This Sunday, May 13th is Mother’s Day- a time to celebrate the woman who birthed, raised you, and provided all of the wisdom that has gotten you this far. On this special holiday, we invite you to honor the women and mothers in your lives by doing good.
- Honor a mother or woman making an exceptional difference in her community by nominating her for L’Oreal Paris USA’s Woman of Worth. Women are making a big impact in our communities every day. If you know a woman that’s working to make your community better nominate her for L’Oreal Paris’ Women of Worth, which recognizes, celebrates and supports the women making big differences in our communities.
Give your mom gifts that give back! Whether it’s a necklace, bracelet, or pretty pair of earrings, 20 percent of the proceeds from Jewelry for a Cause goes towards the charities of the client’s choice.- Give A Mom-To-Be A Safe Delivery: In 2010 alone, the International Rescue Committee helped more than 152,000 pregnant women have safe deliveries in areas where hospitals have been destroyed. When you send your mom an IRC Mother’s Day card, your $24 donation will make sure that figure keeps climbing.
- If your mom has more than enough “stuff,” consider this fresh idea: Provide a green garden — and a living — for another mother and her family. An Oxfam fruit and vegetable garden provides fresh fare for families in need to eat themselves or sell at local markets. Purchase your Oxfam garden from one mom to another here.
- Don’t forget to take care of Mother Earth! On Sunday spend the day out doors with your mother by taking planting a garden or beautifying your local park by planting flowers.
- Help keep mothers healthy by volunteering to do a Mother’s Day 5k Run/Walk. If you are not interested in actually running the race, you can always help set up, decorate, pass out water and snacks, or simply cheer! Whatever you are willing to offer, you will be welcomed with open arms and thank you!
However you choose to celebrate Mother’s Day, we hope that you are doing good! Tell us in the comments how you plan on helping others for Mother’s Day!
“To be Jedi is to face the truth, and choose. Give off light, or darkness, Padawan. Be a candle, or the night.” Be the light at the end of a tunnel, especially during an after disasters. Volunteers are essential for disaster relief efforts and further provide hope when there is doubt.
Snow White: When Snow White is not busy keeping up with her 7 little friends, she is busy promoting health issues! Back in 1937, Snow White was fed a very bad apple by her an evil Queen, and almost died! Since the horrific event, Snow White has made her passion in life community health education. She has donated 5 million hours of community service to her organization Prevent Bad Apples whose focus is safe food storage and healthy eating habit learning.
Cinderella: Cinderella spent her teens as an indentured servant to her stepmother. She lived a life of poverty and economic turmoil. One day, Cinderella’s life changed completely when she met Prince Charming. Since Cinderella became a princess, she has dedicated her life to helping the young girls in need. Cinderella founded the organization Operation Glass Slipper. Her organization is dedicated to donating prom dresses to girls from low income homes.
Belle: Belle found her community calling thanks to her beast-like boyfriend. Belle took her inspiration from teaching the Beast how to love into teaching low-income students. She has established many charter schools across the magic kingdom thanks to her foundation Beauty and the Pencil. Belle has changed schools from failing to soaring thanks to her donations and educational resources. Her organization currently operates 13 different schools!
despite the many people who have good luck and own them or work around them. Defy superstition by volunteering at an animal shelter on September 13. Many shelters usually have at least a few black cats that are ready for adoption, which means there’s a good chance at least one will cross your path at some point while you’re volunteering! Hopefully you’ll see how awesome they are and will adopt one! Check out our friends at 
Clean up your local lake: In the original Friday the 13th (1980), Mrs. Voorhees stalks and murders the teenagers who are preparing Camp Crystal Lake. To fend off any fictitious murderers and silly superstitions, gather your family and volunteer to clean up your local lake or park on this beautiful Friday afternoon!
Put your strength to work! Baseball players are great athletes so why not use your strength to help someone? One day after practice or on an off day-volunteer! With the recent tornadoes and storms, you can gather your team and go help clean up communities that have succumbed to the recent disasters. Recently, a Harriburg, PA high school baseball team volunteered to clean up their communities. The team was in the area for a high school baseball showcase at Rent One Park in Marion and decided to stay and spend a portion of their spring break assisting victims of last month’s tornado. How cool is that? Of course, everyone hasn’t recently suffered a natural disaster, but I’m sure there are other ways for you and your team to volunteer in your communities!
community to promote sportsmanship, fitness, and camaraderie and end the camp with a baseball game! You can also get your community leaders involved in the event by asking them to teach a session or mentor a youth during the camp! Events like the baseball camp really motivate students to work harder at sports and school and can play an especially important role for young people coming from difficult backgrounds or family situations. Sports can also help teach students responsibility, accountability, teamwork, a work ethic, and many other positive qualities including self-pride.
Happy Share a Smile Day! Would it make you crack a smile to learn that March 1 is also National Pig Day and Peanut Butter Lover’s Day? There are so many things to smile about; why not take the opportunity to use a few of those smiles for good?
