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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 of other homeless men and women roaming the streets. At 6:00 a.m., theses people can find a hot meal at a lot of different locations. In fact, one homeless friend …
Utah Food Drive: Donate Non-Perishable Items to Your Local Fresh Marketmy world • bettering communities
my world • bettering communities
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
The Girl Effect: Helping to Change the Lives of Adolescent Girls…“If there is a time to act in the fight against poverty, it’s when a girl stands at the crossroads of adolescence – yet today less than half a cent of every dollar spent on international assistance programs is invested directly in girls,” said Maria Eitel, president of the Nike
ONE.org Is Making Every Day a Happy Mother’s Day for African WomenAt the beginning of this year, ONE.org asked me to sit on its ONE moms advisory council. Having been a long time supporter, I immediately said yes!
For those unfamiliar with the organization:
ONE is a grassroots advocacy and campaigning organization that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly …
Poverty: Mothers Save the Children With Frigidaire’s “Making Time For Change” Campaignmy world • giving organizations
If you are anything like me, and I’m sure you are just by virtue of the fact that you’re visiting MomItForward, …you’re passionate about children: raising them, helping them, improving the lives of your own and others through proactive engagement in service and social consciousness. Recently, I had the chance
Social Activism: @ShayneMoore Is the Global Soccer Mommy world • moms making a difference
…What does the phrase “global soccer mom” say to you? To many of you, it probably conjures up the image of a dedicated mom tirelessly supporting her child’s involvement on a soccer team, chauffeuring kids, cheering from the sidelines, bandaging scraped knees, and wiping tears. Adding “global” to that image
In Support of Women: Mom It Forward and ONE.orgmy world • giving organizations
Mom It Forward is about empowering women, right? We do this by providing ideas and resources that help us enjoy our lives as women better, perform in our roles as mothers better, and seek to better our families, neighborhoods and communities, thus “changing the world, one mom at a time.”…
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
Homelessness and World Hunger: How You Can Make a DifferenceRecently, we brought another mother’s child with us on an adventure to see the Blue Angels at the annual Air Show in Fort Worth.
Taking along one that’s not your own can be challenging, especially if they don’t fit into your family dynamic. And we knew it would be that…
Offer to babysit a friend's child while they get some "me" time.
Date: Wed., February 29
Time: 2-3 p.m. ET
Book: 365 Manners Kids Should Know
