Help save Oogave from the grips of soda giants!
Do you use sweeteners like agave? If so, you may have heard of the soda company Oogave. I’m sad to announce that they’re about to go out of business. As you may know, many small businesses are...
View Article1000 Shillings: Empowering women in Uganda
1000 Shillings works with impoverished women to empower them, give them a voice, and educate them via mentors who can coach them to be self-sustaining. By making paper bead bracelets and necklaces, the...
View ArticleProtecting Our Children: Human Trafficking Awareness
According to UNICEF: An estimated 5.5 million children are victims of trafficking, an illegal enterprise that generates an estimated $32 billion in yearly profits. Human trafficking cases have been...
View ArticleQ&A: Risk factors of sudden heart failure in student athletes
If defibrillation is administered within one minute of collapse, the survival rate for sudden heart failure goes up 90 percent. “Timing is key to survival. Waiting even 10 minutes to defibrillate drops...
View ArticleGlobal Newborn Health Conference begins tomorrow! #newborn2013
According to Impatient Optimists, nearly THREE million newborns die globally from preventable deaths. The vast majority of these babies come from low/middle income countries and 40% of these deaths...
View ArticleFight abuse with the ICE BlackBox app
We’ve seen recorded fights on social media. It seems that those are becoming increasingly common, but for questionable purposes. However, rather than using your phone to record violence for...
View ArticleSafety Tips for Finding Care Online
According to a recent survey from Child Care America, nearly 11 million children under the age of five in the U.S. are in some sort of child care arrangement every week, spending about 35 hours per...
View ArticleNonprofit Feature: Vision For and From Children
Did you know that an estimated 19 million children worldwide are visually impaired, and of those affected, 12 million have conditions that could easily be diagnosed and corrected? Lillian Pravda, an...
View Article3 Ways to End Child Sex Trafficking
Human trafficking is the world’s fastest growing criminal enterprise and is an estimated $32 billion-a-year global industry. Up to 27 million people around the world are held in some form of slavery,...
View ArticleMuay Thai – A Controversial Art
Muay Thai, also known as “the art of eight limbs,” is a martial arts form from Thailand that utilizes fists, elbows, knees and feet. This fast-paced sport taxes you aerobically and anaerobically, so...
View ArticleTop 40 causes to receive $25,000 from State Farm #MomCentral
Disclosure: I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for State Farm. I received a promotional item to thank me for participating. I’ve been involved in a wide...
View Article2014 Holiday Gift Guide: 100 Good Deeds #1GD
Disclosure: I received a bracelet in exchange for the feature. All opinions are my own. The 100 Good Deeds bracelets were created by Mary Fisher, who has spent a decade partnering with at-risk women in...
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