When I was a young college student, I worked as a secretary at the Utah Girl Scout Council. I hadn’t been a Girl Scout growing up, and wasn’t at all acquainted with the organization’s history or purpose. But working for them, of course, afforded me a great opportunity to learn what wonderful work they do, and I, in my usual thorough way, had to find out more. So I read Lady From Savannah, a biography of the Girl Scouts’ …
Community: How to Build Readers with a Kid’s Book Clubmaking a difference! • bettering communities
With summer inching it’s glorious rays closer, parents and kids fix their eyes upon the calendar. Kids counting the days of unending fun, and parents wondering how to include both good times and good learning throughout long, summer days.
The answer to making memories, building community, and extending learning…?
Community: How to Build a Library and Build Your Communitymaking a difference! • bettering communities
Bettering Communities—For a short period of my life, my neighbors remained nameless faces who smiled and waved as they quickly sped by my home. If I ever needed help, I would have to go to the “lady with two dogs who always works in her yard.” See, I didn’t …
Games: 4 Games and Apps with Real-World Benefitsmaking a difference! • bettering communities
If you think of video games as something that only teenagers do alone in their basements, there is a burgeoning body of research that refutes you. The average age of the typical gamer these days, according to a recent USA Today article, …is 37, and there are now more women
National Volunteer Week: How to Celebrate Volunteers & Teachersmoms making a difference • bettering communities
There’s a really good chance you are a volunteer or you are helped by a volunteer every single day! And as a parent, teachers make a daily difference in your life as well. This week (April 16-22nd) is National Volunteer Week. And May 7-15th is Teacher Appreciation Week.
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Camping: How to Care for Cancer Patients When at a KOAmaking a difference! • bettering communities
I am a camper. To be fair, what my family does these days isn’t considered camping, per se, by the purists, but RVing…. But I grew up camping in tents at KOAs. We were regulars at the Idaho Falls KOA for many years. My parents were experts at
HIV/AIDS: How You Can Increase Awareness with Red Shoesmaking a difference! • bettering communities
I don’t have much fashion sense. Any resemblance between me and someone who is dressed fashionably is purely coincidental and only present because of the sympathetic efforts of kind friends. I am not fortunate with fashion, but I am fortunate to not have HIV/AIDS…. I am mindful of
Africa: Preventing Pneumonia in Malawimaking a difference! • bettering communities
I am the mother of 4 children and have always done everything I could to protect my kids and ensure they were healthy and strong…. When my children were little, I made sure I took them to the doctor for their routine check ups. This included staying on top
Community Programs: Soccer Shots Builds Charactermaking a difference! • bettering communities
Exercise plays a vital role in achieving and maintaining optimal physical health. Next to diet, it is one of the most important habits to teach our children.
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That is why I was such a fan of having my daughter start in a soccer program, but felt she was
Girl Power: Ways Young Girls Can Make a Big Differencemaking a difference! • bettering communities
We talk a lot about making a difference on this site. And we try to do a lot of things that make a difference as well. But, because we’re moms, we also really want to help get children involved in the process …as well, to make giving a holistic, everyday,
Find a geocache with your kids.
Date: Wed., May 30
Time: 2-3 p.m. ET
Book: Dad Rules by Treion Miller
