“Do Good” Challenges
We love doing giveaways for our readers and finding free stuff for you too. But, we’re also all about giving back. So, every week, we’ll put out a “Do Good” Challenge. The challenges are something we can all do to help give back to our planet, our children, and each other. We urge you to please get involved and “Do Good” today.
“Do Good” Challenge: Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF
October 27, 2009 Posted by The Hens
One of my most enduring Halloween memories was receiving a small orange milk carton from my school teachers every October. The box had the acronym UNICEF emblazoned upon it. And every October 31st, I would diligently tramp around my neighborhood, ringing doorbells, and asking “Trick or Treat? UNICEF?”. And I would always smile when I heard the sound of pennies or dimes drop into that little orange milk carton. UNICEF and Trick-or-Treating always went hand in hand for me. So, I find it fitting to challenge our readers to find a way to help UNICEF this Halloween.
“Do Good” Challenge: World Food Day
October 16, 2009 Posted by The Hens
Today is World Food Day, a worldwide event designed to increase awareness, understanding and informed, year-around action to alleviate hunger. Please watch this video from Mercy Corps and Tina Fey to get an understanding of how extensive world hunger really is.
Ideas in Action
Head over to the World Food Day website today and download their PDF “Ideas in Action” to find out how you can help. Getting started is simple:
- Learn more. Hunger is a multi-faceted problem, so there are many different ways to get to solutions.
“Do Good” Challenge: Go Pink!
October 9, 2009 Posted by The Hens
The Pink for October campaign is about people on Twitter, Facebook or any other social network, as well as blog and website owners showing their support for breast cancer awareness by turning our social media avatars and websites pink for the month of October in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Very simply, turn your avatars pink, turn your websites pink, or add a Pink For October icon, banner or ribbon to your website. PinkForOctober.org has a complete download area loaded with Twitter backgrounds, wallpapers, icons, banners and ribbons for you to download and use. Essential Keystrokes also has quite the variety of beautiful Pink for October site designs that you download and quickly use to turn your blog and website Pink for October. So please, get involved, GO PINK! and “Do Good” today.
“Do Good” Challenge Part Deux: Click to Give Free Mammograms
October 9, 2009 Posted by The Hens
OK folks, it doesn’t get easier than this one. You can do a great deal of good today and EVERYDAY by simply heading over to The Breast Cancer Site and Click to Give and clicking on a button. The simple act of clicking a button helps fund free mammograms for women in need – low-income, inner-city and minority women whose awareness of breast cancer and opportunity for help is often limited.. WHAT? That simple, really? YES! Here’s how it works: (1) You click the button (2) Sponsors pay for mammograms. It’s that simple. Your click is paid for by site sponsors, and mammogram funding is provided to clinics throughout the U.S. through the efforts of the National Breast Cancer Foundation. So please, get involved, CLICK TO GIVE and “Do Good” today…and everyday!
