Local Charities Need Some Holiday Love

• Two local charities could use your donations before the end of 2016.

  

   

   

   

  • Woodmore Fund for families of the victims of the Woodmore Schoolbus Crash
  • Smoky Mountain Wildfires-  over 10 people died last month in a wildfire at the edge of Gatlinburg,TN. Many residents lost their homes. However, Dolly Parton has started a fund with her Dollywood Foundation.

Time to Go Back to School!

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       Summer is nearly over and here comes the time that some students and teachers dread- "Back To School" time.  Here are some ways to be prepared for school and to be charitable, as well. (If you like this post, please comment and share).

• Before you or your kids head to school on the first day, brush up on your vocabulary at FreeRice.com while earning grains of rice for the poor.
• If you want to buy clothes or school supplies online, a charity of your choice can earn a percentage of your bill when you use GoodSearch or iGive 
• Some cities, such as Chattanooga, TN, have "Stuff the Bus" events where you can donate supplies to teachers for them to give to students in need.  Other places have clothing drives or pack a backpack drives. 
• There are programs such as Donors Choose where you can help fund classroom projects in your area or another area. 
• If you use Microsoft's Bing search regularly, you can donate points earned toward Teach For America . The site also has a program called Bing in the Classroom, where teachers can find lesson plans based on Bing's homepage.  In the past, you could donate Bing points toward a computer for your school.
• Some acts of kindness for school are;  eat lunch with someone new, bring a treat or thank you note for a bus driver, and put up positive quotes or messages on the bathroom mirrors. These were found on a Pinterest pin by the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation.  Another idea is when you pack a special treat in a child's lunch, give them 2 with a note to give the second treat to a friend. 
• Check to see if your school or classroom is participating in programs like BoxTop(s For Education  or  Campbell's Labels For Education (The site has this note: "As of August 1, 2016, only UPCs with the Labels for Education logo will be accepted and redeemed for points into registered schools’ bank account. We have begun the process of removing the logo and expect there will be a limited number of products that contain these labels in stores through August 1, 2017. Once all Labels for Education logos have been removed from the products, UPCs will no longer be accepted. The banked points schools have accumulated will not be affected. ")
• Now, you and your child should be ready for school and feel good about yourselves if you tried at least one of these things.

Chattanooga Auction for Local Ronald McDonald House

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 If you're in the mood for an online auction and want to support a great cause that helps sick kids and their families, please check the Ronald McDonald House of Greater Chattanooga's It's a Rockin' Online Auction info page. Here's the auction site on Bidding For Good.  It's a great time to get started on your holiday shopping list. It's open for bidding now through August 2nd.







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Using My Voice & Helping You Use Your Voice

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Although this post might just as easily belong to my other blogspot blog, CCol4him's Claymania ; there are clear ties to this blog.



1. Programs for Children With Special Needs Make
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recently featured 2 programs for children with special needs in an issue. One was an article about a karate class for children with special needs. Special karate - timesfreepress.com
The second was an event announcement for the inaugural meeting of a group play date for kids with autism and their parents . It is held by The Parents Advisory Group of the Chattanooga Autism Center.
It is sponsored by the Team Centers & Lifeline, INC. The play group will be held @ the Lifeline office; 1609 McCallie Avenue in Chattanooga, TN. It is open to children with autism from preschool age to first grade and will begin meeting on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 from 10 AM to Noon. The goal is for the parents to bring their kids with autism to gather and interact with each other on a regular basis.


2. Using My Voice and Inviting You to Use Yours

This blog is my way to "use my voice"(a phrase often used by singerClay Aiken) to create awareness for different charities and causes and you can use your voice here, as well. For more info, check out the following blog entries; Welcome to Applause For A Cause-UPDATED
& Help Your Favorite Charity With Your Own PSA .


You can participate by posting a guest blog post on here or making your own video that mentions your favorite charity, information about it and why you chose it. The blog entries above will provide the information about what I'm looking for in the videos, and if you want to write a guest blog post, you can email me at ccol4himc@gmail.com

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