3 Small Ways to Have a More Thoughtful Holiday Gathering
Perhaps you’ve been in my shoes. Maybe you’ve mentioned to family members that you use the resources at Doing Good Together to teach your kids about kindness and community. Maybe you’ve been discussing how thoughtful it was...
Repost: Gracious Receiving
Enjoy this re-post from the 2010 giving season and help your whole family practice 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...
Time to Reflect (featuring DGT’s first home video)
So many good volunteer ideas are flying through my in-box and down my Facebook feed these days. I can barely read them all, much less attempt each one. Sometimes five minutes really is just four and a half minutes too many.
The truth is, this...
Host a Sandwhich Making Party with the Help of 363 Days
Here is a great opportunity to make a difference with a sandwich drive scaled to fit your lifestyle. The Twin Cities-based organization 363 Days makes it simple to host a sandwich making party with a few friends, a troop of scouts, or an...
Hungering to do more this holiday season? Volunteer for Meals on Wheels!
‘Tis the season for holiday gatherings, shopping trips, and New Year’s resolutions. With the holiday season upon us and winter break from school fast approaching are you looking to add more meaning to your holiday season…or just keep...
Thoughtful Holiday Traditions… Share yours!
What traditions of generosity does your family cherish during the holidays?
Like all of you, we’re striving to minimize the wish lists, shopping trips, and general over-consumption of the holiday. My hope is that our traditions, focusing...
Help the Hungry: Our Month in Review
If you follow us on Facebook (and if not, please do!) or Twitter (give it a try!), then already know quite about about Help the Hungry Month. During the feast-focused month of November, my family, and perhaps a your as well, has put hunger in...
Kinder Book Club: Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen
At six and four years old, my daughters seem too young for work in a soup kitchen. Luckily, Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen by Dyanne Disalvo-Ryan is the next best thing and the perfect addition to the waning days of Help the Hungry Month.
A...
A Toast & A Thanks
Happy Thanksgiving!
Let me share with you my favorite toast. It is wonderfully appropriate for every meal during Help the Hungry Month, and especially so on Thanksgiving Day. It’s actually a Latin American prayer that I adapted from Cook...
Guest Post: Operation Paperback
Our service members make sacrifices every day for our country. It takes so little to let them know that we appreciate what they are doing for us. Operation Paperback supports US troops by giving them the opportunity to escape into a good...
