GlobalGiving, a virtual marketplace for philanthropy, allows anyone with an internet connection to support more than 1,000 pre-screened charities in the U.S. and around the world. These are groups providing real-world solutions to help educate children, feed the hungry, build houses and infrastructure, protect our environment, empower women (and men), rescue animals, and support active … Read more
The Chicken Soup For The Soul series of books has been around for a while. I remember listening to my mom read them to us when we were a child. I still enjoy reading them now as an adult. Chicken Soup For The Soul has almost 200 titles, with new ones being written often. Here … Read more
I’m excited to share the 2012 Holiday Gift Guide For Children With Special Needs put together by Ability Path. The guide features gift ideas from many bloggers, including a suggestion from me. If you have a child with Special Needs on your “to buy for” list you have to check this guide out. You can … Read more
How’s the Christmas shopping going? Have a hard to buy for person on your list? Everyone has to eat so I think that a gift basket from Hickory Farms would be a great gift to give them this year. They have a variety of products from sausage & cheese to fruits & nuts to sweets … Read more
Christmas morning will be here before we know it and with that comes battery operated toys and gadgets in many households. Just a reminder to not forget to have extra batteries on hand because the last thing you want is an excited child with a new toy who can’t play with it because there are … Read more
Whenever we get the boys together with their two cousins it’s pure chaos. Good chaos but chaos nonetheless. I’ve found that having an activity for them to do gets them to sit still for a bit {instead of making sandwiches of each other which you may remember from my Thanksgiving post…} This year I came … Read more
Looking for ways to make a difference this season? Here are three good ways to do so, courtesy of World Vision: •Volunteer Virtually: Not everyone is able to physically volunteer, but you can volunteer virtually by donating food kits online through World Vision. Each ‘kit’ contains enough food to feed a family of five for … Read more
I headed to ROSS Dress For Less yesterday because I wanted to check out their selection of toys, men’s coats, and kitchen items. ROSS is great because they have everything I need for my home and family at prices that are 20-60% off of retail. They’ve just opened up new stores in the Chicago area … Read more