Making a Difference: Six Small Steps to Happinessgiving back • moms making a difference
If I could read every word of Your Special Gift by Max Lucado right here, I would. It is one of my most favorite children's books in the whole world because the metaphorical story it relates is so simple, yet profound. When the cute little wooden people of Wemmicksville wake…
10 Easy Ways Dancing Can Make a Differencegiving back • tips for giving back
Last year about this time, I suggested a few ways to help others through dancing, like creating a dance about an issue you feel strongly about, recording it, and posting it on YouTube, or going to a dance performance and blogging about it. Dancing can be a powerful…
Ten Easy Ways to Help Others “Wear”giving back • tips for giving back
This week's Season of Service verb relates to service opportunities that involve the word "wear," whether that means making something someone else can wear, buying clothes for someone who can't afford them, or even wearing something different yourself. Like our post on "making" service opportunities, this is for…
Service: Ten Simple Ways to Write for Othersgiving back • tips for giving back
Writing is something we bloggers do an awful lot. So using one's writing skills to help someone else shouldn't be too much of a stretch, right? It just means taking a few extra minutes to write for someone else.There are so many ways it can be done, and so many…
Girl Scouts: Do a Good Turn Dailygiving back • bettering communities
The 1920 Girl Scout handbook suggests that girls “Do a good turn daily.” I’ve spent the past few years researching and writing about Juliette Gordon Low, aka Daisy, the founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA for my book, while leading a third-grade troop. I have been…
