by Sharani | Mar 17, 2008 | Acts of Kindness Day, blogcatalog, Bloggers Unite, generosity, kindness, Remote Area Medical, self-giving, Sri Chinmoy, Swami Vivekananda
The recent prominence of the new reality TV show called Oprah’s Big Give has brought my attention back in time to a blogging initiative from exactly three months ago today. BlogCatalog’s group called Bloggers Unite sponsored an Acts of Kindness Day last...
by Sharani | Dec 18, 2007 | Acts of Kindness Day, Gratefulness.org, gratitude, kindness, Light a Candle, self-giving
I first learned about Light a Candle and the wonderful site Gratefulness.org when I read an article by Sascha Zuger called “How to make someone’s day… for $20 or less (or even nothing)” in the October 2, 2007 issue of Woman’s Day...
by Sharani | Dec 17, 2007 | Acts of Kindness Day, blogcatalog, Bloggers Unite, generosity, kindness, self-giving
December 17th is Acts of Kindness Day at BloggersUnite – Bloggers Unite is part of blogcatalog, a social blog directory that lists blogs by topic. They call their efforts “an initiative designed to harness the power of the blogosphere to make the world a...
by Sharani | Sep 29, 2007 | children's wisdom, public library, self-giving
Today at the library where I work we had a big yard sale, bake sale and raffle of prizes donated by local businesses. It was a fund-raiser to benefit the library which finds itself in danger of losing state certification because of budget reductions in a town facing...