Kinder Book Club: Achoo – Good Manners Can be Contagious
Here’s a funny little book with a good lesson for kids and adults alike. The children get a primer on basic manners – no chewing with your mouth full, no name calling, etc. Meanwhile us parents get a good reminder to be kind with...
Reduce, Reuse… & Recycle Like a Ninja in the Dark of Night
Little Miss Four and Miss First Grader have turned my recycle bins into toy bins. Maybe you saw the genesis of this transformation here in my old post Do Good One Box at a Time.
Last year I began saving all manner of clean recyclables for...
Kinder Book Club: One Hen, How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
Looking to inspire your kids with the concept of micro-lending?
Here is a book that beautifully illustrates how much good just a few dollars can do. One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference by Katie Smith Milway is helping me prepare...
Refresh Your Resolutions: New Resources from The Blogunteer
Enjoy this gust post from Stacy Pearson over at The Blogunteer, a great resource for discovering new philanthropic organizations that could use your volunteer efforts. As the dust settles after the turn of the New Year, we can all take a moment...
Literary Toolbox: The Family Dinner
With beautiful illustrations, a treasury of innovative recipes, and great ideas for meaningful, memorable evening meals, The Family Dinner by Laurie David and Kristin Uhrenholdt is a book you’ll want to add to your wishlist.
This book...
Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Enjoy this re-post form MLK Day 2011. My family will be revisiting the crafts and conversations described here. Let me know if you find them helpful too!
Today our nation stands still just long enough for us all (or at least those of us with...
Intentional Gifts: Start Your Own Family Foundation
Consider joining my family in starting your own (mini) family foundation.
As a follower of Doing Good Together, your mailbox probably looks a lot like ours: crammed with the noble requests of a million charitable organizations. There was a time...
Caring Kid’s Cook & Clean
Chores.
One of my family’s New Year’s resolutions is all about chores.
I don’t mean Cinderella-style, toothbrush-to-the-floor, scrub-all-day chores. Our family does many things together. We bake together, build forts, read...
Habits for Good: Adopt an Organization
Finding time to help others as a family can be difficult, but if you weave good deeds into your regular routine, the habits become nearly unbreakable. Even the act of reflection can become a routine that sticks.
I saw this lesson in action last...
A Compassionate Compass & the Art of Flexible Resolutions
I’m tired of all the rants against resolutions. I’m seriously sick of the countless statistics predicting imminent failure.
And I might as well admit it. I’m a geek for resolutions. What’s the harm of looking ahead, digging...
