Comments on: Spreading the Love http://www.mabelhood.com/index.php/2009/11/spreading-the-love/ The Mabelhood is the sum of all blogs, combining posts from Mabel Labels' bloggers Julie Cole, Caitlin Madden and a cast of guest bloggers. The Mabelhood documents the daily dramas of a group of people raising families and a label making business, plus everything else in-between. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:58:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Julie Cole http://www.mabelhood.com/index.php/2009/11/spreading-the-love/comment-page-1/#comment-3165 Julie Cole Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:18:25 +0000 http://www.mabelhood.com/?p=1326#comment-3165 awesome suggestions! thanks so much for your feedback! awesome suggestions! thanks so much for your feedback!

]]> By: melissa madden http://www.mabelhood.com/index.php/2009/11/spreading-the-love/comment-page-1/#comment-3152 melissa madden Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:59:40 +0000 http://www.mabelhood.com/?p=1326#comment-3152 It's been such a great year for Mabel and community relations. I agree with Samantha, it's easy to get busy with our lives and lose focus on the important things. What I like about the community relations committee at our office is, it's about working with other people throughout the year, and not just when it's seasonally "the thing to do". All in all, a valiant effort from the team. It’s been such a great year for Mabel and community relations. I agree with Samantha, it’s easy to get busy with our lives and lose focus on the important things. What I like about the community relations committee at our office is, it’s about working with other people throughout the year, and not just when it’s seasonally “the thing to do”. All in all, a valiant effort from the team.

]]> By: Samantha http://www.mabelhood.com/index.php/2009/11/spreading-the-love/comment-page-1/#comment-3151 Samantha Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:06:28 +0000 http://www.mabelhood.com/?p=1326#comment-3151 Wow, I didn't know Mabel did all those great things for the community. Our lives can get so busy sometimes that it is hard to think of others on top of our own problems. I think of others when I recycle everything I can and always participate in food drives. (They usually come around when it is time to clean out my cupboards, anyway!) Wow, I didn’t know Mabel did all those great things for the community.

Our lives can get so busy sometimes that it is hard to think of others on top of our own problems. I think of others when I recycle everything I can and always participate in food drives. (They usually come around when it is time to clean out my cupboards, anyway!)

]]> By: Teaching children to save money is important too! http://www.mabelhood.com/index.php/2009/11/spreading-the-love/comment-page-1/#comment-3150 Teaching children to save money is important too! Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:35:43 +0000 http://www.mabelhood.com/?p=1326#comment-3150 Not only do we preach charity and volunteering with our two children, we teach them how to be financing responsible - it helps them with the bigger picture, and why perhaps it helps to give! We use a program called KidsWealth, works great, and I don't have to worry about taking my kids into the grocey store anymore :) Not only do we preach charity and volunteering with our two children, we teach them how to be financing responsible – it helps them with the bigger picture, and why perhaps it helps to give! We use a program called KidsWealth, works great, and I don’t have to worry about taking my kids into the grocey store anymore :)

]]> By: Julie Cole http://www.mabelhood.com/index.php/2009/11/spreading-the-love/comment-page-1/#comment-3149 Julie Cole Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:42:28 +0000 http://www.mabelhood.com/?p=1326#comment-3149 How's this for a teaching tool - thx Lisa Borden for forwarding: http://www.projectgiveback.com/index.php How’s this for a teaching tool – thx Lisa Borden for forwarding:
http://www.projectgiveback.com/index.php

]]> By: Molly Gold http://www.mabelhood.com/index.php/2009/11/spreading-the-love/comment-page-1/#comment-3148 Molly Gold Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:20:44 +0000 http://www.mabelhood.com/?p=1326#comment-3148 Teaching our kids to be community minded is so important and its awesome you have such great examples from work to use and include them in! At this time of year, its easy to lose the reason for the season. One very tangilbe way we include our children is to go on a special shopping trip for food supplies for the needy. It can be hard to find opportunities for family member of all ages to volunteer. But most local grocery stores have food drives and you can get a list of needed items and shop only for those items, allowing the kids to purchase with their own charitable savings and know that is was their contribution that made that happen. Thank you for sharing this post! Teaching our kids to be community minded is so important and its awesome you have such great examples from work to use and include them in! At this time of year, its easy to lose the reason for the season. One very tangilbe way we include our children is to go on a special shopping trip for food supplies for the needy. It can be hard to find opportunities for family member of all ages to volunteer. But most local grocery stores have food drives and you can get a list of needed items and shop only for those items, allowing the kids to purchase with their own charitable savings and know that is was their contribution that made that happen. Thank you for sharing this post!

]]> By: Tammy Z http://www.mabelhood.com/index.php/2009/11/spreading-the-love/comment-page-1/#comment-3145 Tammy Z Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:35:07 +0000 http://www.mabelhood.com/?p=1326#comment-3145 Every time my kids get a birthday present or a present for the holidays...they have to find a gently used toy or book in the house that we give to a family in need or a shelter. This way..they still get to have the joy of receiveing gifts, opening presensts and the excitement that goes along with it and the equivalent joy of giving to someone who is not as lucky as they have been. SHSH...we also give some of the new toys away...because really....how much do they need! Every time my kids get a birthday present or a present for the holidays…they have to find a gently used toy or book in the house that we give to a family in need or a shelter. This way..they still get to have the joy of receiveing gifts, opening presensts and the excitement that goes along with it and the equivalent joy of giving to someone who is not as lucky as they have been. SHSH…we also give some of the new toys away…because really….how much do they need!

]]> By: Julie Cole http://www.mabelhood.com/index.php/2009/11/spreading-the-love/comment-page-1/#comment-3144 Julie Cole Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:04:32 +0000 http://www.mabelhood.com/?p=1326#comment-3144 good ideas Carrie! I'm with you on not over-loading people with stuff...donations can be much more meaningful. More and more, kids birthday parties are going that way too (see echoage.com) good ideas Carrie! I’m with you on not over-loading people with stuff…donations can be much more meaningful. More and more, kids birthday parties are going that way too (see echoage.com)

]]> By: Carrie http://www.mabelhood.com/index.php/2009/11/spreading-the-love/comment-page-1/#comment-3143 Carrie Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:28:46 +0000 http://www.mabelhood.com/?p=1326#comment-3143 we're big into bake sales and the volunteer gift wrapping where donations go to a good cause. also, i love the world vision gifts where you can give someone 'a cow and a chicken' etc for their christmas gift i'm so over buying candles and pot pourri for people just because i'm 'supposed' to be buying them a gift. i love those kinds of donations for the 'person who has everything' we’re big into bake sales and the volunteer gift wrapping where donations go to a good cause. also, i love the world vision gifts where you can give someone ‘a cow and a chicken’ etc for their christmas gift

i’m so over buying candles and pot pourri for people just because i’m ‘supposed’ to be buying them a gift. i love those kinds of donations for the ‘person who has everything’

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