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		<title>Kinder Book Club: Achoo &#8211; Good Manners Can be Contagious</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a funny little book with a good lesson for kids and adults alike. The children get a primer on basic manners &#8211; no chewing with your mouth full, no name calling, etc. Meanwhile us parents get a good reminder to be kind with our constant corrections, suggestions, and admonitions. No one wants to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reduce, Reuse&#8230; &amp; Recycle Like a Ninja in the Dark of Night</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 a second life as a toy or craft. Last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kinder Book Club: One Hen, How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 the girls for our family&#8217;s first foray into micro-lending. Though friends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refresh Your Resolutions: New Resources from The Blogunteer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 to re-invigorate our resolutions! January is the time that many of us make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Literary Toolbox: The Family Dinner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;ll want to add to your wishlist. This book was the perfect combination of story-telling and wonderful recipes. I loved the many quotes and experts from memoirs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.doinggoodtogether.org/index.php/blog/literary-toolbox-the-family-dinner/</link>
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		<title>Better Together</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BETTER TOGETHER strengthening families, growing compassion, building community Doing Good Together is partnering with the Midtown Global Market to host our 2nd annual Better Together event &#8211; a free, community-wide family service night. Families are invited to come together to do simple, hands-on service projects, reflect on the importance of giving back, and learn about opportunities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 school kids on break) to grapple with some big ideas. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.doinggoodtogether.org/index.php/blog/celebrating-martin-luther-king-jr-day/</link>
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		<title>Intentional Gifts: Start Your Own Family Foundation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 when I felt obligated to send a few dollars back for every free sheet of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.doinggoodtogether.org/index.php/blog/intentional-gifts-start-your-own-family-foundation/</link>
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		<title>Small Hands, Big Hearts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you live in the Twin Cities, join Doing Good Together at the Minnesota Children&#8217;s Museum for the 3rd annual Small Hands, Big Hearts event: a special celebration devoted to everything good about giving back. You and your little helpers can work together on several fun and family-friendly giving-focused activities in between playing in all of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.doinggoodtogether.org/index.php/events/small-hands-big-hearts-2/</link>
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		<title>Caring Kid&#8217;s Cook &amp; Clean</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chores. One  of my family&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s resolutions is all about chores. I don&#8217;t mean Cinderella-style, toothbrush-to-the-floor, scrub-all-day chores. Our family does many things together. We bake together, build forts, read books, construct Lego communities, and complete little volunteer projects whenever possible. We have lots of fun. We also create huge messes, and while I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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