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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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Cooler than tattooing The Rolling Stones on your arm. And also less permanent.
Let's be honest, you get to a certain age and concert tees sort of lose their appeal (or should). But if you've got an inner groupie hiding in there somewhere, you are so going to love the Guitar String Bracelet Charity Project from WearYourMusic.org. ... [More]
Pregnant military mamas, we salute you!
As a wife of a former active duty Air Force officer now turned National Guardsman, I know how challenging military life can be, especially for expecting mamas.
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Repurposed frames that look as good as they make you feel
When I stumbled upon the Second Line Frames etsy shop, I went wow - those are cool. And that's before I knew the backstory.
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Cancer with a happy ending
We here at Cool Mom Picks love our sponsors (love them!), but some we have to admit we love just a bit more than others. So when we found out that The American Cancer Society would be a part of our site over the coming weeks, we immediately asked what we could do to help them out on our end.
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Mother's Day gifts that give back to one of the best dot-orgs of all
I love the idea of a Mother's Day gift this year that gives back in some way, and I especially like the idea of giving back to the March of Dimes, a cause near and dear to our hearts since the recent loss of a prominent blogging mom's little girl to a birth defect.
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A sling that helps support other babies too
Leave it to textile mavens and cmp fave Serena & Lily to come up with a sling that's both simple and chic. And we all know how important both of those factors are in a sling.
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Gift baskets for Mother's Day filled with hope
This Mother's Day, you can honor thy mother (or a mother you love) by helping mothers in crisis. And I don't mean "oh no, the babysitter canceled at the last minute." More like women affected by humanitarian emergencies around the world.
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Going orange for the ASPCA
April is already a busy month with Easter, Passover and Earth Day on the brain, but on Tuesday the 7th, I plan to go orange and help the ASPCA kick off Prevention of Cruelty to Animals month whatever way I can.
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Cute stuff for an amazing cause
Sometimes you want to donate to a good cause, and sometimes you want to buy cute stuff. And sometimes someone gets a fabulous idea like The Emancipation Network did, and they start selling cute stuff made by the very folks the profits go towards supporting--in this case, survivors of human trafficking. Then voila, the Made By Survivors Store is born.
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Going greener for 5k. (Not that you wouldn't do it for free.)
Last year my son noticed that snack time meant 20 plastic cups thrown away every day. 
He suggested recycling bins for all the classrooms and made a poster encouraging other kids to go green. (I'm so proud!) That kind of hands on approach is just the kind of thing that Just Do One is all about.
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Martha Stewart gets into the local food movement
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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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