Holiday Volunteering

Spreading Christmas Cheer to Foster Children Is Now Our Family Tradition

Today’s guest post is written by Angela Foremaster, a freshman at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Earlier this year, Angela was named Nevada's top high school volunteer of 2012 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards for collecting small gifts to fill Christmas stockings for foster children and homeless teens in the greater Las Vegas area.

During the Christmas season, it seems like everyone is looking for ways to help others. I wanted to do something special that would make a difference. I established a project that donates Christmas stockings to children in foster care. My starting goal was to donate 100 stockings to one organization; I ended up with 250 stockings that we donated to two organizations.

Being Human to Our Fellow Humans

Todays' post is written by Paul Taylor. Paul and his wife, Julie, both spend quite a bit of time coming up with ideas, blogging and researching all things related to childcare. They take care of all the necessary information related to babysittingjobs.com/. He personally thinks his blog will help with finding information on all things related to a babysitter.

Students, Parents, and Organizations Coming Together for Hurricane Sandy Relief

Today’s post is written by Ivan Cestero, 9^th grade history teacher, and Director of Avenues Community Engagement.

In accordance with the Avenues community focus on “welcome, safety, and respect,” the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy gave all of us the opportunity to reflect on the important impact we can have on one another’s lives.

How to Engage Youth in Service During the Holidays

Today's post is written by Becca Webster, program associate for content design at generationOn.

It’s a busy time of year—at home, in schools and in organizations across the country. Thankfully, it only takes a moment to engage youth in service and a moment more to double their impact.

For every young person caring, sharing and giving back to their community this holiday season, Hasbro will donate a toy to Toys for Tots—up to 100,000 toys. To be a Joy Maker, all you have to do is share how many young people are serving, what they’re doing and in what state. It’s that easy.