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Written by: Jamie Moesser
Developing imagination is an important part of growing up. The superhero version of me when I was eight years old was a “Zoomer ” with wings. Indeed, I once broke my arm imagining I was that very superhero and jumping off my front porch in roller skates. I am now (ahem) much older than eight, and have two boys, ages 4 and 9, who have their own superhero moments. I find myself in an interesting place, remembering the zeal …
Ashley Johnathan Clements: UN Worker in Myanmarmaking a difference! • tips for giving back
Want to make a difference while working towards a dream of photography? Take note from Ashley Jonathan Clements who has been doing just that in eastern Kachin state and showing the world through her blog….
This past February, Clements was a part of a convoy in eastern Kachin with
Service: The Importance of Saying Yes!making a difference! • tips for giving back
Service…—Saying the word “yes,” especially when you’d rather say “no” can transform your mundane day-to-day into an exciting and fulfilling life adventure. I know this because a few years ago I said yes to a request I wasn’t absolutely sure I could fulfill. This yes altered my holiday celebration
Service: How to Teach Children The Importance Of Givingmaking a difference! • tips for giving back
I want my kids to know that their actions can really make a difference… in the lives of others. A few years back, my grandmother asked that we no longer give her gifts at Christmas, but instead take the money we would have used and donate it to a local
Service: How to Teach Kids to Serve Others This Holiday Seasonmaking a difference! • tips for giving back
‘Tis the season for giving! While this statement conjures up images of Yankee Swaps, Black Friday crowds, and the old man in the red suit, it also means helping those less fortunate… than ourselves. Some families have a holiday tradition of volunteering at a soup kitchen. Others make yearly
Volunteer: Ideas to Help You and Your Kids Give Backmaking a difference! • tips for giving back
We all want to have an influence for good on others and to help them. Volunteering and giving charity is an innate quality that can be ignored or polished. As we polish our good works, we must focus on our children as well. How can we teach them the importance …
Service: Simple Ways to Clip For a Causemaking a difference! • tips for giving back
A couple of months ago, I told you about Jessica Burns, who clips coupons not only to save money… on groceries for her family, but to fill shoebox-sized Christmas gifts for needy people around the world for pennies on the dollar. Let me share with you a few more inspirational
Five Easy Ideas for Making Changemaking a difference! • tips for giving back
Someone once said, “If nothing ever changed, there’d be no butterflies.” Change is an important part of life, both on a personal and global level. Here are a few bite-size ideas to help change things for the better in your neck of the woods:
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Emergency Preparedness: Not as Hard as You Thinkmaking a difference! • tips for giving back
Let’s talk emergency preparedness a little bit since this is National Emergency Preparedness Month. Do you tune out when talk of preparing for an emergency comes up? Chances are you do. According to a 2009 FEMA Citizen Corps survey,… almost half of the Americans surveyed didn’t have supplies set
Help Others Find Happiness with a “Bookless Book Club”making a difference! • tips for giving back
Benjamin Franklin once said, “The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness…. You have to find it yourself.” We are none of us entitled to happiness, but we are all equipped with the basic resources to pursue it. How we choose to find it,
