making a difference! • my world • Mom It Forward Mondays • tips for giving back
Written by: Jamie Moesser
by Jamie Moesser on February 6th, 2012 | No Comments »
This week’s Season of Service challenge is to serve by washing, or enabling someone else to wash things. How on earth can I serve by washing, you say? Let me count the ways…
10 Ways to Serve by Washing
- Google whether or not your favorite body wash is manufactured by a company that does animal-testing, or look at this list to find companies that don’t.
- Offer to wash some of the toys in your church’s or community center’s nursery
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making a difference! • my world • giving organizations • bettering communities
by Jill Greenlaw on February 3rd, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I am the mother of three boys and one girl. All of my boys are involved with the Boy Scouts of America Scouting Program. I love the things that this organization does to teach leadership, service, commitment, and goal setting….
My boys start the scouting program
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my world • global causes • recipes • food
by Tracey Lenac on February 2nd, 2012 | 1 Comment »
One of the three easy steps of going green is to reduce the amount of waste that each of us generates on a daily basis. When we reduce the amount of waste that we generate, we have less waste to reuse and recycle…. There are many ways to reduce
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making a difference! • my world • raising giving children • bettering communities
by Amy L. Sullivan on January 31st, 2012 | 2 Comments »
On Mom It Forward throughout the month of January, I’ve discussed ways to use your crafting ability to create shoes. I’ve listed 12 ways you and your child can start giving today. We outlined three tips… in choosing an appropriate volunteer experience for your family. I’ve even laid
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making a difference! • my world • Mom It Forward Mondays • tips for giving back
by Jamie Moesser on January 30th, 2012 | 1 Comment »
We talk a lot in these Season of Service posts about using your talents to help others. We’ve talked about service through singing, through writing, and many other special ways to share. This week is for those of you who have a gift for crafting things with paper …
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making a difference! • my world • global causes • bettering communities
by Tracey Lenac on January 26th, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Going green begins with three easy steps: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. We’ve talked about ways in which we can reduce and reuse everyday items, so today we will explore the wonderful world of recycling…. Recycling used to be complicated and time consuming, but those days are over. In 2012,
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making a difference! • my world • raising giving children • tips for giving back
by Amy L. Sullivan on January 24th, 2012 | 1 Comment »
One way to raise giving children is to help them see the needs of others and the easiest way to see needs in your community is to get involved. However, picking an age-appropriate volunteer activity can be challenging, especially with little ones.
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3 Ways a Parent Can Volunteer
Consider these
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making a difference! • my world • Mom It Forward Mondays • tips for giving back
by Jamie Moesser on January 23rd, 2012 | No Comments »
This week’s Season of Service challenge is to Play…, or in other words, to: occupy oneself in amusement, sport, or other recreation; or to act or conduct oneself in a specified way.
Since “playing” is most often associated with children, most of these bite-size ideas are things you can
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