Not long ago, the mere mention of socially-conscious gifts or green giving would likely provoke offers of “let’s not exchange gifts this year” by adults, tantrums by children. At best, it meant a packet of cards with flowers pressed in waxed paper, or a lamp made from popsicle sticks (no offense to either). But now, [...]
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Week 42: Speaking as a Drop in the Ocean
Posted in Children, Children - Chronically Ill, click-to-donate, Eco-Friendly, Energy-Efficiency, Environment, Homeless, volunteering on October 21, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Still a little bit backwards as I try to catch up after this flu. Week 41 (from last week) will be posted shortly. Tuesday evening, I had the privilege to speak to an audience at my local Toastmasters meeting. It’s not something that I do often enough, I still fear public speaking. But when there [...]
Lovin’ Slacktivism, Slacktivists and Slacktivity
Posted in Animal Conservation & Welfare, carbon footprint, Children, Eco-Friendly, Education, Environment, Product Safety, volunteering, women's rights, tagged Ellen Degeneres, Frankenfish, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, in2Books, plastic bottles, stoning, The Extraordinaries, Tuberculosis and Malaria on September 22, 2010 |
This is turning out to be such a fun week. I’m lovin’ being a Slacktivist and thanks to a friend, I now have a new word to add to my vocabulary: Slacktivity! (Thanks, Joe. I think I’ll submit it to Merriam-Webster). This trying really hard to do as little as possible and have an Impact [...]
What d’ya mean, it’s not all about ME?
Posted in Animal Conservation & Welfare, Blood Donation, Children, Disaster Relief, Education, volunteering, tagged Blood Donation, dog rescue, Donors Choose, fake plastic fish, Lab Rescue of the LRCP, Pepsi Refresh Challenge, Plastic Bag Ban, red cross, st bernard project on September 4, 2010 | 4 Comments »
After several glorious vacation weeks back in the States, having lots of fun with family and friends, I’ve been feeling … well … weird. I’ve chalked up my lack of motivation and moodiness (Nils will attest to the latter) in part to jet-lag, in part to the usual dolefulness that follows a great holiday. I’ve [...]
Week 25: Creating Stronger Ties
Posted in Children, Friends, Random Acts of Kindness, tagged condolences, friendship, stronger friendships, writing condolences on June 25, 2010 | 4 Comments »
A week or so ago, nestled in my mailbox among magazines, bank statements, and bills lay a personal letter. Surprising, in this era of online communication. Aside from a few die-hard friends who still send snail mail Christmas cards and a couple who send birthday wishes, everyone corresponds by email. It’s June, so no Christmas [...]
Week 17: Impacting Kids, Follow-up
Posted in Children, Education, tagged donating toward education, donorschoose, helping teachers teach, poverty school on May 3, 2010 |
Choosing DonorsChoose.org last week as our avenue for Impact made for another “can’t beat” kind of Impact Effort. Much like in Week 8: Brighten a Child’s Day when we sent cards to ill or hospitalized children, choosing children to give to was no simple task. Though a few of the projects we found on the [...]
Week 17: Impact Kids in the Classroom
Posted in Children, Education, Micro-financing, tagged Charles best, donorschoose, ebay of philanthropy, high-poverty schools, inner-city schools on April 26, 2010 |
Imagine being an inner-city high school special education teacher with students who read at grade 2.5 level. Your kids have been understandably discouraged by a system that hasn’t worked for them. But, you make inroads. The reading level rises, and best of all, they’re motivated. They want more! You promise them more interesting books at [...]
Week 13: My Therapy Week
Posted in Children, Shopping, tagged shoeless children, shopping with a conscience, Tom's shoes on March 29, 2010 |
Perhaps it’s because it’s Week “Lucky 13″. Or, maybe it’s because a friend recently planted the idea in my head that we should take a break from 52 Weeks. Conceivably, it could also just be a bit of spring fever. But whatever the reason, this week, I’ve overdosed. My brain is exploding from too much [...]
Week 8: Wrap-Up, Making Smiles Happen
Posted in Children, Children - Chronically Ill, tagged cards for sick children, Hugs and Hope, Make A Child Smile, Post Pals, sick children on February 28, 2010 | 4 Comments »
This week’s Impact Effort was, thus far, the most difficult, yet rewarding we’ve taken. To be honest, I never thought about how many -itises, -pathys, -emias, -tomas, -epsys, or -oses there are that so virulently attack children. Our hearts broke to read about the trials these children and their families go through; at the same [...]
Week 8: Brighten a Child’s Day
Posted in Children, Children - Chronically Ill, tagged cards for sick children, charity, Chronically Ill Children, sick children, sick kids, volunteering on February 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
It’s pretty hard not to be touched by the smile of a child. This week, we’re going to try to bring smiles to several children. We hope to achieve this through any of three websites, Hugs and Hope and Make a Child Smile in the U.S., and Post Pals in the United Kingdom. We’ll be sending [...]
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