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Giving The Gift Of A Clean Home

Fighting cancer is difficult enough, living with it is even tougher…that’s where the Cleaning For A Reason Foundation steps in. Cleaning For A Reason is the only national non-profit in the country providing FREE, professional housecleaning services for women undergoing cancer treatment. The Foundation, organized as a Texas Non-Profit Corporation, is raising money to provide [...]


Helping End The Cycle Of Child Abuse

A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds. Childhelp is a non-profit organization whose mission is to meet the physical, emotional, educational and spiritual needs of those abused, neglected and at-risk children. They run a number of programs including community centers, foster care, group homes, and advocacy centers. They also have a program [...]


Share Breakfast

According to a study done by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, “1 in 4 kids live in homes where food isn’t always available”. Knowing how important eating breakfast is, Kellogg’s put together an initiative to help share breakfast with children in schools who might otherwise miss out. It is really easy to share your breakfast [...]


Box Tops For Education

America’s schools earned over $49 million through Box Tops just last year, according to Box Tops For Education. It’s easy to participate in this program. Join and earn cash for your school every time you shop for groceries. Clip Box Tops from hundreds of your favorite products and each Box Tops coupon is worth 10¢ [...]


National Blood Donor Month

The American Red Cross has designated January as National Blood Donor Month. Why donate blood? That should be reason enough Next steps: Make a blood donation appointment Host a blood drive Volunteer


31 Day Budget (Day 17): Giving Gifts on a Budget

31 Days to a Better Budget Giving Gifts on a Budget Each day of the series offers new tips, ideas and a challenge to start the year with a solid financial plan. I was originally going to focus on the entertainment budget today, but last night I had a brainstorm and switched tactics. I started [...]


January Love Drop: Helping Jill

Remember when Corrin told us all about Love Drop? Well, I joined the network—and I’m excited to help spread the word about this month’s recipient. Jill and her kids were homeless. When they finally had a place to live? They lost everything in a fire and find themselves homeless once again. Yet, Jill continues to [...]


Giving In The New Year

Many people set goals for the New Year, and if you are one of those people I want to encourage you to set some “giving” goals. What are those? Simply put, they are any thing that you want to plan to do for others. My giving goals this year include: 1) Making a homemade meal [...]


1 Day Until Christmas: Very Last Minute Gift Ideas

Merry Christmas, dear friends & readers—I hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend. This is my last post until the middle of next week. I need a break between the countdown and our new year plans. See you on the flip side! The Countdown to Christmas is officially at its end—just 1 day until [...]


Give This Christmas Away

I absolutely love this song entitled “Give This Christmas Away”  by Matthew West featuring Amy Grant. I know not all of you celebrate Christmas but I think the meaning behind this song is something we all can use a reminder of. Give this Christmas away If there’s love in your heart Don’t let it stay [...]