Taking the initiative to go green is a great way to show how much you care about the planet and do your part to create a better world for our future. However, because taking a green initiative can mean a variety of different things, it’s sometimes difficult to figure out exactly where to start. Thankfully,…
Category: Do Good
Ideas to teach kids kindness, compassion and giving back.
Please Help Us Celebrate #peaceday Today!
Young People’s Poet Laureate Margarita Engle and Amy Ludwig VanDerwater are championing the United Nations International Day of Peace which is today, September 21. They are hoping that our educator and author and illustrator friends will flood the internet with images, poems, books, and ideas of peace on this day (9/21) along with the UN…
Gratitude Flags Public Art at My Dog Park
I happened upon this public art display at Weston Reservoir where we take our dog every day. There is a wooded mile and half path that winds around the reservoir. Metaphorically and literally, the gratitude flags take you from the beaten path up to a little ridge where there is a winding display tied to a few…
Multicultural Children’s Book Day Sponsorships Closing Jan 6th!
The prep of the upcoming Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2017 (1/27/17) is humming right along! In case you’ve missed all the details, Valarie Budayr from Jump Into A Book and Mia Wenjen from PragmaticMom are teaming up for the fourth year to raise awareness on the ongoing need to include kid’s books that celebrate diversity…
25 Random Acts of Kindness Advent Calendar
I was in a pretty good habit of doing a daily Random Act of Kindness when I turned 48 that carried on for a year or so, but I’ve fallen off the wagon. It’s just so easy to speed through errands in a possessed way, and not notice or take the time for a small…
Join Us for 2016 Joy Maker Challenge
This is a sponsored post for Hasbro and generationOn. I wanted to share some easy and fun ways for kids to give back through the Joy Maker Challenge. My opinions, as always, are my own. “If you wait until you can do everything for everybody, instead of something for somebody, you’ll end up not doing nothing…
Sponsorships for Multicultural Children’s Book Day ends Jan 1st!!!
Wondering how fundraising is going for Multicultural Children’s Book Day? Are you an author or publisher thinking of getting involved? Our deadline to become a sponsor is CLOSING soon on January 1st, 2017!! Please go HERE to view extended details and benefits of all of our Sponsorship Levels including Author Sponsors. For our upcoming Multicultural Children’s…