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Mary O’Donohue: Defining Your Family Valuesgiving back • moms making a difference
Once upon a time, there was a young mother of two children, ages five and 10. One day, at a local store, this mother's five-year-old daughter tried to shoplift a candy bar. It was a wake-up call for that mom, as she was forced to admit to herself that even…
Service: Stacy Pearson on the Wonder of Volunteeringgiving back • moms making a difference
There is a woman, a volunteer from Minnesota, named Amy Nylander. About service, she says: "Volunteering is the best way to get things to change for the better. It isn’t about legislation. It isn’t about cash (although that helps—a lot). It’s about grass roots movements and people with their…
Lisa Truong Helps Mothers Out With Diapersgiving back • moms making a difference
Did you know that diapers are not specifically covered by social safety net programs like WIC, food stamps, or welfare? Those most basic of babies' needs are things that are often not the highest item on the grocery lists of lower-income families with limited budgets. The thought of little ones…
Shot@Life’s Blogust Campaign Saves 10,000 Children From Preventable Diseasesgiving back • moms making a difference
We did it! We just saved 10,000 lives. How? Who? Let me share...
Over the past 30 days, I participated in the United Nation Foundation's Shot@Life's Blogust:
Making a Difference: Six Small Steps to Happinessgiving back • moms making a difference
If I could read every word of Your Special Gift by Max Lucado right here, I would. It is one of my most favorite children's books in the whole world because the metaphorical story it relates is so simple, yet profound. When the cute little wooden people of Wemmicksville wake…
The Life of Robin Smalley: Empowering African Women to Overcome AIDSgiving back • moms making a difference
AIDS/HIV Awareness—Robin Smalley's name may not be known in every household in America, but the TV shows she has directed might. Maybe you've heard of "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" or "Entertainment Tonight." The organization which she now directs, mothers-2-mothers, may likewise not be familiar to you, but…
