Tina Mortimer

These specially trained dogs aren't just pets. They're everyday heroes for Twin Cities kids with special needs.

Community Voices features opinion pieces from a wide variety of authors and perspectives.

Interview with New York Times best-selling author, William Kent Krueger.

In a few weeks, it will be 12 years since my husband and I stood in front of a Bahamian minister — in what was generously described by our travel agent as a “garden,” next to the swim-up bar at an all-inclusive resort — and said our “I do’s.”

National School Breakfast Week partnership with No Kid Hungry to launch the Minnesota Breakfast Challenge.

Second Harvest Heartland partnered with Minnesota Viking Dalvin Cook for "Day Out with Dalvin: Cookout & Combine," a day of food and fun to raise awareness of the problem of hunger in Minnesota.

Last spring, just a few months shy of his 9th birthday, my otherwise healthy, active child began complaining of stomachaches.

Satirical piece I wrote about growing old and going to church again.

My son isn’t a picky eater. At home, he’ll eat anything — sushi, salmon, whole wheat spaghetti. He likes spinach. And quinoa. Even Brussels sprouts. I’m aware how lucky we are that we’ve never had to beg or bargain for our son to try new foods or finish his vegetables. I’m also aware that our son is the exception. Our 5-year-old daughter, who refuses to eat anything unless it's fried or pasta, is the rule.

Ever since it was discovered that salt could prevent meat from spoiling, humans have worked to create new methods of preserving, packaging and even transforming food.
As a result, the foods we consume today contain a dizzying array of additives.

My 5-year-old daughter, Gwen, is like an adorably playful, but naughty puppy, who wants desperately to play nice, but can’t stop nipping.

Every week there seems to be a new study in the headlines linking alcohol to health problems. Even moderate drinking is said to put women at an increased risk of liver disease, depression and several types of cancer. But what is “moderate” drinking?

Second Harvest Heartland Veterans Day blog and social media posts encouraging Minnesotans to think about veterans like Tim who may not know where their next meal is coming from.

Wrote “Is Joint Replacement Surgery Right for You?”

12-year-old Aidan has a big personality, which makes him naturally at ease in front of a camera—a good thing since he’s been on camera quite a lot lately. This article features Aidan and his Mobility Assist Dog, Abbot, for being the 700th pair brought together through Can Do Canines ...