making a difference! • my world • Mom It Forward Mondays • tips for giving back
This week’s Season of Service challenge is to serve by washing, or enabling someone else to wash things. How on earth can I serve by washing, you say? Let me count the ways…
10 Ways to Serve by Washing
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Charitable Children: Boy Scouts of America Eagle Projectmaking a difference! • my world • giving organizations • bettering communities
I am the mother of three boys and one girl. All of my boys are involved with the Boy Scouts of America Scouting Program. I love the things that this organization does to teach leadership, service, commitment, and goal setting….
My boys start the scouting program
Kid Friendly Service Ideas: How to Teach Kids to Collect, Create, and Cash-inmaking a difference! • my world • raising giving children • tips for giving back
Of course we want generous and centered kids, but how do you involve young children in service? That’s easy. Break service… into the three C’s: collect, create, and cash-in.
Collect
Teach kids to collect. Depending on the time of year, you can find agencies and churches collecting just about
…Growing up, I remember feeling frustrated when my parents dragged me from service project to service project, forcing me to give up precious time with my friends and, let’s face it, even more invaluable time sitting on the couch watching tv LOL! I was convinced my parents were service-a-holics. And
Utah families participated in a service project Saturday, March 28 complete with kids crafts, yummy treats, and Christmas joy! Christmas joy? What? Aren’t we in the wrong month? Nope! Not at the Christmas Box House.
In 1997, The Christmas Box Foundation, with support from the community, agreed to fund …
Serve Side By Side With Your Children Saturday, March 28 in Salt Lake City!
Want to teach your children the value of service and giving? We have just the opportunity for you! Take advantage of this amazing service project, hosted by Mom It Forward and sponsored by Make and Takes…
inspiring moms! • my world • moms making a difference
Jay from HalftimeLessons.com is a husband, daddy, and fledgling writer. He started Halftime Lessons to talk about his journey across life’s halfway point, and fights for balance between his loves…his family, work, blog, and raising money for St. Baldrick’s children’s cancer research. To learn more about this amazing cause visit …
inspiring moms! • my world • moms making a difference
On Tuesday, January 27, Mom It Forward launched a giveaway. The requirement? To plan and carry out a service project or random act of kindness and vlog, blog, or submit a photo of it. And who says service doesn’t pay off? Not only for the recipients of these kind acts, …
What Have #GNO Gals Done Lately to Mom It Forward?
This past weekend Carissa and I headed out to Nashville for our first blog conference—Blissdom, hosted by the sweet and funny Alli Worthington from Mrs. Fussypants and the hip and abundant Barbara Jones from One2OneNetwork.
You can …
3 Different Giveaways. 3 Amazing Prizes.
3 Ways to Enter: Vlog, Blog, or Photog.
1 Great Purpose: To Mom It Forward!
Click on the links and images below to learn the entry requirements, see the specs for each prize, and find where to enter each giveaway. Please do not enter …
Ride a bike or walk to a close destination to which you would normally drive.
Date: Wed., May 30
Time: 2-3 p.m. ET
Book: Dad Rules by Treion Miller
