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5 Eco-Friendly Holiday Gifts to Give, Life Lessons Included

11 hours ago ago from Academy For Coaching Parents International

By Dr. Caron Goode For many parents , even the thought of holiday shopping is enough to make their blood pressure quickly rise. In addition to the financial pressures that come along with purchasing gifts for what seems to be a growing number of people each year, parents often feel pressure to buy bigger and better gifts and to be sure that those gifts don’t leave their children with the slightest hint of disappointment come ...

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Christmas Angels

1 day ago ago from Little Miss Sunshine State

She didn't know she was going to be a Mom this Christmas. He's 7 and his Mom doesn't want him anymore. His aunt loves him very much and now it looks like she'll be his Mom. She has joined the ranks of single women trying to raise a child by herself. She isn't sure how she's going to do it on the salary of an elementary school teacher, in a district where most of her students come from poor families. She had planned to spend some money ...

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Buy a Calendar – Help a Charity

1 hour, 45 minutes ago ago from Directory of Pasadena: City News

Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services needs your help this holiday season. This organization, located in Pasadena, is one of the largest, nonprofit, private children’s mental health and welfare agencies in the area. They provide services to over 11,000 children and families annually through a network of facilities stretching across the greater Los Angeles area including the San Fernando Valley, San Gabriel Valley, and the Antelope ...

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UNICEF Gifts Benefit Children Around the Globe

10 hours ago ago from This Issue | VIVmag

Fifteen percent of the profits from this hand-knotted genuine pearl necklace ($45) goes to UNICEF. Though shopping options for beautiful and unique global gifts abound, we always feel happier about purchases that give back. We perused the UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) catalog and website for gifts, including toys, home accessories, ornaments, jewelry, clothing and holiday cards. Fifteen percent of catalog and Internet sales ...

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16 hours ago ago from Wisdom of the Hands

"Give them a ready made boat: at first they are pleased with it, its novelty gratifies them, but before the lapse of many days the toy is cast aside and forgotten; but if the boat had been constructed by the children, they would have taken a pride and pleasure in it for years. Children like to make , not to have ready-made ... It is the duty of the educator to give a proper satisfaction to these cravings, and thus to follow nature's lead." ...

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Givers Rejoice: $5.2 Million in Free Gift Certificates Already Given Through Feed It Forward

11 hours ago ago from FanHouse

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Restaurant.com recently launched "Feed It Forward," on Thanksgiving Day, an online initiative celebrating the gift of giving during the down economy by enabling people to give away--at no cost--$30 million of Restaurant.com gift certificates up until Christmas. Within the first 12 days of launch, people have already given away $5.2 million worth of gift certificates. By visiting ...

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What's on Your Sitter's Letter to Santa This Holiday Season

9 hours ago ago from FanHouse

CHICAGO, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the most common questions Sittercity.com gets from parents this time of year is what they should give to their babysitter or nanny this holiday season. For the answer, Sittercity went straight to the source, asking our sitters what they would like to receive. While a third of sitters said they are not expecting a holiday gift from their families this year, those who are hoping for a little something were ...

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