Kinship Center. University of South Florida; Matt Thornhill, Boomer Project; Gerard Wallace, Albany Law School; David Wolfe, Wolfe Resources; Kathryn and Allan Zullo, Authors MAY JUNE 2008 GRAND 2

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of GRAND Magazine - January 2009

GRAND�Magazine - January 2009
Grand View
Contents
Isn't it Grand?
Grand Central
Tips on Teens
Grand Gestures
Toddler Town
Help! My Grandson's Being Raised Vegan!
Cover Story: Casualties
Leader of the Pack
Reunions
Together Time
Resources
Grand Finale

GRAND Magazine - January 2009