After Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Shop Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday comes Giving Tuesday. Created in 2012 as a simple idea of a day that encourages people to do good, Giving Tuesday has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity year-round. This unconventional way…
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Giving Tuesday for Families: 4 Things Parents Should Know
What if the products you bought for your home, food that you consumed, clothes that you wore, and actions that you took did more? Today is Giving Tuesday, a global giving movement that centers around giving the gift of your time, donations, goods, or your voice. Every year on Giving Tuesday, our family reflects on…
How Parents Can Inspire Kids to Give on Giving Tuesday and Beyond
This post is sponsored by Heifer International but we will be donating the money back to this organization that we’ve supported for years. Years ago when Thomas and Emily were just a toddler and a preschooler, my mother in law sent us an envelope around the holidays. Inside was the Heifer International, two $20 bills, and…
6 Simple Ways to Teach Kids to Give on Giving Tuesday & Throughout the Year
Last night as I closed our book, turned off the light, and gave Thomas some goodnight kisses, he asked me what I was going to work on once he was asleep. “Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday,” I told him. I started to explain but he interrupted me. “I know. It’s when you buy things that help…
A Parent’s Guide to Giving the Best Teacher Gifts (by a teacher!)
When my kids were in elementary school, one of my favorite parent volunteer roles was serving as class room parent for my kids’ teachers because I LOVED shopping for teacher gifts. As a teacher, I knew first hand how hard my kids’ teachers worked each day, spending hour upon hour instilling important knowledge, skills, and…
Family Dinner Project: The Importance of Talking About Giving During Meal Times
This post represents a compensated partnership with The Family Dinner Project. All opinions are my own. In today’s busy connected world, when do you take time to talk as a family? Growing up, we always took a few minutes at the beginning of the day to have a bite of breakfast and then came together…
Texas Instruments Back to School #STEMchat Twitter Party (Tuesday, 9/16, 9 pm ET)
This is a sponsored post Every parent wants their child to be as successful as possible and in order to do so, we need to arm them with the right tools. I’m a firm believer that kids need the right technology to be successful students and a calculator that allows them to visualize problems in…
CAUSEBOX: Socially Conscious Subscription Box that Gives Back Around the World
What if you could make a single purchase that would empower and employ women, feed the hungry, educate the underprivileged, and provide education, clean water, and hope for victims of abuse all at the same time? I know you’re thinking “that would be amazing” but what is amazing is CAUSEBOX because it does all of…
3 Simple Ways to Use Your Smartphone to Change the World #Useit4Good
This is a sponsored post written in partnership AT&T These days it’s hard to be without our smartphones. They’re our lifelines to friends, family, and our community but they also connect us to others around the world. As global citizens, we have the power to use technology to see photos on Instagram taken in places…
How an 11 Year Old’s Ribbon Barrettes Raised $3600 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
When school ended last June, my eleven year old daughter, Emily, set out to raise more than the $142 she did the previous year through ribbon barrette sales benefitting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF). In the past eleven months she’s raised $3600 in honor of her best friend, Ava, who was born with cystic fibrosis….
