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Volunteer work can be a great opportunity for teens! Not only is it great for them to learn to put others first and to get outside of their comfort zones, but it also looks great on college applications and job applications! There are lots of wonderful reasons for teens to volunteer, and we’d like to…
Lori Bango was a busy mom just like you. When she received a cancer diagnosis, her world and her priorities changed. She and her husband decided they wanted to inspire others with the truth of God’s love and the knowledge that we can all be world-changers! Now, through her website, GNN America (Good News Now),…
In January 2009 as President Obama was preparing to be sworn in as President of the United States, he was also visiting with wounded troops to commemorate MLK Jr. Day. He is quoted as saying: “As we honor that legacy, it’s not a day just to pause and reflect — it’s a day to act,”…
Service projects are a way to help others during the holiday season and beyond! They also teach our children to love and serve others instead of thinking of themselves. I have always wanted to be a better example to my children as a servant to others, but in the recent years, I have allowed so…
Holiday Service Project: Needs for Essential Baby Care Items are Great at the Holidays Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, family shelters usually receive donations of clothes, food and other items, but one thing that is often overlooked is the desperate need for baby care items. In 2006 Daniel Levine, then a student at Shrewsbury high School,…
Several years ago, my family and I began a new tradition; we spent Christmas morning distributing Christmas gifts to the homeless people. Today this simple act, with the help of several homeschool families, has grown into what we named Operation Christmas Backpack. Operation Christmas Backpack consists of backpacks filled with essential items which include a…
A “Hallmark” holiday, a marketing gimmick, an arbitrary day for people to suddenly express their love for one another with chocolate and roses, and just another way to blow through a lot of money…. that’s Valentine’s Day, right? Yes, it’s sappy and silly and redundant and commercial, and I don’t even really care for…
How would you like to spread love and hope in a shoe box this Christmas? Operation Christmas Child is a wonderful project that gives the average person (like you and me) the opportunity to sow seeds of love and hope in the form of a shoe box. This fabulous ministry outreach of Samaritan’s Purse has…
