Lots of parents take shuttling their youngsters off to camp for granted. But for other moms and pops, the prospect of their seriously ill tots enjoying one of life's simple pleasures is a dream.
Twenty years ago the late actor Paul Newman opened the first Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Connecticut to give children with a variety of illnesses the opportunity to experience athletics, arts and crafts and theater while camping under the watchful eye of specially trained counselors and themed medical centers.
Many shopping mamas toss a dollar in the bucket or on their bill at the checkstand, wondering how retailers determine which charity to support.
Target is taking a different approach with Bullseye Gives, which asks Facebook users to go online and vote how the company should distribute the $3 million it donates to charities on a weekly basis. Visitors can choose from 10 leading charities and see, in real time, how much money the institution will receive that week.
Parents in the United States are up in arms about peanut allergies, but in many poverty stricken countries a similar paste is saving children's lives. Founded by Mark Manary, M.D., an American pediatrician who made it his mission to solve malnutrition, Project Peanut Butter makes Ready-to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF). The combination of ground, roasted peanuts, vegetable oil, powdered milk, vitamins, minerals and sugar is then used to treat pediatric malnutrition.
My five-year-old daughter thinks typing on my BlackBerry while in line at the store is a treat. She is no different than the other children of the world that delight in learning new things or testing out electronics — except for the fact that she has access to them on a daily basis. One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is an organization that puts educational tools into the hands of youngsters that need them from little girls in Afghanistan to poverty stricken elementary school students in Alabama.
To spread the holiday cheer and get into the season of giving, lilsugar teamed up with our friends at babystyle to give away toys to one lucky winner's tot and the winner's favorite children's charity! We'd like to congratulate our lucky reader, vibrantfun who received enough goodies to fill a toy box and the charity of her choice, the West Milford P.A.L., who also received a matching donation!
Matt Damon said his daughters — Gia, Isabella and Alexia — will know about the less fortunate as he plans to expose them to the realities of the world. Do you consciously do this with your children?
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Frontwoman for the band No Doubt and solo songstress, Gwen Stefani also steals the spotlight as a songwriter, designer and mother. The 38-year–old trendsetter and wife of rocker Gavin Rossdale with whom she has adorable Kingston, has got it goin' on.
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Have you ever had one of those days that you just wished would end? Pop a Charity and the JAMband CD ($15) in and save the day by rocking your socks off with the kids.
Inspired by the vocals of Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, and Rickie Lee Jones, Charity writes all her music with movement in mind.
Celebrity babies had a lot to smile about this weekend as they hung out at the Lakers game, charity events, and shopped around NYC with their parents. Click through to see what they all were up to!
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Oscar and Golden Globe-winning actress, producer, and vocalist are just a few things Nicole Kidman can rattle off from her long list of accomplishments. But the role the gorgeous red head relishes most is being a mother and wife in her new hometown of Nashville. As country crooner Keith Urban's partner, she is happy to sit back for a bit and let the spotlight shine brightly on him while she spends the majority of her time raising their young daughter, Sunday.