Inside: Help kids spread kindness and cheer this holiday season with this 24 days of Christmas Kindness for kids advent calendar to help them focus on giving. My kids were sitting around the table writing out their holiday wish lists. They had all the toy catalogs spread out and were pouring through them and circling […]
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Volunteer Challenge for November Perfect for Families to Give Back
Inside: Spread kindness as a family through this Family Volunteer Challenge for November by gathering items for “blessing bags” to donate them to people who need them. About a year ago, my family spent a night in a motel to get away for a weekend. My son and I took a short walk to McDonalds […]
Family Volunteer Challenge for October to Spread Kindness
Inside: Spread kindness as a family through this Family Volunteer Challenge for October by gathering warm winter coats and donating them to kids who need them. My kids grow like weeds. So keeping them in clothes that fit them is always a tricky, expensive endeavor. But we are lucky that so many friends have given […]
How to Countdown to Summer Break as You Spread Kindness
Inside: Countdown to Summer Break and focus on kindness at the same time by using this Kindness Countdown to Summer Break Paper Chain. I will never forget my last year teaching…the burnout was real. And the stretch from Spring Break to Summer break felt longer than before and my mental health was in the toilet. […]
Family Volunteer Challenge for April to Help Animals In Need
Inside: Spread kindness as a family through this Family Volunteer Challenge for April by making fleece blankets for animal shelters and pets waiting to get adopted. I hadn’t really ever spent much time at an animal shelter. Until the summer we decided to get a dog. Our last dog had passed away years before and […]