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Maybe it’s just me, but doesn’t it seem that, when given a choice between negative and positive perspective, mainstream media will usually choose the pessimistic spin? The headline last week in an article from The Washington Post pronounced that charitable giving via social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace was a bust. But in the daily rush of doing business and trying to stay current with the news, often times…
#GNO Goes Daytime This Week! Join us Thursday, April 30 at Noon EDTHow Can You Join the Party?
1. Get on Twitter on Thursday, April 30 from 12-2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. CDT, 10 a.m. MDT, and 9 a.m. PDT).
2. Follow our international hosts: @yehu_adet, @yehu_rose, @yehu_bernice.
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Connect With Us Online!Want to stay in the know about Mom It Forward events? Interested in viewing or sharing current pictures or videos from the Mom It Forward community? Here’s a few of the places you can connect with us online, besides on our website: Twitter Chat anytime…
Tweet With Women From Kenya During Daytime #GNO Thursday, April 30How Is Twitter Connecting People for the Power of Good? Twitter has become a buzz word, as of recently, but how can Twitter bridge the distance and connect people for the power of good? As part of a larger effort to raise $50,000 for…
10-Year Old Forms an Organization, Focusing on Kids Who Make a DifferenceIn March of 2008 my 10-year-old daughter came to me and asked me to build her a web site. After discarding a few frivolous ideas, she said, “I want to help animals!” I asked her why we don’t try and help people too as well as the environment? She agreed…
March of Dimes Fund Soars in Memory of Maddie SpohrLess than 2 weeks ago, something terrible happened. A mother and father took their little girl to the hospital. Sweet Madeline Alice Spohr never came home again. Maddie lived 17 beautiful, amazing months. In that time, she touched lives and brightened the world of everyone who met…
You may recall I announced a Wisconsin blogger’s get together awhile back. The event was to be part of a campaign put together by the lovely ladies at Mom it Forward and would raise money for a great charity that…
RSVP for #GNO’s Parenting Party: Raising Giving, Service-Oriented, Charitable Children!Among the amazing adult guests on Tuesday’s #gno virtual panel (see bullet list below), we are also excited to announce our first kid panelists—Mary Margaret, an amazingly charitable 10-year old from Kids Are Heroes and Jason from Pencil Bugs, one of the world’s youngest entrepreneurs who believes in…
National Volunteer Week—What Will You Do to Make a Difference?April 19-24 is National Volunteer Week with Earth Day taking place on April 22 and Global Youth Service Days Happening April 24-26. What will you do to make a difference this week? How will you get your kids involved, teaching them the important skills and attributes of service,…
Blogging and Social ActivismFor Catherine Connors, becoming a driving force for action in her community did not mean traveling to foreign lands or holding a sign to protest for the causes she believed in. She enacted change with a few keystrokes on her computer. Catherine is a mother, a blogger,…
