giving back • bettering communities
by Amy Sullivan on November 9th, 2012 | No Comments »
Education for women—Tomorrow, November 10, 2012 is Malala Day. As you may know, Malala Yousafzai is the fourteen-year-old girl who was shot in the head for promoting girls' education in her country.
In the United States, girls' education is a given. Girls even have educational options: public school, private…
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by Mom It Forward on September 7th, 2012 | No Comments »
In the local news of my part of the world, there has been story after story of emergencies accompanying wildfires and mudslides. In almost all of these stories, there are evacuations of nearby neighborhoods as more than half of the thousand or so wildfires sparked in Utah this summer…
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by Jill Greenlaw on August 31st, 2012 | No Comments »
Basketball is a really big deal at our house. We play it in school, at the gym, and we even loved watching it during the Olympics this summer. In July, my son attended the Little Hero's Foundation basketball camp with Travis Hansen. Not only did he have the opportunity to…
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by Jill Greenlaw on April 13th, 2012 | 1 Comment »
As parents, we all want what is best for our children. Part of being a parent is protecting our children and making sure they live in a healthy environment. I recently traveled to Malawi, Africa where the country is increasing efforts to not only provide life saving pneumonia vaccines…
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by Susan Krueger on February 10th, 2012 | No Comments »
I have had the great pleasure of helping a wonderful neighbor of mine through a huge life transformation. He is 64, has Cerebral Palsy, and has lived across the street until last year.
After his 93 year-old mother passed away, Dan was thrust into a new world. The world…
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Bettering Communities: Expecting Education and Malala Day 2012
