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Helping Others See

Posted in Children, Disabilities, Literacy, Micro-volunteering, Random Acts of Kindness, tagged , , , on May 24, 2011 | Comments Off

I was doomed from the get-go. With both a mom and dad with poor eyesight, my destiny was pretty clear. And, if I were to believe mom, the many nights spent way past my bedtime, under the covers reading with a flashlight, didn’t help. This is what the world looks like when I wake up: Thankfully, [...]

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How This Novice Crocheter Does Good

Posted in Children, Homeless, Orphans, tagged , , , , , , on May 17, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Who would’ve imagined? I just started learning to crochet (still feeling a bit like I have ten thumbs), and I’m already able to put my new hobby to use. Toward really good use! Here’s one of my first projects! I know it may not look like much, but enough of those squares will make one [...]

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Coupon Winners!

Posted in Children, Education, volunteering, tagged , on April 6, 2011 | 4 Comments »

While we weren’t exactly bowled over by the number of entries to our Donors Choose coupon contest last week, we were gobsmacked by the words that came in. To say we were moved is an understatement. Our thanks to everyone who participated by responding to: Name one (or more) things that 52 Weeks of Impact has [...]

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Win a FREE Coupon to Support Kids

Posted in Children, Education, Literacy, volunteering, tagged , , , on March 31, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Last year, during Week 17 Impact Kids, through Donors Choose, we donated toward the purchase of books for a school in South Carolina. Recently, as a follow up to our support, we were asked to participate in a brief survey. In return, we received five free! $25 coupons to be used toward any project on [...]

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Celebrate Reading

Posted in Children, Education, Literacy, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »

ADDED Feb 23, 2011: 3-2-1 … It’s begun! Go to our Facebook page, LIKE us so you can join the conversation, and tell us your top children’s books! You’ll automatically be entered to win a $20 U.S. Amazon Gift Card. It was during early childhood when I first learned the merits of sneakiness (which manifested [...]

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A personal call for No Name-Calling

Posted in Bullying, Children, tagged , , , on January 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »

This week, Jan 24 – 28, 2011 is No Name-Calling Week in the States. Someone forgot to tell that to Rush Limbaugh. Last week, during a Jan 19 radio program, Rush Limbaugh spent a full 20 seconds mimicking Chinese President Hu Jintao’s speech at the White House. “… Hu Jintao was just going ching chong, ching [...]

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Missing Children: Helping via Facebook

Posted in Children, Missing children, tagged , , , , on January 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Now, all of us who are on Facebook can be a part of a network to help locate and ensure the safe return of missing and abducted children. On Wednesday, Facebook joined the network of organizations that distribute Amber Alerts, urgent all-points bulletins sent out by law enforcement agencies in the United States regarding serious [...]

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Week 49: World Cup 2010 Endures

Posted in Children, Personal Development, Sports, tagged , on December 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I’m not much of a sports fan — neither as a participant nor a spectator — but every four years, my “inner jock-ette” rises to the surface, has been known to don a b*tt-ugly team t-shirt and cheer, yell and emit war cries at the television set along with the best of them.  It’s only [...]

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Week 47: Traveling Impact, follow-up

Posted in Children, Education, Sustainable Tourism, Travel, tagged , , on December 29, 2010 | Comments Off

We’ve found Lisa’s way of Traveling (with) Impact so inspiring that when we travel to developing countries or to areas where there might be specific needs, we, too, do what we can to benefit the local community. Prior to our most recent trip, Nils and I put out a call to colleagues and friends for [...]

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Week 47: Traveling Impact

Posted in Children, Sustainable Tourism, Travel, volunteering, tagged , , , , on December 28, 2010 | Comments Off

For Week 47, one of my dearest friends since college days, inspires us through her efforts to benefit the communities to which she travels — and she travels a lot! Here’s a report of Lisa’s latest voyage and Impact Effort with her partner, Ken. (Nils’ and my round-up follows tomorrow) “The Khmer Rouge thing is [...]

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