World Polio Day: 1% Makes a World of Difference
When I was asked by Shot@Life to raise awareness about the importance of global vaccinations, I enthusiastically agreed to be a voice for those without the opportunity. For so many of...
View ArticlePlay Has a New Name: KaBOOM!
What do you get when you add 225 community volunteers, one giant pile of mulch, an eight hour day, a swing-set, and the goal of changing a child’s life? A KaBOOM! build of course!...
View ArticleWelcome to MOMentumNation and its New Advisory Board
When MOMentum began I never envisioned it being more than just a company blog. I never dreamed that the blog would some day lead to my full time job. I never thought it would lead to...
View ArticleBullets Can’t Stop Malala
Photo Credit: The Guardian Imagine, just wanting an education and being shot by the Taliban in an attempt to silence you. That was the world’s horror when on October 9, 2012,...
View ArticleSchools Adopting Schools in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy
When Superstorm Sandy hit the east coast, we knew it was bad. Friends and loved ones utilized social media to communicate out stories and photos on a minute by minute basis. We knew exactly when the...
View ArticleTis The Season For #GivingTuesday
As my extended family was gathered together to eat far too much food and watch far too much football, I noticed that several had huddled up far from the family festivities and were perusing newspaper...
View ArticleCome to The UN Shot@Life “Change The World” Twitter Party!
The UN Shot@Life Champions invite you to our “Change The World” twitter party. There’s nothing more fulfilling then learning that your voice can help change a child’s life. The Champions, in a matter...
View ArticleMaking a Mothers Day The Kangu Way.
This Mother’s Day, you can support a mother and give meaning to Mother’s Day through Kangu, a crowdsource funding organization helping mothers around the world. Each year billions of dollars are spent...
View ArticleWhat’s It Like to Be An Uber SuperWoman Advocate? Meet Cindy Levin!
Two years ago I was asked to consider becoming a United Nations Foundation Shot@Life Champion and join 40 women (including a few men) on a trip to Washington to kick off our efforts...
View ArticlePlay Games for Social Good and Change.
The top apps in the app store? They’re games. And that’s true for both IOS and for Android. Check the average mother’s smartphone and you’ll find not only Sudoku, Solitaire but the usual plethora of...
View Article200 Steps X $20 = Helps 200 Children
One of the things you anxiously wait for are your child’s first steps. It’s a milestone celebrated with friends and family and documented through video and photographs. Usually it coincides around your...
View ArticleWeDay Inspires!
I could feel the amazing energy the minute I stepped into the Air Canada Centre on September 20th for WeDay , it was incredibly moving; it was the start of a day full of...
View ArticleToday is World Polio Day. Join Us Tonight for a #EndPolioNow Twitter Party.
Although polio only exists in three countries in the world, those three countries will bring the biggest challenges. Health care workers attempting to administer the polio vaccines have been targeted...
View ArticleKick Off Your Holiday Spirit with #GivingTuesday
The holiday season is upon us. The stores are filled with decorations and sales have already begun with retailers anxiously hoping to have a banner year in sales. In fact, people have...
View ArticleGiggle, MommyNearest and SparkBox Toys Joins Hundreds in Supporting #Giving...
The holidays are here and an estimated $1 billion was spent on Thanksgiving Day alone. That number does not include Black Friday sales or today’s Cyber Monday sales. We have an...
View ArticleUberSleigh Drive Does Uber Good
We’ve used Uber Car service a couple of times including getting us all to the company holiday party this year–taxis are impossible to find during the holidays. You simply sign up and...
View ArticleThe Phone is Power. This Mom Uses Hers for Social Good.
There are an astounding 6 billion phones versus 7 billion people in the world. But are you using yours for anything but communicating? Phones that are being used to connect. To share. Phones that used...
View ArticleGive 20 Seconds of Your Time to Give A Life-Saving Vaccine.
Every 20 seconds a child dies from a vaccine-preventable disease. But in 20 seconds, YOU can do something about this. Just a mere 20 seconds out of your life could save a child’s...
View ArticlePoetry as a Tool for Social Change Against Malaria.
In August, I was invited to be a Social Good Fellow in support of Shot@Life’s Blogust campaign. Blogust is a month of social posts and sharing by notable influencers. It was an incredible honor. Every...
View ArticleWe365 – Making positive social change every day
Have you heard of the TELUS We365 app? It’s a free app that was created by TELUS together with Free the Children, and was launched last year to allow young people to use their...
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