We have some wonderful news about Multicultural Children’s Book Day! We are now a non-profit! This status will help us with our mission to get diversity books into the hands of underserved children. To help us with this goal, we are partnering with First Book. We will be both helping them to raise money and donating…
Category: Do Good
Ideas to teach kids kindness, compassion and giving back.
Gifts That Keep on Giving: Day 2 of 12 Days of Shopping
For Day 2, Jeanette and I are fixated on gratitude and gifts that keep on giving. I’m choosing both charities and gifts that give back that kids can relate to. I hope this inspires yours kids and mine to think about others in need this holiday season. What are your favorite ways to give back? Please…
DIY Gratitude Advent Calendar: Day 1 of 12 Days of Shopping
Jeanette of Tiny Rotten Peanuts and I are doing a 12 Days of Shopping series. We cooked this up over a giggly Skype session with gift ideas that hopefully will help you out this holiday season. A few of our ideas are meant to amuse you as well! We hope you enjoy our series for…
Food Stamps Challenge
Food stamps are far from an extravagant benefit. The average allocation is $1.40 per person per meal. (Try it sometime.) from Rolling Stone The Republicans’ War on the Poor My friend Stella has convinced me to try the Food Stamp challenge. It’s not about losing weight. It’s about bringing attention to Food Stamps and how…
Cartoonists Demand Gun Control (and so do I!)
“If eight children were dying every day from a mysterious virus, our country would mobilize to put a stop to it. Gun violence is an epidemic that is taking our children’s lives in our schools, on our streets, and in our neighborhoods. As with other epidemics, we must do everything we can to make a…
Soccer Ball for Kids That is as Durable as Their Spirit
Soccer charity that solves the problem of soccer balls that can’t stand up to harsh conditions? One World Futbol solves that problem.
I’m a Girl Soccer Player: Coach Me Differently
Coaching girls soccer players is different from boys, the Boston Breakers argue in their Kickstarter project, Beautiful.