We found this school in need via Donors Choose! They sent me thank you cards in the mail and in those cards it shared that the students used their supplies to support children in Haiti. Talk about keeping the circle around. It was a really cool turn of events. ~Trisha Dear Trisha, It is getting [...]
Dear Trisha, I want to say thank you for the wonderful gift you have given to my first graders. My students have been enjoying using the listening centers and working on all the great activities that were ordered. I have noticed some of my reluctant readers going to the center and finding great success. At [...]
I know you may be thinking, ok, its a blogger. There are millions of bloggers. Yes, you are right. But this is one of our own. In the mom blog community, at least in the main social networking part, its really a lot smaller and more involved then you think. Many of us know each [...]
This morning I went to McDonalds. I know, I know. Ill save you the trouble: SHAME ON YOU! It was freaking freezing outside and I wanted a coffee. I get there and order a hot chocolate instead. And a hash brown. It was calling my name. I even called Alicia in the drive through and [...]
A month or two back we won an iRobot ingenuity challenge contest and were given a $10,000 gift card to help fund individual teacher projects all over the US. I wanted to share some of the feedback of the projects that we funded so you all can know the impact you made as part of [...]
Things Remembered, Make-A-Wish Foundation® Offer Gifts That Give Back Five New Things Remembered Gifts Support the Wish-Granting Organization Cleveland, Oct. 9, 2009 – Add extra meaning to gifts this season with a gift that gives twice. Things Remembered is marking its 12-year sponsorship of the Make-A-Wish Foundation with five exclusive personalized gifts that benefit the [...]
A few months back, I was invited up to Boston to work with iRobot on a LeadHer challenge. They were reaching out to some online community women to host a contest where our communities would generate “ingenious” ideas. The 9 women that were competing LeadHers in this challenge were: Kelby from Type A Mom Ali [...]
If you do post, put your link in this post (and a contact email of some sort) and I will pull a winner out of everyone that posts for $25 paypal cash next Wednesday and email you! I consider charity very important so I would gladly give up some of my own cash to make [...]
This week, as you probably know by now, I had a chance to visit iRobot up in Boston. Myself, along with 8 other bloggers, will be competing in a charity competition to win $10K to donate to projects on Donors Choose (more on that later) in August. I am beside myself in excitement. Donors Choose [...]
While we are all so invested deeply in reviews and giveaways chit chat, I wanted to take some time to discuss something that MomDot did that spawned into a $10,000 charitable donation project that is still going strong all due to reviews and giveaways. With products floating around the net daily and bloggers being offered [...]
If you haven’t noticed, every week I am bringing you a brand new recipe that includes pork; a hearty and healthy alternative to other meats on your dinner plate during the week.In my house Charlotte can spot a “not chicken” meal like 100 miles away, so the key to getting her to eat other meat, [...]
This post brought to you by Walgreens. All opinions are 100% mine. If your family is like mine it’s large and sick. Okay seriously, my family really is large by today’s standards (with 4 kids I can get away with anything), and they often only share one thing… germs. That’s why I enjoy sharing things [...]
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