making a difference! • bettering communities
by Amy Sullivan on April 20th, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Bettering Communities—For a short period of my life, my neighbors remained nameless faces who smiled and waved as they quickly sped by my home. If I ever needed help, I would have to go to the “lady with two dogs who always works in her yard.” See, I didn’t know her name.
Unfortunately, not knowing your neighbors is common in today’s world. We have kids to run and dinners to make and calendars to fill. Neighbors, shneighbors. Who has …
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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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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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my world • raising giving children • parenting • ages and stages
by Jamie Moesser on November 22nd, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Is there research on kids giving service? A…s a young fundraiser for nonprofits helping children, nature, and the arts, I was amazed at the generosity of people and fascinated by their reasons for giving, which were as varied as the people themselves. As a graduate student in public
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making a difference! • my world • global causes • bettering communities
by Jill Greenlaw on November 17th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I had the opportunity to visit one of my favorite charities, the Ronald McDonald House,… in Loma Linda California this last weekend. We spoke with Karen who is the Director of Operations and took a tour of their facility. I learned what they are doing to provide stability and
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making a difference! • my world • moms making a difference • moms making a difference
by Jamie Moesser on November 16th, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Baby Care—If you’ve lived long enough, you’ve had at least one of those …moments, those epiphanic instances when a particular need or thought strikes you with mind-bending force. For a woman named Kathy Dalton, it was when she heard a woman talk about having to wrap her own baby
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making a difference! • my world • Mom It Forward Mondays • tips for giving back
by Jamie Moesser on November 7th, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Service—Your Season of Service challenge this week is to research, or in other words, to systematically investigate and study things so that you can gain a new understanding of them. This isn’t necessarily about doing… anything physical per se; it’s more about acquiring knowledge that will make you more
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making a difference! • my world • bettering communities • bettering communities
by Jill Greenlaw on November 4th, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Service…—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
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my world • bettering communities
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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me • biz, tech, & social media
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on July 3rd, 2010 | 32 Comments »
…You know when something goes really great in your life—you knock “it” out of the park (whatever “it” is). These great moments are the highs that make all the lows worth going through! They are what builds a reservoir of happiness, courage, faith, and joy!
I’ve found, though, that most
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Raising Giving Kids: How To Host and Throw a Party That Has Purpose
