Small Hands Big Hearts: Sparking the Spirit of Giving
Doing Good Together and the Minnesota Children’s Museum are partnering during the last two weeks in January to spark the spirit of giving in Twin Cities families. Adults and children can play in the museum and then take part in a variety...
Gracious Receiving
Our family’s holiday unwrapping extravaganza is fast approaching. As much as we tried to scale back on gifts to each other and extend our many blessings far into our community, our tree still harbors the evidence of perhaps one too many...
Kinder Book Club: Great Joy
Minnesota author Kate Dicamillo offers one of the sweetest, most elegant books of the season. Great Joy is the tale of an organ grinder, his monkey, and the little girl who worries over whether he has a place to go in the storm.
As with all...
Sponsoring Homeless Youth
Like so many others, our family has been searching for a way to share our good fortune over the holidays. It is a humbling endeavor.
So many worthy causes let their need be known this time of year. So many other obligations compete for our time...
“We Care” Packages for Meals on Wheels
This week we enjoyed participating in yet another exceedingly simple idea from the Doing Good Together Newsletter. Whether you already volunteer with Meals on Wheels or are simply looking for an inexpensive and rewarding volunteer activity,...
Save, Spend, Share: Teaching Children the Value & Values of Money
A few months ago now, I posted about collecting money for charitable causes. They idea was definitely popular with Miss Kindergarten and Little Miss Three. Their homemade piggy banks were quickly loaded up with change from mom’s wallet...
Generous Gift Giving for Kids
The fulfillment of giving gifts seems to be instinctive in young children. This time of year, we tend to put them to work writing their Santa letters or circling the toy catalogs in search of their own gifts, but with a few simple materials...
