my world • moms making a difference
This past Tuesday, I had the pleasure of dedicating my #gno Twitter party to raising awareness and funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
I got an email from Renee Ross in July, letting me know that she had set a goal to run a half marathon in an effort to help her friend’s daughter who was suffering from Leukemia. As part of the Mom It Forward mission, I am committed to helping change the world one…
How You Can Help Change the World $1 at a Timemy world • giving organizations
It was a sunny but still cool April afternoon in 1994 in the library at Turner Middle School in Berthoud, Colorado when I first heard the reporters arguing about the use of the word “genocide” and saw the footage of twisted black bodies covered by shreds of brightly colored…
Safe Passage: A School for Children Living Around the Guatemala City Garbage Dumpmy world • bettering communities
When I was planning our family vacation to Central America a few months ago, I wanted my children to have a well-rounded and culturally rich experience by offering them a variety of activities, including sight seeing, traditional events, as well as opportunities to have play dates with Guatemalan…
How Did You Spend Your Summer Vacation? Building Fond Memories of Charitable WorksWhen my kids go back to school in a few weeks and their teachers ask them, “How did you spend your summer vacation?” I hope they have all sorts of fond memories of long days at the pool, endless nights catching fireflies, and time spent in laughter with family…
Charity Goes Online! Five Ways to Give and Serve From Your Computermy world • bettering communities
I grew up going from one service project to the next at our local church group, at my dad’s community club, at my school, and to places and functions that supported my mom’s various causes. I learned at a young age what Polio was and service became equivalent in…
Oceana Identifies Ways to Help the Gulf Oil SpillWritten by Tori Tait from Daily Grommet As the devastating images from the latest Gulf oil spill began to criss-cross the Internet, the stark reality of the damages became visible to everyone. Questions like, “What have we done? How did this happen”? and “What can we do?” began to…
Sweatshirt Blanket Invites You to Spread Your Warmthmy world • giving organizations
No matter where you look there are any number of incredible organizations out there doing great things to help those in need. Regardless of their mission there is one common theme all of these organizations share—the need for funding. With so many different worthy causes, the problem people have, especially…
Ten Ways to Increase Your Children’s Cultural Awareness During Foreign TravelOur family left Utah for a vacay on March 24 and with the exception of an 8-hour stop in between trips, we haven’t been back home since. Our trip started in Central America—Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras—to visit my parents. And then, thanks to a trip from Royal Caribbean,…
Easter and Holy Week: Cultural Traditions Not to Miss in Antigua, GuatemalaWhen we told our boys—ages 9 and 6 1/2—that we’d be traveling to Guatemala over Easter, their only concern was whether or not the Easter Bunny would still visit them. Not knowing exactly what our schedule would be, how much access we’d have to materials to accommodate our normal egg-dying…
The Downside of Teaching Cultural Awareness to Your KidsWhen traveling, I believe it’s important to immerse yourself as much as possible into the culture. This probably stems from living my 17th year in Argentina as a foreign-exchange student where I shared my first shower with no less than 20 cockroaches, attended public school, and spent weekends at…
