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Box Tops, Walmart, General Mills=$25 School Supplies

Being a midlife woman has not abridged my child advocacy position in the least. Unbelievably most of my adult life was spent supporting children throughout the community, both directly and indirectly. The whole concept of child advocacy is amazing because I was not “child friendly” growing up. “I’m never having kids,” I recall complaining to mother when forced to babysit for the family. The current social culture necessitates the need child advocacy and encouragement now more than ever. Participating in the PTL, volunteering for local community events, serving as homeroom mother, youth leader, and later a youth director exposed the true blessings that are both given and received through volunteering. Currently I am the chairperson of our church day school, another volunteer endeavor. Having served on the board for more than ten years, I was delighted to accept the opportunity to support the Box Tops for Education Program in conjunction with Walmart and My Blog Spark. The Box Tops...

Make a Difference|Support Safe Drinking Water for Children

A well-respected midlife woman and Christian friend once told me, “Water is the gift of life. It was given by God.” Speaking with great inspiration, she explained how she believed that children who drank plenty of clean water warded of all types of illness. I followed her advice and attest to her beliefs. My boys rarely contracted a flu or cold that traveled through out their classrooms. Did you know every day more than 4,000 children in developing countries die, simply because they don’t have clean drinking water? Join Proctor and Gamble in the Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program (CSDW) to provide clean drinking water to people who really really need it. P & G believes our help will make a difference and this now midlife woman wholeheartedly concurs. GIVE HEALTH collaborates with the non-profit P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program (CSDW) to provide PUR packets in developing countries. Developed by P&G and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, PUR...

Little Miracle Missions|You Can Pay it Forward

Has it been fifty years already? Pampers is celebration the big 50th. I really should not be surprised, I mean after all I celebrated mine last year. Celebrated may not be the proper description, perhaps accepted is more appropriate… what I can say. Nevertheless pampers is obviously a great brand. In fact, Pampers brand were the only disposable diaper my first son was able to wear. Pampers is celebrating the big 50 with a “pay if forward” style family mission – Little Miracle Missions. Released April 13,2011 Pampers Kicks Off Little Miracle Mission: “Pampers honors these 50 years of parenting by unveiling its Little Miracle Missions program, which seeks to celebrate, support and protect babies everywhere through acts of kindness to little miracles (babies) and their families, while encouraging parents to “pay it forward” and support others. On Monday, Pampers and Graham’s Foundation (an organization that provides care packages that offer both practical and emotional support for the parents...

Your children, my children, our children

The number of underprivileged and disadvantaged children in our local communities is ever growing. I believe caring for children is everyone’s responsibility. Over the years, hubby and I have supported the local youth through volunteering, opening our home to local kids, as well as monetary donations. There is no good, acceptable reason for our children to live without basic needs, a sense of belonging, or a lack of love. Children are the future, a reflection of who we are as parents, as a community, as people. America’s Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics (Forum) is a collection of 22 Federal government agencies involved in research and activities related to children and families. The forum reports based on child well-being indicators spanning seven areas: Family and Social Environment, Economic Circumstances, Health Care, Physical Environment and Safety, Behavior, Education, and Health. The report revealed in 2010 health insurance coverage rates...

Serving others; what a beautiful topic for a blog hop! There have been quite a few movements in the last fifteen or so years that promote serving others both here in the United States and worldwide. Surely, you have heard about Random Acts of Kindness, or RAK. Back in the mid nineties, this was a very popular movement. RAKs were very contagious, reminiscent of a laughter planted in an audience. All over the globe, people were committing random acts of kindness. In 1995, the RAK foundation emerged. Today RAK encourages kindness through educators. Let’s not forget the Pay it Forward movement where author Catherine Ryan Hyde, sparked a movie and a movement. What is this Post It note all about? On Saturday, I came across another wonderful movement, Operation Beautiful…. Recommend on Facebook Share on FriendFeed Buzz it up Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Share on technorati Tweet about it Buzz it up Subscribe to...

A cool, refreshing drink of water is something many people take for granted. But what if we didn’t have access to safe drinking water? Up until 100 years ago we did not. In fact, it was often dangerous. For thousands of years, people all over the world tried different ways to filter drinking water to purify it. But it wasn’t until the 19th century that scientists discovered germs and learned that they could carry disease through water and other media. Filtering wasn’t enough. Waterborne illnesses such as cholera and typhoid once killed thousands of Americans each year. During the four years of the Civil War, for example, 75,000 people came down with typhoid, and more than 27,000 died from it. In 1900, typhoid claimed another 25,000 lives. In the early days of the 20th century, chemists found that adding small amounts of chlorine to drinking water destroys bacteria, viruses and other disease-causing microorganisms. In 1908, Jersey City and Chicago...

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Box Tops, Walmart, General Mills=$25 School Supplies

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Little Miracle Missions|You Can Pay it Forward

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