This is a sponsored post where all money earned from it will be donated to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. What started out as a hobby has turned into a full-fledged fundraising effort by my daughter to make and sell ribbon barrettes to support the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s (CFF) Great Strides walk one of the largest…
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Teaching Our Kids to Care Beyond the Ribbon
A couple of weeks ago my kids came home with a flier from school declaring September 30 as a day to wear gold in honor of September being Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. With families at our school affected by childhood cancer, I have no problem showing our support for them by wearing gold but at…
Social Good Summit: Using Digital Tools to Change the World #2030Now
How can new technology and new media can create solutions for the problems that our communities face to shape a better future? This is the question that the annual will be focusing on as attendees come together in New York City for this annual event that also invites everyone to create and join meetups to discuss…
TotSpot: Mobile Marketplace for Buying & Selling Kids Fashion (and Ribbon Barrettes Benefitting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation!)
This post is part of a compensated partnership with TotSpot One of my biggest parental challenges is dealing with the clothes that our kids have outgrown. Cleaning out closets is never fun but then dealing with what comes out is even worse. It’s easy to make piles of overly worn clothes that will go in…
Join The Mighty Fight in Support of Alex’s Lemonade Stand to End Childhood Cancer
This week I’m joining four other bloggers who are rallying together by sharing charitable posts (as in we’re not being compensated) in support of a “Mini But Mighty” Hero – a child who has survived or is battling cancer to help spread the word about Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF), an organization that is working…
#Blogust: Lessons I’ve Learned From My Daughter as She Fundraises to Support Her First Cause
This post is my contribution to Blogust ’14—Shot@Life’s month-long campaign to provide vaccinations for kids in need around the world. Please know that every comment and social media share on this post (and all #Blogust posts) is equal to a vaccine for children across the world. You can help donate 500 vaccine donations by leaving a comment or…
Wheels Up! I’m Off to Haiti #Bloggers4Haiti
I’ve had 2 hours of sleep thanks to an early morning flight but my bags and heart are full as I sit at the airport, ready to embark on my third trip to Haiti. It’s a trip I almost passed up because of an already full month full of travel, client work, and wanting to…
#Bloggers4Haiti: Help Support OFEDA Women Entrepreneurs & ApParent Project Babies
These days when I say I’m traveling to Haiti again, I love that friends immediately ask what they can do to help. This wasn’t the case a couple of years ago when I was about to take my first trip, just a year after the earthquake. Friends wondered why I was going, if it was…
DoGoodBuyUs Marketplace for Affordable Mother’s Day Gifts that Do Good
I was compensated for my time in writing about DoGoodBuyUs but all opinions are my own. So many times purchasing an item is about the exchange of money for goods but it doesn’t have to be thanks to companies that have made it their mission to integrate social good into their business practices. Our purchases…
#FeedaDream of Education with WFP USA’s Lunch Money Challenge {sponsored}
How much did you spend when you went out to lunch last week? Have you ever thought of saving that money to help others in need? Nearly $2000 is spent each year by two-thirds of Americans who eat lunch out while at work. Each week we spend approximately $38.46/week eating out when we could bring…
