making a difference! • tips for giving back
This week’s Season of Service challenge is inspired by one we offered a little over a year ago, based on the verb “talk.” We dare you to do one small act of service this week in which you communicate, either orally or in writing, to uplift or to help. What we say can be so powerful, as Diane Setterfield, author of The Thirteenth Tale, wrote: “There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take …
Lee Rhodes Shares Glassybaby Success With Othersmaking a difference! • moms making a difference
Maybe you’ve heard of Glassybaby already. If you haven’t, there’s a wonderful story behind it. It’s a story that begins with cancer and ends, or rather begins anew, with candles. It’s the story of Lee Rhodes, who started Glassybaby…, which is now both a product and a company. It’s
Social Responsibility: How to Find Service Opportunitiesmaking a difference! • bettering communities
One of my favorite things about being a mom is how parenting has forced me to pull back and look at the world in the long view. Parenting has forced me to think of the world at large… and not just my little corner of it, and as a result,
Service: Ten Bite-Size Alternatives to the Traditional Bake Salemaking a difference! • tips for giving back
This week, let’s talk about ways to help others that involve making yummy things. We’ve talked before about helping others by feeding them, by nourishing them, even by cooking for them…. Seems only right that we should devote this week to simple ways to serve that incorporate
Service: How to Help Others by Readingmaking a difference! • tips for giving back
Many of you may be starting to feel the increased pressure of summer approaching, with Teacher Appreciation duties, end-of-school-year responsibilities, and summer activities to plan. However, I hope you’ll still take a moment each day to incorporate a little bit of service, for both your benefit and others’. This week’s…
Ten Simple Ways to Build Gratitude for Living Treesmaking a difference! • tips for giving back
You all know what Arbor Day is, right? It’s a special day set aside each year for us as a people to focus on planting trees. Why planting trees…? Because trees help lower energy costs if planted near houses, and they clean the air. When is Arbor Day?
Service Ideas: How to Help by Attending Eventsmaking a difference! • tips for giving back
This week’s Season of Service… challenge will hopefully get you off your feet as you Attend an event that benefits you, your family, or others. Or you could help someone else attend something that will benefit their life. Here are a few bite-size service ideas, most of which are free
Service Ideas: 10 Ways to Help Others Avoid Bad Situationsmaking a difference! • tips for giving back
This week’s Season of Service challenge is to fulfill actions that help other people or organizations avoid bad things or situations. This is different than preventing, which we talked about here. This is about escaping from bad things or situations that already exist, or helping others do so.
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Service Ideas: 10 Ways to Cultivate Friendship and Healthmaking a difference! • tips for giving back
This week’s Season of Service challenge is to cultivate, or to nurture, foster, or promote the growth of someone or something. It also means to “seek the acquaintance or goodwill of, or make friends with, someone, or to refine by education…. There are so many easy ways to help
Service Ideas: 10 Ways to Help Prevent Diseasemaking a difference! • tips for giving back
This week’s Season of Service challenge is to do simple things to help prevent bad things, like diseases. There are many ways you can make a difference.
10 Ways to Prevent Disease
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Ride a bike or walk to a close destination to which you would normally drive.
Date: Wed., May 30
Time: 2-3 p.m. ET
Book: Dad Rules by Treion Miller
