Latest in Causes and General Do-Gooding
National Family Volunteer Day - one of the few made-up holidays we're really okay with
Especially this time a year, we love opportunities to get our kids, even the really little ones, into the idea of doing nice things for other people.
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Need more justification to get a Bugaboo? Try their new partnership with (PRODUCT)RED.
It's turning into good cause day at Cool Mom Picks, which is just okey dokey by us. In this case, it's Bugaboo, whose Frog stroller saved this Brooklyn mama from three years of curbs, cobblestones, and car-eating potholes, and the noble cause: The (PRODUCT)RED Global Fund to help fund AIDS programs in Africa
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Drinking wine to save lives. Seriously.
It's October (holy cow) and as most of you know, this means Breast Cancer Awareness month. And that in turn means 600,472 products jumping on the pink ribbon bandwagon.
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Saving moms and babies. Because too many of them need saving.
I recently learned that one woman dies every minute from childbirth on this planet.
One every minute.
And that just about knocked me out of my seat.
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Even more justification for playing Sudoku online
I am always amazed by the number of gaming pitches we get and then I realize -duh- I am totally addicted to online games, and have been ever since I was first introduced to Snood back in the day.
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Great schools deserve free money
It's music to any educator's ears: The chance for big bucks for the school, just because it's great.
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Clean up takes on a whole new meaning with Cleanup Soap
The first thing that struck me when I saw Cleanup Soap was how cool the shape was - graphic, and symmetrical and...wait a minute. Is that a...land mine?
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9/11 - a very good day for doing very good
We love opportunities to get our kids involved in community
service, so we're so delighted to hear
that 9/11 is now officially a National Day of Service and Remembrance.
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Hope in a bottle. Seriously.
Project 7 is a small Texas company created by Tyler and Taylor Merrick, with a big idea--to donate half of their profits (you read that correctly) to 7 charities that benefit 7 areas of need in our world.
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When is a stuffed animal not just a stuffed animal?
The only thing cuter to us than an adorable hand made stuffed animal is one with an awesome do-gooding backstory.
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Go play outside!
While I wholeheartedly support the idea of grandparents getting outside to play with the grandkids, don't let the fact that this downloadable Go Play Outside guide is being offered through Grandparents.com dissuade you from checking it out yourself, mamas.
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Martha Stewart gets into the local food movement
See more of our favorite books in the CMP Emporium.
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Here's Something Cool
One of CMP's favorite kindie artists, Symphony Space, rocks out in NYC this Saturday
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The Telegraph just named CMP one of their top 12 websites for families. Thank you Telegraph!
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Charlie's Playhouse wants you to Ask the Kids - ask your kid about evolution and save up to 20% on Charlie's products, plus your kid could end up in their video.
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CMP editor Kristen used Powerpoint to create a really great little slideshow to explain Daddy's current Afghanistan tour of duty to the kids.
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