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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4 Ways to Help Provide Earthquake Relief for Haiti
If you’re a long-time reader and friend, you know my love for Haiti runs deep. I first traveled to Haiti in 2012 with a desire to get to know the country beyond what was being reported following the 7.0 earthquake in 2010. While visiting artisans around the country, I heard Haitians were skeptical. Visitors claimed…
How You Can Help Provide Hurricane Matthew Relief for Haiti
For the past five years I’ve been traveling to Haiti. If you’ve been reading the blog for awhile, you know that I first went there in 2012, wanting to get to know the country beyond what was being reported on the news following the devastating 7.0 earthquake that rocked the island in 2010. People who…
Children’s Book Authors and Illustrators Create Valentine’s Cards for OpenSky
“Wouldn’t it be wonderful, if you’re going to buy Valentines anyway, that it’s for a great cause?”- Julianne Moore Thanks to actress, author, activist and mother, Julianne Moore, limited edition Valentine’s Day cards created by some of the world’s most beloved children’s book authors benefitting Save the Children are available on OpenSky, my new favorite…
Cranes for Kids: Sending Hope to Children in Japan via Free Virtual Cranes
As soon as the quake in Japan happened, I knew what I had to do- write a post that would share age appropriate ways to talk to kids about the current events happening on the other side of the globe and provide resources about how to help children understand something that still seems so unreal,…
