I love to volunteer every so often. It fills me with purpose and turns me towards hope, something my tank always feels low on these days. Best of all, what I get from volunteering is participating in it for the good of other people. The trouble is, I think I got used to the couple of ways I would volunteer and didn’t realize the wide rainbow of service possibilities. I’d love to share with y’all three unique ways to volunteer your time that are out there if you look hard enough. Become Read more […]
Giving Back
Ways to Celebrate a Pregnant Friend
Every pregnant woman comes into the beginning of her nine months with a different frame of mind. Some are apprehensive new moms; some are seasoned, carrying their fourth kid. Some have been waiting for this moment for a long time, while others are pleasantly shocked but a bit scared for the baby to arrive. Y’all who have had kids will identify with at least one, if not more, of these women throughout your mom’s life. To best bless someone else navigating a pregnancy, keep in mind these ways Read more […]
Tips to Raise Awareness About Sex Trafficking and Child Abuse
January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month and January 11 is Human Trafficking Awareness Day. It’s never too early to have meaningful dialogues with your children and teens about the issue of child abuse and sex traffic recruitment, an epidemic in America. The media reports stories about sex trafficking sting operations involving minors every day. And the statistics are staggering as seen in the attached (new) Infographic, produced by Selah Freedom, the largest, national organization Read more […]
5 Practical Ways to Teach Your Children About Charity
I think we all want our children to grow up and become kind, upstanding, generous people. But, how do we figure out the right way to teach them to be those people? For quite some time, people have tried to figure out how exactly they can get their kids to share without crying and show love without jealousy. At least that’s something I’ve been wondering! So, to help us on our path to raising generous, charitable children, I’ve done some research and found some practical ways to teach your Read more […]
August 3: Free Medium Firehouse Sub in Exchange for Water Donation
Firehouse Subs’ eighth annual H2O for Heroes bottled water collection drive takes place Saturday, August 3. Each guest will receive a free medium sub in exchange for donating one (1) 24-pack of bottled water, benefitting local fire and police departments, emergency victims, senior and community centers, and more. Losing just 1.5 percent of the body’s average water content can cause mild dehydration; the average human loses as much as two quarts of water per day just through normal functions, Read more […]
Summer is the Season for Kidnappings
2017 Statistics identify that the number of children abducted or that go missing every day in the United States is 2,160. That is enough kids to fill an entire large population size school that do not return home every day. The National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrown Away Children (NISMART) has found that 41% of abductions occur during the summer months of June, July, and August. 74% of non-family child abduction victims are girls and 80% of child abductions Read more […]
Homecoming Dresses Donated to Underprivileged Girls
A new charity called the “Believe in Yourself Project” is helping to replace the poor body image that afflicts many girls and women. This image is heightened by what the traditional fashion industry deems as beautiful: Women are expected to appear a certain way and live up to a manufactured and unrealistic notion of what beauty is. At the same time, strained finances can prevent many girls from keeping up with what’s trending or cool, making them feel isolated among their friends for not Read more […]
Local Rainbow Child Care Centers Collect Diapers for Families in Crisis
One in three American families struggles to afford diapers for their children every day. Rainbow Child Care Centers around North Carolina have teamed up with Diaper Bank of North Carolina to help support and to stock the shelves to aid families experiencing diaper need. Diaper Bank of North Carolina was founded on the simple belief all children deserve clean diapers. The Diaper Bank works with established family-support organizations to distribute diapers to low-income families – ensuring Read more […]
Portraits For Good
A few years ago, a local artist, Alix Greenberg realized that, while artists have long stood for important causes, they’ve lacked a way to directly impact the causes that mattered to them most. She created PORTRAITS FOR GOOD®, a unique business that donates 10% of proceeds from every purchase to a non-profit of the customer’s choice. Since launching the site, PORTRAITS FOR GOOD® has helped support organizations like CodePurple Now, JDRF, Doctors Without Borders, St. Jude Children’s Research Read more […]
