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When Sandy gives you rain...

Hurricane Sandy left us cold and wet on Halloween. Normally we would hold Trunk or Treat in our church parking lot but the storm made us make some changes to our tradition. Because we have a large lobby and gym, our leader - Fred - decided we would be holding what…

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Added by ingrid.O'Brien on November 1, 2012 at 9:04pm — No Comments

One Of Us Has to Be An Adult - It Won't Be Me

Amanda's doodling…

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Added by ingrid.O'Brien on October 29, 2012 at 12:27pm — No Comments

My After Life Series - Hot Stuff!

By Susan Keats, Contributor & Seize-the-Day Propagandist

Ever wake up and think, gee, I’d like to walk over hot coals today, just to see if I can? There was a story in the news recently about a number of people going to the hospital with…

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Added by The Succulent Wife on August 30, 2012 at 11:31am — No Comments

Slacker Volunteer

I took on a volunteer position with one of my kids' schools this year and have been doing a pretty good job (if I say so myself).

Then I got sick. That was three weeks ago and I'm just now working on getting rid of my second (or is this one my third?) sickness. I hesitate to say "cold" too loudly because if it hears me, it might come running and lick me on the mouth. Again.

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Added by America's Next Top Mommy on January 30, 2012 at 11:08am — No Comments

My students are the best!

It's been a while, and this week has been packed. I work at a boarding school for underprivileged kids and every year we have "Creativity Week" where teachers split up into groups with students to work on projects. The students and teachers come up with ideas for the projects and then get to pick which they want to participate in. It's a great week where we get away from textbooks and homework and have FUN! My group is doing "Pamper Day". We are volunteering at a homeless shelter giving the… Continue

Added by Evelyn on February 16, 2011 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Learning to Pick My Battles

Often, I share about my grandfather (Daddy) and the love he showed his grandchildren. He really was a good man. He was not perfect by any means but he did not waiver on things that were out of sync with doing what was right when no one was around to see. One of his favorite sayings was “fair is fair”. Those words were usually followed up by “ball or strike”. One day, I am going to write a book about his poetic sayings.

Once, I accompanied my grandfather to a meeting held at our… Continue

Added by www.genmaspeaks.com on September 7, 2010 at 8:31pm — No Comments

Can you imagine what 10 high school students, 5 coaches, three weeks of their summer break and thousands of dollars can do for community support groups across our nation?

Please help by voting for our project;

http://apps.facebook.com/pepsirefresh/idea/view/id/ca980cd1-6c3f-4424-be28-afcea13af613?ref=mf

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Added by Natalie Rich on May 30, 2010 at 12:50pm — No Comments

Volunteer stressed? How to say no.

We have all be there before. Someone asks us to volunteer for something that we have no time to do or have no knowledge about but, we say yes anyway. PTA's are notorious for this. Trust me, I know. They never lose a phone number.

The problems begin when something has to give because the day is only 24 hours long. Either your family gets neglected and you hear about it or you do a crappy job and everyone else thinks you're incompetent.

What do you… Continue

Added by Harriet B on November 19, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

Advocacy and Volunteering--Why Do It?

I receive emails every day from bloggers and folks who’ve read my book, Mommy I'm Still in Here.

Two stand out. One asked:

“…how much money do you make...blogging, writing, authoring a book, speaking and advocating for the mentally… Continue

Added by Kate McLaughlin on July 23, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments