making a difference! • my world • moms making a difference • moms making a difference
There are so many people out there in this world who are in need of awareness, support, and help — people who are abused, homeless, hungry…the list goes on and on. Thankfully, there are organizations out there to help. There are also people out there who are making a major difference. Heather Huffman is one of them.
She is a mother of three boys and newly-published writer of romantic suspense fiction from St. Louis, Missouri. She is …
Freedom: Raising Awareness About Human Traffickingmy world • bettering communities
…Warning: what you are about to read will either make your skin crawl or your eyebrows rise to impossible heights in disbelief. Here it is: slavery—the forcing of one or more humans by another for the purposes of forced labor, bonded labor, or forced prostitution—and human trafficking are alive and
10 Tips for Repairing Poverty and Other Issuesmy world • Mom It Forward Mondays
Week 13′s Season of of Service challenge, sponsored by Liquid Plumr…, is to serve others by repairing. Repairing things, whether they be leaky faucets or broken relationships, can be intimidating, but it’s worth it in the end. Life itself is more enjoyable when they’re fixed. Consider this week how
Child Labor: How 30 Seconds Can Stop the SlaveryDid you know that human trafficking… is the third largest illegal industry after guns and drugs?
Think about your job. Imagine if you worked 15 to 16 hours a day. Every day. Now imagine if you didn’t have a choice. You were taken from your family. You were provided meager
When we started the #gno Twitter party in September of 2008, our goal was to change the world one mom at a time. We created the blog Mom It Forward and gathered weekly on Twitter in an effort to do just that. Our mission… was and still is threefold: to
Monday, March 8 marked International Women’s Day. While not a formally recognized holiday in the US, events and conferences took place in many states as well as all over the world. Avon…, in an effort to end violence against women, made a grant of $1.5 Million to the
…This week, I’m excited to announce that our giveaway not only benefits the winners, but when purchased, this week’s prize funds and supports programs to raise awareness for issues of domestic violence, human trafficking, and sexual assault.
In 2008, Avon Products, Inc. and the Avon Foundation introduced the company’s first-ever
While at my in-laws for dinner tonight, I asked: “So, what’s everyone doing to support International Women’s Day (IWD) tomorrow?” My mother-in-law replied: “It’s a real holiday?”
She recently returned from 18 months in Ukraine. While there, she learned about IWD… when some locals asked her and my father-in-law what
my world • giving organizations
Many companies, organizations, and brands give back. But the one I am highlighting today is a company I have a particular fondness for—Avon, Inc.… I had the pleasure of getting up close and personal with Avon while working on a 2-year project with them a little over 10 years
A Florida-based journalist turned abolitionist recently named in Huffington Post as one of the “Top 10 Women Warriors of Twitter” has launched “09-09-09” – a one-day Twitterthon initiative on September 9, 2009, to raise funds to fight child trafficking.
Diana Scimone, a veteran journalist who has chronicled the $9.5 billion-a-year…
Get off the couch and play—do something active—during every commercial when you & your family watch TV tonight.
Date: Wed., February 29
Time: 2-3 p.m. ET
Book: 365 Manners Kids Should Know
