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Category Archives: Giving

Hope, Like a Little Child: Compassion Blogging Trip Day 2

Hope, Like a Little Child: Compassion Blogging Trip Day 2

  “He said to them, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.’ And he took the children in his… Continue Reading

Compassion Blogging Trip: Day 1

Compassion Blogging Trip: Day 1

“You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat.” – Isaiah 25:4 Today was the first day of my week long journey with Compassion International, traveling to Tanzania with a team of bloggers to learn more about what… Continue Reading

R Baby Foundation Twitter Party

R Baby Foundation Twitter Party

In 2006, Rebecca Rabinowitz was born four weeks early and was sent home with her parents after five days in the NICU.  The next day Rebecca was severely congested and had difficulty both eating and breathing.  Her parents took her to their pediatrician and the hospital emergency room every day, and each day day she… Continue Reading

World Water Day

Today is World Water Day – Change Begins with a Drop Today, people from all over the world are celebrating World Water Day, an observance begun by the United Nations in 1993 to advocate for the sustainable management of our most precious natural resource – fresh water sources. I am the type of person who… Continue Reading

The Organized Give Twitter Party with The Stow Company

The Organized Give Twitter Party with The Stow Company

Did you know that sixteen million children in the United States are food insecure, according to the USDA?  I’m so thrilled to tell you about an amazing giving campaign called The Organized Give and how its founder, The Stow Company, is working with Kids’ Food Basket to make a difference in the attack against childhood… Continue Reading

Help Fix Fatao’s Heart

Help Fix Fatao’s Heart

There has always been a connection for me between the heart and Compassion International.  When I first wrote about Compassion three years ago, I titled the post “A Story of a Woman and Her Heart.”  In making the decision to join the Compassion Bloggers this May in Tanzania, I had to let go of what… Continue Reading

Friday Featured Giveaway: LeapFrog Donors Choose Charity Campaign

Friday Featured Giveaway: LeapFrog Donors Choose Charity Campaign

As many of you know, I began my professional life as a teacher, first teaching English and literature to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders and eventually ending my time in the field of education teaching 8th grade English along with 7th and 8th grade drama.  Along the way I tutored kids in everything from basic… Continue Reading