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Category Archives: Giving
6 Ways to Volunteer and Give Back, With Kids
Volunteering with kids teaches responsibility, empathy, practical and communication skills. Here are some places to start.
Read. Share. Give: Recycle Your Kids’ Books & Make a Difference
It all starts with a book. Some communities only have one book available for every 300 children! Read & share a book of your own, & more books will be donated to Reach Out & Read via KinderCare.
A Brief History of Victory Gardens, & Their Peacetime Importance Today
Why we should all be planting victory gardens. Yes, even you.
Fashion Friday: TOMS Shoes. One for One.
My (current) favorites from the TOMS Shoes collection.
Some Links I have been Meaning to Share
Find out how rich you are. It only takes a second. See how the average American spends their money. How do you compare? Like quizzes?Calculate your “greendex” and find ways to improve it, orFind out how eco-savvy you are. Discouraged because you’re only one person? Join Creative Citizen. This network tracks the individual contributions of…
The Great American Bake Sale: The Results Are In!
“The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson What a beautiful weekend for a bake sale! This was our first time holding a family fundraiser, and so we set our goal nervously at $50. We sold for about four hours and accumulated nearly a hundred dollars at our beach…
High Food Prices Are Costing Kids
Please support our Great American Bake Sale!!!From CNNMoney.com: Rising food prices are making it harder for schools to cook up ways to give kids the nutrition they need. Right now, they’re taking shortcuts and shuffling ingredients to make up the difference, but that’s only a short-term solution with long-term consequences on the horizon. “I’ve been…
No Child Left Hungry: The Great American Bake Sale
Tomorrow morn I’m off to the beach, at the crack of dawn. I’m exhausted and happy, I’ve baked my butt off all day. I’m out of eggs, I’m coated with flour, but I am filled with a sense of time well spent. True, my banana bread muffins are a bit on the overdone side. And…
