February Make a Difference Challenge: Pink Shirt Day
Together we can make a difference for those 160,000 kids that are too scared to go to school every day! Let’s have this month be less about the cards and chocolates and more about the real actions of love and kindness.
December Make a Difference Challenge: The Twelve Days of Christmas
Every year our family does the 12 Days of Christmas. We choose a family that is in need of some added Christmas cheer and we secretly deliver gifts every night before Christmas.As much as I love this tradition, and highly recommend it to your family, I really want to add more giving in simple ways...
October Make a Difference Challenge: Counter Bullying with Kindness
October is National Bullying Awareness Month in the USA, so this month's challenge is to add more kindness in your home and school by challenging your kids to do good!
September Make A Difference Challenge: Enough
This month’s Make A Difference Challenge is for each of us as parents is to give that little bit extra, wherever we are in this journey of life: to be a little kinder, a little gentler, a little more understanding.
July Make A Difference Challenge: A Service Scavenger Hunt
What kids don’t just love a scavenger hunt? The idea behind this challenge is that instead of collecting objects, everyone will provide an act of service.
Take Time to Enjoy the Sunshine
There is a delicate balance between getting things done and taking time to enjoy the little things that make life grand. How fleeting these moments are! I let one slip by and sure enough, my heart broke.
May Make A Difference Challenge: Mother’s Day
When I think about Mother’s Day I also think of all the amazing women who have a mother’s heart but have never had the opportunity to raise their own children. Every mother and woman needs to know that what they do matters and that is the reason for this month's challenge.
April Make a Difference Challenge: Spread Spring Sunshine
What a wonderful way to spend a spring afternoon this month: giving someone a hand to spruce up their yard and in the meantime building strong and lasting friendships with those around you.
March Make a Difference Challenge: Give your Children Two Dollars
So you think you can change the world? Here's how an inspiring young boy is going to Kenya to build a school with Free the Children. He’s not a child prodigy; he’s just a kid who wants others to have an education.
February Make a Difference Challenge: Share the Love
With kids, Valentine’s Day can be a bit hectic--getting everyone to sign their cards and attach the goodies. It seems to be a bit overwhelming. However, this exhausting process made me think about what this month should really be about-love.
January Make A Difference Challenge: The Giving Jar
I really wanted my children to learn about money and saving while they were young and we came up with the Giving Jar.
December Make A Difference Challenge: Children For Children Christmas Concert
This month’s challenge is a great way to teach your children to give instead of focusing on what they will get this Christmas. They will enjoy sharing their talents and their gift of giving will be a wonderful way to celebrate the holiday season.




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