Whether it’s writing down goals in our personal journal or proclaiming them publicly on our blog, most of us resolve to make changes as the new year rolls around - better organization, healthier living, smaller pants.
But what about resolving to do something for someone else? Whether it’s helping your neighbor whose husband is deployed, volunteering at your local nursing home, or together with your kids donating some outgrown toys to a local church, making a difference in someone else’s life can be just as satisfying as changing your own - if not more so.
So tell us how you and your family already help others, or how you plan to add that to your list for 2009.
This week, we’ve teamed up with The Quaker Oats Company to spread the word about the Start with Substance campaign to donate up to one million bowls of oatmeal to those in need. From January 12 through February 28, for every UPC from a Quaker Oatmeal hot cereal product families enter at www.startwithsubstance.com, Quaker will donate one bowl of oatmeal to Share Our Strength, a childhood hunger organization. You’ll need to be a Facebook member to participate.
Families helping families - now that’ll make you feel as warm inside as a bowl of oatmeal.
Here’s how to participate:Write a post on your blog* about how you and your family help others, or how you’ll do so in 2009. Post anytime this weekend - Today, January 16 to Sunday, January 18 and include links to:
1) www.startwithsubstance.com
2) blog.parentbloggers.com
Also, please include the following blurb: “This post was written for Parent Bloggers Network as part of a sweepstakes sponsored by The Quaker Oats Company.”
Make sure to send your blog post link to parentbloggers@gmail.com and we’ll round them right here - so give your post a creative title!
What can you win?
We’ve got two $250 VISA gift cards to award at random!
Check out all the posts below!
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A Five Year Old Schools His Mama
Because Resolutions Shouldn’t Make You Feel Like Dirt
The Four Bucks I Should Have Spent
Helping Others and Learning Science
New Year’s Resolution #2: Be More Teh Awesome!
Providing a Small Bit of Heaven
Soap, Shampoo, and Razors - How Can You Help?
Start with Substance; Feed a Child
Struggling to Make a Difference
Trash, We Don’t Need No Stinking Trash!
Warm on the Inside, Water Mains Breaking on the Outside
Wear Often, Wash Well, Pass On
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*One entry per person and/or per email address allowed, regardless of the method of entry.
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