Service: The Importance of Saying Yes!giving back • tips for giving back
Service—Saying the word "yes," especially when you’d rather say "no" can transform your mundane day-to-day into an exciting and fulfilling life adventure. I know this because a few years ago I said yes to a request I wasn’t absolutely sure I could fulfill. This yes altered my holiday celebration…
Service: How to Teach Children The Importance Of Givinggiving back • tips for giving back
I want my kids to know that their actions can really make a difference in the lives of others. A few years back, my grandmother asked that we no longer give her gifts at Christmas, but instead take the money we would have used and donate it to a local…
Service: How to Teach Kids to Serve Others This Holiday Seasongiving back • tips for giving back
‘Tis the season for giving! While this statement conjures up images of Yankee Swaps, Black Friday crowds, and the old man in the red suit, it also means helping those less fortunate than ourselves. Some families have a holiday tradition of volunteering at a soup kitchen. Others make yearly…
Planning and Organizing A Birthday Party That Gives Backfamily fun • entertainment & parties
Giving back—Wee little Willow, a one-year-old, raised $525.00 for the charity SHADOW and she put the rest toward her dducation. Now that’s a reason to celebrate. Willow’s mom says that their family is passionate about the preservation of natural habitats and their animals. So the charity SHADOW seemed like…
Social Responsibility: How to Find Service Opportunitiesgiving back • bettering communities
One of my favorite things about being a mom is how parenting has forced me to pull back and look at the world in the long view. Parenting has forced me to think of the world at large and not just my little corner of it, and as a result,…
