Friday, June 12, 2009
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Having a child can severely limit your service options. Many organizations require regularly scheduled service that may prove difficult with young children at home. Or perhaps you may feel hesitant to visit hospitals, soup kitchens, or shelters with infants in tow. This site is designed to provide you with service opportunities that fit a young mother's hectic lifestyle and allow you to raise your children in an atmosphere of altruism.
Note:
This site is not limited to young mothers. It is for ANYONE who doesn't have the time or money to participate in organized charities. i.e., single working women, grandmas, shut ins, etc. There is something here for everyone.
Jeri & Amy
Who Are We?
We are a mother/daughter team who are committed to helping people find ways of serving others that fits into their busy life styles. This site is for people who don't have the time and/or the money to participate in organized charities, but still want to do "something."
Teach your children to serve by asking...
What did you do for someone today?
President Thomas S. Monson said in October Conference to ask our children daily, “What did you do for someone today?” He said that this expectation would produce a valuable legacy and inspire them to help others throughout their lives
Our Favorite Quotes:
"Whatever good there is in the world I inherit from the courage and work of those who went before me. I, in turn, have a responsibility to make things better for those who will inherit the world from me." --Arthur Dobrin
“We can't do everything for everyone everywhere, but we can do something for someone somewhere." --Richard L. Evans
"When we concern ourselves more with others, there is less time to be concerned with ourselves." --Anya Bateman
"No. We are not required to give until it hurts. All we need to do is give until it helps." -- Jeri-Lynn Johnson
“We can't do everything for everyone everywhere, but we can do something for someone somewhere." --Richard L. Evans
"When we concern ourselves more with others, there is less time to be concerned with ourselves." --Anya Bateman
"No. We are not required to give until it hurts. All we need to do is give until it helps." -- Jeri-Lynn Johnson
"It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself." --Ralph Waldo Emerson
The ten most powerful two-letter words:
It it is meant to be, it is up to me
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How to Involve Your Children:
Your children will learn to serve by observing you. But they will become more service oriented by actually participating in service projects themselves -so involve them as often as posssible.
Have them help decide who to help.
Have them help wrap packages to be mailed.
Have them deliver items, or go with you when you deliver them.
At dinner time, when you are asking them about their day, ask them who they helped that day.
Have them help decide who to help.
Have them help wrap packages to be mailed.
Have them deliver items, or go with you when you deliver them.
At dinner time, when you are asking them about their day, ask them who they helped that day.
Why Serve?
The Buck Institute for Age Research reports that people who serve... - even once a month - have a 44% lower risk of a major disease than those who don't. That's the same protection you'd get by exercising four times a week!
Why it works: Volunteering boosts dopamine, a brain chemical that enhances feelings of pleasure and reward. And all those good feelings fire up your body's production of antibodies that fend off illness!
No Time to volunteer? Make a Donation!
You'll get the same life-lengthening benefits by donating a few cans of food or a box of gently used clothing. You can also give back, without spending a cent, by clicking on sites where advertisers make a donation in return:
Why it works: Volunteering boosts dopamine, a brain chemical that enhances feelings of pleasure and reward. And all those good feelings fire up your body's production of antibodies that fend off illness!
No Time to volunteer? Make a Donation!
You'll get the same life-lengthening benefits by donating a few cans of food or a box of gently used clothing. You can also give back, without spending a cent, by clicking on sites where advertisers make a donation in return:
Give Without Spending a Cent:
The Kindness Handbook
When you want to help your friend in crisis but don't know what to do or say (click on book - it's FREE)
