making a difference! • tips for giving back
This week, let’s talk about ways to help others that involve making yummy things. We’ve talked before about helping others by feeding them, by nourishing them, even by cooking for them. Seems only right that we should devote this week to simple ways to serve that incorporate baking comfort foods. Women have been helping others through bake sales and the like for years; that’s nothing new. Here are some suggestions for doing it a little differently:
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Service: How to Help Others by Readingmaking a difference! • tips for giving back
Many of you may be starting to feel the increased pressure of summer approaching, with Teacher Appreciation duties, end-of-school-year responsibilities, and summer activities to plan. However, I hope you’ll still take a moment each day to incorporate a little bit of service, for both your benefit and others’. This week’s…
Service: Ten Bite-Size Ways to Give This Weekmaking a difference! • tips for giving back
This week’s Season of Service challenge is to Give. That seems so general; we talk so often …about ways to give. That’s because there are so many simple ways to give, and so many things to give besides money. Check out this list of 10 bite-size specific ideas for giving.
Ten Simple Ways to Build Gratitude for Living Treesmaking a difference! • tips for giving back
You all know what Arbor Day is, right? It’s a special day set aside each year for us as a people to focus on planting trees. Why planting trees…? Because trees help lower energy costs if planted near houses, and they clean the air. When is Arbor Day?
10 Bite-Size Ways to Grow Service for Earth Daymaking a difference! • tips for giving back
This week’s Season of Service challenge—to serve by growing something—is inspired by Earth Day 2012, which is this next Sunday. Take just a moment to think of one thing you can do to show your appreciation of your earthly home, or consult this list of 10 bite-size ideas that have…
Africa: How Cook Stoves Are Making a Difference in Malawimaking a difference! • tips for giving back
As parents, we all want what is best for our children. Part of being a parent is protecting our children and making sure they live in a healthy environment. I recently traveled to Malawi, Africa where the country is increasing efforts to not only provide life saving pneumonia vaccines…
Act on Service: 10 Bite-Size Ideasmaking a difference! • tips for giving back
This week’s Season of Service… verb, Act, may seem kind of vague. To act can mean to do a lot of things, good or bad. We challenge you to think of and do one simple, bite-size thing, either from the list below or of your own creation, that involves the
Service: How to Drive Your Way to Servicemaking a difference! • tips for giving back
This week’s Season of Service challenge is to do one small thing this week to help others that involve the verb “drive.” These can be things you can do while driving, about driving, to prevent driving, or involving memory drives. It’s not about organizing a big food drive… or blood
Service: 10 Autism Nonprofits to Supportmaking a difference! • tips for giving back
This week’s Season of Serve challenge is to Help someone else do good works. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel; find a person or nonprofit that’s doing work you believe in and find a simple way to help. Since April is National Autism Awareness Month, I’ve decided to provide …
Service: How to Make Your Spring Break Service-Orientedmaking a difference! • tips for giving back
I don’t know about you but spring fever has infected my family in a HUGE way! It snowed 4 inches yesterday alone, and then melted into a lovely 50 degree day (we went for a bike ride after school!). For Spring Break this year, we are hosting our own ‘…
Find a geocache with your kids.
Date: Wed., May 30
Time: 2-3 p.m. ET
Book: Dad Rules by Treion Miller
