Erik, my husband, decided to complete 42 Acts of Service for his 42nd birthday. We woke up early. Packed a bag of snacks, paperbags, coins, markers, gifts, notes, postcards, dollar
*Note: This post is intended to show that kids have the capacity to work to help others. It doesn’t matter if it is a friend’s house, a gravesite, a creek,
A year ago, I started thinking about serving with my boys and IMMEDIATELY was overwhelmed. “I mean, how can I manage serving with young, active boys? Serving takes too long.”
Life is busy. Being successful with serving each day means that some of our activities need to be done in the convenience of our home. Here are our favorite “In the
There is a creek near the elementary school that is littered, REALLY littered. Water bottles, cans, wrappers, plastic bags, bottle caps, and paper litter both sides of the creek. For
We cleaned up my family’s burial plot. Although it is a fair drive for us, I like to go there with my kids to clean up the cemetery areas. We always
This evening, we gathered with friends and went to a local nursing home to sing Christmas carols. It wasn’t hard to set up and what made it easier was that
Today, we completed an act of kindness in honor of a little girl that passed away way too soon. Today would have been her 2nd birthday. Her name is Penny
This is a great service project for kids! We recently collected 15 pairs of glasses to donate to the Lions Club. And, we really didn’t have to work hard to
image from Habitat for Humanity This Friday, my husband and about 40 of his coworkers helped Habitat for Humanity build a house. I took some time to bring the boys
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