giving back • bettering communities
by Kristen Thompson on August 18th, 2013 | No Comments »
Most parents have a desire to instill in their child a sense of nurturing, empathy, and care for others. We want to teach our kids to "pay it forward" and love one another. Volunteering of our time, money, or abilities is a great way to teach our children these traits.…
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giving back • bettering communities
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on August 15th, 2013 | No Comments »
How do you incorporate volunteerism and service into your role as a parent? What are you doing to raise the next generation of charitable citizens?
I've written posts about raising giving children and ways to be a good neighbor and we ran a series for more than a year called…
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giving back • bettering communities
by Adrian Gentilcore on May 12th, 2013 | 5 Comments »
As the mother of a bullied child, bullying is something I take very seriously. I'm glad that bullying is getting a lot of attention in the news lately. Anti-bullying ideas are greatly needed. It affects a lot of kids, either as participants or observers, and I think a few
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giving back • bettering communities
by Amy Sullivan on May 4th, 2013 | 4 Comments »
Griff Hanning had an idea, a wild idea.
Why not create a for-profit, crowd publishing company which gives writers the opportunity to create best-selling books and do serious good for others all at the same time? Enter CausePub, short for Cause Publishing.
The idea behind CausePub is simple: Choose…
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giving back • bettering communities
by Melissa Northway on April 13th, 2013 | 5 Comments »
One of the reasons I tend not to watch much of the news these days is that newscasts all seem to focus on negative or horrible stories. They rarely talk about the many good deeds that people are doing to make the world a better place. I love that Mom…
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giving back • bettering communities
by Rachel Lewis on March 22nd, 2013 | No Comments »
Ever wonder where your clean drinking water comes from? Ever wonder what your life would be like if you didn’t have clean water? Many people around the world don’t have such a luxury. There are multiple water companies that help supply clean water to other countries.
In this upcoming year…
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