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Literacy: Closing the Gapgiving back • tips for giving back
According to research in Bridges to Literacy by David K. Dickenson, the home environment – specifically the reading material that is readily available – is a stronger predictor of later academic achievement than socioeconomic status. Let’s compare the statistics. Research shows that children from high-income communities have 199.1 books per …
Taking Time to Enrich Lives Through Trees and Booksgiving back • tips for giving back
Last summer, I shared some ideas for doing acts of service involving the word "time." Some of them were pretty good, I thought, like the suggestion to vote for a community to receive a free fruit orchard through CommunitiesTakeRoot.com, Dreyer’s Fruit Bars, and the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation. …
Season of Service: A Food Miles Discussiongiving back • tips for giving back
We usually talk about bite-size ways to help others based on random verbs each week. Last year about this time, we were talking about simple ways to make a difference by "moving." One idea I suggested was that you learn how to calculate the food miles your food has…
10 Ways to Improve the World Through Learninggiving back • tips for giving back
Learning has a way of changing both the learner and the teacher. There are many ways we can improve both ourselves and the world around us through the learning process. I suggested a few last year. Here are a few more: 10 Bite-Size ways to Improve the World…
10 Bite-Size Ways to Combat 10 Harsh Realitiesgiving back • tips for giving back
Last year about this time, I talked about ways to realistically incorporate small acts of service into your day-to-day life. This year, let me if I may, provide another list along those same lines, but with a twist. These are 10 realities of day-to-day living for other people in…
10 Simple Ways Make a Differencegiving back • tips for giving back
This week, I challenge you to think of 10 simple things you can make to lift others' spirits. I gave you a few ideas last year. Here are a few more. 10 Simple Things You Can Make to Lift Others' Spirits
