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		<title>Pre-K Book Club: Ordinary Mary&#8217;s Extraordinary Deed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emily Pearson&#8217;s book Ordinary Mary&#8217;s Extraordinary Deed is a lyrical and beautifully illustrated way to introduce and reinforce the &#8220;pay it forward&#8221; concept of kindness. It gets high reviews on Amazon. It even has discussion questions and curriculum suggestions available online. 
So why did it fall flat with my little audience?
We have read it several [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.doinggoodtogether.org/index.php/blog/pre-k-book-club-ordinary-marys-extraordinary-deed/</link>
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		<title>Meals on Wheels on the Horizon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official. Our first Meals on Wheels delivery is on the calendar, and the good people over at Metro Meals on Wheels have guided me to their new handbook for families, created in partnership with Doing Good Together.
We&#8217;ve been looking to volunteer out in the community (as opposed to all of our Kitchen Table efforts), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.doinggoodtogether.org/index.php/blog/meals-on-wheels-on-the-horizon/</link>
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		<title>Raising Happiness: Join the Discussion Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each Thursday over at the exceptional blog Raising Happiness they are hosting a discussion of the book, also titled Raising Happiness. This book has been on my &#8220;to read&#8221; stack for a while, and the weekly chapter-by-chapter posts have been the perfect incentive for me to pull it out of the pile, leaving the others [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.doinggoodtogether.org/index.php/blog/raising-happiness-a-must-read/</link>
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		<title>Gifts from the Garden</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you added a vegetable garden to your landscape? If so, consider sharing your harvest with the local food shelf.
As a former farm-girl transplanted to the cities, I&#8217;ve always tended a big garden. About this time every year, though I always vow to plan more carefully, I find myself leaving town just as harvest is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.doinggoodtogether.org/index.php/blog/gifts-from-the-garden/</link>
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		<title>Emphasizing Empathy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems like empathy has been all over the news lately. At least, three specific New York Times articles have been chasing each other around in my head . Maybe they can help us in our quest to raise caring and engaged kids.
The most recent came out last week. From Students, Less Kindness for Strangers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.doinggoodtogether.org/index.php/blog/emphasizing-empathy/</link>
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		<title>Transforming a Frequent Family Outing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our family spends a substantial amount of time at the local zoo, and this week we looked for ways to make the experience more meaningful.
What are your family’s favorite, frequent adventures?
Have you looked for ways to add a DGT dimension to them?
Our family visits the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory at least a dozen times [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.doinggoodtogether.org/index.php/blog/1458/</link>
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		<title>Our DGT-Style Holiday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you wondered how to keep up the good works while sitting lakeside? As it turns out, DGT&#8217;s Kitchen Table projects are extremely portable!
Designing oven mitts for Meals-on-Wheels was the perfect Kitchen Table Project for our annual week at the cabin. I simply added a package of fabric markers and some inexpensive oven mitts to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.doinggoodtogether.org/index.php/blog/vacationing-the-dgt-way/</link>
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		<title>Pre-K Book Club: The Giving Tree</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that, until recently, I did not like The Giving Tree. This week I rediscovered it as a surprisingly good discussion book for a five-year-old!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.doinggoodtogether.org/index.php/blog/thoughts-on-the-giving-tree/</link>
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		<title>Smile Specificity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Specificity is the secret to crafting for a cause. At least in our house! Knowing where their cards were headed really motivated them to create cheery art.
Our Color-A-Smile effort fell a bit flat a few weeks ago, in spite of my high hopes for re-purposing our craft time. This time, I loaded our table with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.doinggoodtogether.org/index.php/blog/smile-specificity/</link>
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		<title>Coloring a Smile&#8230; And a Laugh!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I discovered Color-A-Smile on DGT&#8217;s project page a few months ago, when Minnesota’s winter had our  house adrift in artistic renderings of butterflies, Santa, and  tutu-wearing cats.
Color-A-Smile redistributes children’s art  to nursing homes, and it seemed like the perfect way clear out my own clutter without  tossing away all of my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.doinggoodtogether.org/index.php/blog/delivering-a-smile-and-a-laugh/</link>
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