Children’s Book Week

Save 25% off 4 or more used children’s books now through May 8 at Better World Books. What’s not to like about that?!

No, I’m not a registered affiliate, and I don’t get a kickback. I just love what they do. Not only has Better World Books raised more than $9.5 million dollars for literacy [click headline to read more…]

Making a Difference

As you may know, today is (was) Make a Difference Day. Sponsored by USA Weekend and HandsOn Network for 20 years, this annual event is a national day of helping others.

If you and your family didn’t participate, don’t worry. There are countless ways you can still help your neighbors, locally and globally. Following [click headline to read more…]

Autism Speaks

This post is from a friend via Facebook. While our posts usually focus on opportunities for giving time and not money, sometimes helping your children help others requires reaching for their piggy banks—or yours. Whether or not you choose to contribute to this cause, I encourage you to read this message from a mother who [click headline to read more…]

Helping Other Children

“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.” – Mother Teresa

One of the goals of this blog is to help parents and caregivers enrich their own lives and those of their children through [click headline to read more…]

Helping for Free, Just a Click Away (Part 2)

Here are a several more easy ways to assist children in volunteering on a regular basis. Like those in the previous post, all you need is Internet access, a little time and the willingness to make a few clicks a day. Be sure to supervise all youngsters when they are online.

Click to Donate Programs [click headline to read more…]