During the challenging time we are all looking for more opportunity. If you are out in the job market and trying to separate yourself from other applicants or looking to separate yourself for the others in your office. Continuing your education could help.

According to a recent study released by the U.S. Census Bureau, a bachelor’s degree can add an average of $23,000 to an individual’s income.  The Union University BSOL program allows students the opportunity to increase their earning potential while continuing to work. The Union University campus in Germantown, Tennessee is now accepting applications for the Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership degree completion program which will begin on August 12, 2010.  In this program, adult students with an associate’s degree (or 60 hours of college credit) can complete a bachelor’s degree in as little as eighteen (18) months attending class one evening a week.  Financial aid is available for the program.

After a year collecting donations and raising funds to help the Germantown Fire Department, Germantown Firehouse Subs franchisee Jim Maxwell, along with the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation, have donated $11,500 worth of equipment to the town’s fire department.

Read more about it in the Memphis Daily News.

A Germantown man beat cancer and is days away from fulfilling a lifelong dream.   29-year-old Ryan Swanson always wanted to own his own business.  He worked hard, he studied, and then he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma – Stage 4.

The diagnosis only made him fight harder...and on Tuesday, June 15th Ryan Swanson will officially open the Ryan Patrick Salon.