Welcome to our Bettering Communities page. Enjoy tips and ideas for being a better neighbor, getting involved in a local service project, and doing random acts of kindness. This list highlights our most popular posts, or scroll down for the most recent tips and ideas.
HIV/AIDS Awareness: Rock Your Red Pumps This Weekendgiving back • bettering communities
When was the last time you had a meaningful excuse to dress up in those sexy red pumps hidden away in your closet? Well it’s time to pull them out and throw them on in honor of women everywhere suffering from the life-changing illness of AIDS. Leading ladies Karyn…
Lobbying: How to Approach Your Local Members of Congressgiving back • bettering communities
Have a cause you are passionate about? Want to take action, but don't know where to begin? Communicating with your local senators and members of congress is a great first step to making a difference and is much easier than you may think. My Experience Lobbying Last week,…
Donating Hair For Charity – Disney on Ice and Great Clipsgiving back • bettering communities
Have you or someone you know ever experienced hair loss? I have a close friend who went through chemotherapy and lost all of her hair as a result. In the beginning, it was devastating for her; she felt like every time she looked in the mirror she didn't recognize herself.…
Make a Difference: Wear a Headbands of Hopegiving back • bettering communities
Meet Jessica Ekstrom. She is a North Carolina State college student, Florence and the Machine listener, warm brownie eater, sassy headband giver, and childhood cancer advocate. In the summer of 2011, Jessica worked as an intern for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Western North Carolina. During this time,…
Global Healthcare: Moms Helping Momsgiving back • bettering communities
Have you ever wondered why all the focus on global healthcare issues when there is so much suffering right in our own communities and sometimes as close as in the next bedroom? My little brother, Mark, was diagnosed with schizophrenia when he was 16 years old. But his struggles began…
Join Rotary International to End Polio Now and Make Historygiving back • bettering communities
I come from a family of Rotarians. My grandpas on both sides of the family were Rotary Club members and my dad was the president of his local chapter for a short time. My family benefited a lot by my dad's association with the Rotary Club. From meeting other families…
