making a difference! • moms making a difference
by Jamie Moesser on May 21st, 2012 | No Comments »
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 the tale of how something borne of a low point in Lee’s life became the means of lifting up so many others.
You see, fourteen years ago, Lee was raising …
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making a difference! • bettering communities
by Cecily Kellog on May 18th, 2012 | No Comments »
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,
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making a difference! • tips for giving back
by Jamie Moesser on May 15th, 2012 | No Comments »
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
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making a difference! • tips for giving back
by Jamie Moesser on May 1st, 2012 | No Comments »
This week’s Season of Service challenge is to Give. That seems so general; we talk so often …about ways to give. That’s because there are so many simple ways to give, and so many things to give besides money. Check out this list of 10 bite-size specific ideas for giving.
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making a difference! • tips for giving back
by Jamie Moesser on April 24th, 2012 | No Comments »
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?
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moms making a difference • bettering communities
by Carissa Rogers on April 18th, 2012 | No Comments »
There’s a really good chance you are a volunteer or you are helped by a volunteer every single day! And as a parent, teachers make a daily difference in your life as well. This week (April 16-22nd) is National Volunteer Week. And May 7-15th is Teacher Appreciation Week.
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making a difference! • tips for giving back
by Jamie Moesser on April 10th, 2012 | No Comments »
This week’s Season of Service… verb, Act, may seem kind of vague. To act can mean to do a lot of things, good or bad. We challenge you to think of and do one simple, bite-size thing, either from the list below or of your own creation, that involves the
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making a difference! • tips for giving back
by Jamie Moesser on April 3rd, 2012 | No Comments »
This week’s Season of Service challenge is to do one small thing this week to help others that involve the verb “drive.” These can be things you can do while driving, about driving, to prevent driving, or involving memory drives. It’s not about organizing a big food drive… or blood
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making a difference! • tips for giving back
by Jamie Moesser on March 27th, 2012 | No Comments »
This week’s Season of Serve challenge is to Help someone else do good works. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel; find a person or nonprofit that’s doing work you believe in and find a simple way to help. Since April is National Autism Awareness Month, I’ve decided to provide …
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making a difference! • tips for giving back
by Carissa Rogers on March 23rd, 2012 | No Comments »
I don’t know about you but spring fever has infected my family in a HUGE way! It snowed 4 inches yesterday alone, and then melted into a lovely 50 degree day (we went for a bike ride after school!). For Spring Break this year, we are hosting our own ‘…
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