making a difference! • my world • bettering communities • bettering communities
by Tammy Kling on January 6th, 2012 | No Comments »
January is typically a month when people want to get organized. They go through their closets and pull out old coats, jackets, scarves, and outdated fashions to make space for all the new things that Santa left under the Christmas tree. They also go through their cupboards and donate canned food for annual food drives.
What do you do with your unwanted items? Chances are you have donated something to someone at some point in your life. Have …
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my world • bettering communities • food • meal plan
by Jill Greenlaw on December 30th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I was recently invited with several bloggers in my community to attend a cooking demonstration at Thanksgiving Point’s Emporium in Lehi, Utah. In addition to their beautiful grounds, including fabulous flower gardens, they offer a variety of cooking classes… throughout the year and I was lucky enough to be
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by Tammy Kling on December 16th, 2011 | No Comments »
A friend emailed me today about a World Hunger initiative she’s working on lately. I love to hear how people are getting involved in global and community issues, as well as finding a way to give back.
…Downtown where my friend Nathaniel slept under a bridge, there were hundreds
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crafts • my world • bettering communities • holidays
by Jackie Gonzalez-Feezer on December 2nd, 2011 | 1 Comment »
…The holiday season is upon us once again! There’s nothing like celebrating the holidays with your family and friends, creating wonderful memories year after year. It’s so sad to think that not everyone has a chance to enjoy the holidays as we do. There are around 16 million hungry children
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by Susan Krueger on November 25th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Every Thanksgiving in Boise, the Idaho Foodbank… does an event called Empty Bowls to raise money for families in need. They ask local artisans and regular folk like me to donate hand painted bowls that are then sold downtown at a big event the day after turkey day and 1000′s
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by Jill Greenlaw on November 4th, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I had the opportunity to go with Mom It Forward to the Habitat for Humanity build here in Utah this last weekend. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I signed up to help for this project. Before we began, the general contractor for Habitat and Libby’s rep helped us…
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by Jyl Johnson Pattee on October 20th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Growing up, my mom did a terrific job of ensuring we ate dinner together as a family every night. Monday through Thursday nights, we had simple meals. Fridays was always pizza. Saturdays were simple. And Sundays were nothing short of a feast.
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We created lots of family memories in …
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by Jyl Johnson Pattee on October 7th, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Fall ushers in a season that is sure to be full of wonderful sights, smells, and sounds for most—colorful leaves, apples, pumpkin, children giggling as they count their Halloween candy, and families reuniting over turkey and sweet potatoes on Thanksgiving.
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But for some people facing hunger this year, unfortunately, this
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by ktaylor on September 23rd, 2011 | No Comments »
…Much ado is made about the dismal state of school lunches, and for good reason. Daily helpings of tater tots and frozen pizza certainly aren’t giving our children the nutrients they need.
But there is another, equally damaging threat to our children’s health that we also need to address: the
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by Jill Greenlaw on September 20th, 2011 | No Comments »
Teaching our children about service has always been really important to my husband and me. When we take a meal to a friend, help a neighbor move, or visit a nearby rest home, we take our children with us. We feel that the more our children learn to serve others,…
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The Gathering of Friends Cookbook: Cooking Demonstration from Michelle Huxtable
