Giving Back: Some Recipients
0As with the beginning of any new project, there’s a lot of excitement and motivation to make pound cakes and give them away. I hope that passion doesn’t wane too much as time goes by. What helps is being able [...]
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Baking & Giving Back: Q&A with Maya Strang
3It’s no accident that I chose Maya to be the first interview on Princess Pound Cake. Her love for baking is surpassed only by her love for giving back and she’s doing both quite successfully here in Orlando, Fla., for [...]
How to Raise Charitable Children
0Check out this lovely blog post from Mom it Forward, as she guest posts on Makes and Takes. She shares 10 tips for raising children who are aware of the needs around them and proactively seek to meet them. Tweet [...]
$30 Worth of Food for 30 Days
0Kirby Trapolino is living on $30 worth of food for 30 days to help bring awareness of the plight of the world’s poorest who live off of an average of $1 per day. He’s calculating what he would have spent [...]
Etsy: Share Your Love
1Etsy, the website that helped make crafting cool (and accessible) again, is sharing the love this Valentine’s Day by passing out handmade valentines along with Citymeals-on-Wheels to elderly homebound New Yorkers. You can participate by sending a handmade valentine to [...]
Black Friday Deals at CVS
1CVS has some great deals advertised for the day after Thanksgiving. There are a number of items you can get for free once you combine coupons and Extra-Care Bucks you’ll receive on your receipt including toothpaste, lotion, shampoo, razors and [...]
Do Something Good for Your Soul
0Do something good for your soul this holiday weekend by giving something away — whether it be goods, services or cash. Here are some ideas: 1. Mow a neighbor’s yard when they’re not home. 2. Gather up some clothes and [...]
Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive — This Saturday!
1This Saturday, leave a bag of non-perishable food items by your mailbox and your mail carrier will collect them as part of the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. Tweet This Post
Art and Life
0Here’s a neat trend: artists painting items they want. They paint something they want, and charge the amount of the actual item for the art itself. Called Wants for Sale, its counterpart website is called Needs for Sale. Same concept, [...]
Free Lunch – Panera
2If you live in Orlando, donate your change for a good cause and get a free lunch at Panera. Details here. Tweet This Post
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