Touch Other’s Hearts by Going Through Their Stomachs!
10 Delicious Ways to Make a Difference This Week
Service doesn’t have to be bland or boring! Spice it up. Sweeten the pot. Make it delicious. Think of people that need a little love and touch their heart by going through their stomach during this week’s Summer of Service Challenge, sponsored by Campbell’s. How? By making and sharing a tasty treat, including one or more of the 10 ideas listed below!
For more ideas, join us for a great Girl’s Night Out (#gno) on Twitter this Tuesday night. And, please share a comment on this post with other ways to serve others by sharing a tasty treat.
- Make some baked goods—cupcakes, cookies, bread, muffins, etc.—and take them to a neighbor.
- Take a meal to someone in your community that is sick or needs a night off from kitchen duty.
- Spend one-on-one time with your children by having a cooking class with them to prepare dinner for the family! For a special treat, do a craft activity beforehand to make paper chef’s hats.
- Have a family activity where you make a tasty treat together, such as suckers, decorated sugar cookies, chocolate-dipped strawberries and pretzels, etc.
- Have a couple’s night in! Invite your closest friends over with their significant others for a fondue party. Play the newlywed game no matter how long everyone has been in their relationship.
- As a family, choose another family that needs some love or an act of kindness/service. Drop off an anonymous treat on their doorstep with a nice card telling them how much you love them.
- Organize a girl’s night out with your closest girlfriends and have a progressive dinner where you rotate houses during the meal, starting with appetizers, moving on to salad, heading to the main course, and ending somewhere else for the dessert.
- Treat your spouse or close friend to a dinner at his or her favorite restaurant!
- Make your family’s favorite meal and decorate the table special just for them. Devote the evening to family time by turning off phones, TV, etc.
- Make your children’s favorite cookies, making a different batch once a week until you’ve made all of their favorites. Don’t forget to include your favorite as well!
How Will You Give to Others This Week?
- What other ideas do you have for sharing a tasty treat?
- How has touching other’s hearts by going through their stomach made a meaningful difference this week for you? For others?
How Else Can You Make a Difference This Summer?
Make a meaningful difference this summer by taking the Summer of Service (SOS) Challenge. Here’s how you can participate:
- Commit to do one act of kindness/service based on the week’s challenge.
- Leave a comment with ideas relating to the week’s challenge as well as your experience(s) performing it.
- Grab the SOS button in the sidebar and put it on your blog or social networking site.
- Enter to win each week’s giveaway. Check out this week’s prizes from Campbell’s.
- Join #gno this Tuesday on Twitter to connect with other Mom It Forward moms about the challenge.
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debbie lynne on July 12, 2009 2:02 pm
I will treat my hubby to his favorite restaurant this week!
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Quanda on July 12, 2009 5:05 pm
My family will drop off a treat (her fave is chocolate covered cherries) & card to my elderly Mother in Law, letting her know how much we love & appreciate her.
Jenny on July 12, 2009 5:05 pm
I will treat boyfriend to his favorite restaurant.
Adriennevh on July 12, 2009 7:07 pm
I belong to a group called Operation Baking Girls and once a month we send baked goods overseas to our soldiers.
Camille on July 12, 2009 9:09 pm
My girls and I made cupcakes and put together a decorating kit for a lady and her kids (and stayed to visit) while her husband has been working out of town a lot.
Carolyn G on July 13, 2009 6:06 am
Our local shelter is always looking for donations. I have donated a basket full of squash I grew for the residents.
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Annette D on July 13, 2009 8:08 am
I am going to do #4. We have a small vegetable garden in our back yard and I am going to use the tomatoes, cilantro and peppers to make home made salsa. My family loves chips and salsa! They would prefer this to sweets.
Marie {Make and Takes} on July 13, 2009 9:09 am
I love to make desserts, so I make sure to share the goods with neighbors and friends. And then I don’t end up eating it all myself!!
Stephanie on July 13, 2009 1:01 pm
After a BBQ yesterday I sent a yummy leftovers meal home with one of my guests – she was thrilled to not have to cook one night this week!
Sharla on July 14, 2009 11:11 am
Wow, what a fantastic idea! I strongly believe that the way to true happiness is through service! I can’t decide which one to do though, they are all so good! But I am definitely in!
Laura on July 14, 2009 11:11 am
1.Make some baked goods—cupcakes, cookies, bread, muffins, etc.—and take them to a neighbor
Laura on July 14, 2009 11:11 am
Sorry about comment above-I promise to make 2 blackberry pies-(blackberries that my husband and I picked) and take them to my two neighbors.
We have been picking blackberries the last three weekends, making pies and giving at least one away (each time) to friends or our mothers!
Danielle E. on July 14, 2009 11:11 am
We took a donation of food and supplies to the animal shelter.
Laurie on July 14, 2009 12:12 pm
I will be baking cookies and cupcakes to raise money for Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
Angie on July 14, 2009 5:05 pm
My children and I baked some Chocolate Chip cookies last night and they were oh sooo good!
I know alot of us are cardmakers out there (as am I). There are a bunch of groups that send cards to people in nursing home, military personnel, and more. There’s even a RAK group on a website I like to peruse. http://www.splitcoaststampers.com.
Tracy K. (bookroomreviews) on July 14, 2009 7:07 pm
I gave my mailman some cookies, He is always having to come up to the door with all of my review packages. LOL. He is so nice about it too!
Jenni Saake (InfertilityMom) on July 14, 2009 8:08 pm
Making dinner for my parents tomorrow night.
ALH1203 on July 15, 2009 3:03 am
Made dinner for a friend in neeed and her family last night. Also brought cupcakes that my dd and I made to a neighbor last week. It really made her day!
TheAngelForever on July 18, 2009 9:09 pm
My boys and I spent the day with my grandmother and had some homemade Matzoh Ball soup with her. Special time for the kids with their great-grandmother.
bonggamom on July 18, 2009 11:11 pm
I treated a friend to a couple of sweet treats!
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