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Wee Are the World: Trick-or-Treat For UNICEF

LilSugar — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:10:45 PDT

Dress your lil monsters up and take them out to make a difference this Halloween by trick-or-treating for UNICEF. It's a great alternative to soliciting sweets for 13 percent of lilsugar readers that don't let their kids eat treats. And, for mamas who aren't concerned about candy consumption, let your children go door to door double fisted on the night of fright by adding one of these festive orange boxes to their costumes.

If you are interested in finding out more about helping fellow mothers and their children through this program, click here. Or if you're a mama who wants to make a contribution to those in need now, take part in UNICEF's mobile giving program (“Text-or-Treat for UNICEF”) by texting the word “TOT” to 864233 (“UNICEF”) to donate $5 on your mobile phone.

Lil Links: Did You Give Your Kid the Right Name?

LilSugar — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:20:45 PDT

Did you give your kid the right name? - The Stir
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Stomach flu treatment and survival guide - Parenting
Can you decide when to go into labor? A new study says it's possible! - The Bump
Is giving birth an art form? - Momformation
Why exercise is beneficial while expecting - Babble
The 3-year-old male supermodel: fashion's newest darling makes us sad - Yahoo! Shine
Early potty training: a sign of the economic times? - TLC
Barbie gets tatted up - Playground Dad
Trick-or-treating for UNICEF is sweet - Cool Mom Picks

Have Fun and Do Good With Alternative Takes on Classic Halloween Activities

LilSugar — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:31:55 PDT

Having fun and doing good aren't mutually exclusive, and this Halloween is a great time to put that theory into practice. There's still time to participate in the following programs, which help parents, kids, and communities make Halloween about more than just a sugar explosion.

Don't have a Halloween costume yet? Not to fear. National Costume Swap Day is this Saturday, Oct. 8. Everyone wins: kids get a good-as-new costume and parents save money. It's recycling at its finest! Swaps are taking place all over the country; find one near you.
This Halloween, thousands of children will be reverse trick-or-treating. Instead of receiving candy at each house they visit, activists in training will give out fair-trade chocolate attached to an informational card to raise awareness of the child labor, forced labor, trafficking, poverty, and environmental degradation that is widespread on cocoa farms.
Trick-or-Treat For UNICEF has been going strong since 1950, raising money for kids in need all over the world.
Halloween Candy Buy Back is a triple-pronged improvement on the typical Halloween candy binge (also known as the dentist's worst nightmare). Participating dentists buy kids' Halloween candy - with cash, toothbrushes, coupons - and then send the sugar-laden confections to Operation Gratitude or other military support groups who get the candy to US troops.

Photo courtesy of National Costume Swap Day