December 31, 2007
Best of 2007: All Around Giving

Happy New Year! Kick off 2008 on a high note and spread the love. To Mother Nature, women rebuilding their lives and kids looking for a break from the ‘hood.

Best wishes for 2008 and thanks for being awesome and supportive readers!

Originally published: May 4, 2007
Kids: What a Trip!
Trip for Kids

You ran a marathon. Mastered the headstand in yoga. Scaled Kilimanjaro. And completed a century ride last month.

Yup – you’re at the top of your game. Now what?

How about recapturing the ‘newbie awe’, that sweet sensation when you were just starting out and the thrill was in mastering the basics? Witness that excitement first hand when you volunteer with Trips for Kids, a non-profit that introduces the fun of mountain biking to inner-city youths... Read more

Originally published: April 20, 2007
Mother Nature: Green Cents
Green Dimes to stop junk mail

If the best things in life are free, then things that are just a few cents must be pretty darn good.  Like a penny for your thoughts.  Or getting in your two cents.  And now for ten cents, you can help save the world.  Honest.  And it’s super easy.

Sign up with GreenDimes, and for a dime a day ($36/year) they will work their tails off to keep your name off junk mail lists.  Sayonara to unwanted catalogs, credit card applications and all that other direct mail that you toss (i.e. recycle) without even a glance... Read more

Originally published: November 29, 2006
Women: A Good Run
Run for Congo Women

The holidays are coming. And unless your last name is Cleaver or you live in Pleasantville, then it can also be the season for the good, the bad and the ugly.

The good? Spending quality time with the family. The bad? Getting that little guilt trip when leaving THEM to go for a run. The ugly? Twelve hundred people dying everyday due to the conflict in the Congo... Read more  

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