Movember is a global phenomenon, whose fundraising has erupted from $45,000 in 2004 to almost $23 in 2013. Join Dad 2.0 Summit, Life of Dad, The National At-Home Dads Network, and City Dads Groups to help support LiveStrong, the Prostate Cancer Foundation, and other programs dedicated improving men’s health across the globe.
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Get Ready, Get Safe: Save the Children Urges Disaster Preparedness
Two years ago today, Hurricane (“Superstorm”) Sandy made landfall near Brigantine, N.J. and Save the Children is urging parents and others take a pledge to protect children from disaster and encourage others to do the same. It also is encouraging everyone to create a disaster plan checklist and make sure that your kids’ schools and/or child-care centers keep their disaster plan updated and shared on a regular basis with parents and other at-home caretakers.
Lung Cancer: ‘If You Breathe, You are Vulnerable’
November is lung cancer awareness month. Lung cancer is the biggest killer in the world, and second in the U.S. only to heart disease. Unfortunately, maybe because of the stigma of lung cancer as a smokers’ disease (and by implication, a disease they deserve), or maybe because other groups working for awareness for other types of cancer,have been so admirably successful, lung cancer research and organizations receive comparatively very little funding. Let’s change that.
Teen Turns the Other Cheek on Bully, Inspires Positive Post-it Day
Canadian teen Caitlin Haacke did something that many of us would find difficult to do—rather than let the hateful words of a bully get her down she turned them into the inspiration to pay kindness forward. Positive Post-it Day sticks happiness wherever we need it.
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Month: How to Support Those Who Hurt
October is designated as Pregnancy and Infant Loss month. It’s a time for everyone who has been touched by the awful experience of still birth, miscarriage, or infant death to reflect and honor the memory of loved ones gone far too soon. Here are some resources that offer support and help:
CHOC ‘Walk in the Park’ at the Disneyland Resort
Walk the magical, winding streets of the Disneyland Resort on October 12, 2014 to celebrate the lives of children saved by CHOC Children’s, and to honor the memory of those children who bravely lost their battle against serious disease or illness.
Club Penguin Gets Kids Involved in Bullying Prevention Month
Club Penguin provides players the opportunity to stand up and be heard in their support of Bullying Prevention Month. Go get that megaphone and spread the word, kids!
Child Health Day: Keeping Kids Healthy
“All children deserve equal opportunities to realize their potential and reach their dreams. Securing this promise for our daughters and sons begins with ensuring their health and well-being. As we pause on Child Health Day to reflect on this profound obligation, let us recommit to fostering a society where there are no limits to what our Nation’s young people can achieve.” – President Obama
Live every day like it’s Child Health Day!
World Vegetarian Day and Vegetarian Awareness Month: A Family Story
Whit Honea and his family chose the vegetarian lifestyle for a number of reasons, and in honor of World Vegetarian Day and Vegetarian Awareness Month we are sharing some of them here. Don’t worry, he doesn’t judge (but his kids do).
The Purple Purse Challenge: End Financial Domestic Abuse
Financial abuse can take the form of harassment at work that threatens to cost someone a job, or by running up a mountain of debt and damaging someone’s credit. Or, simply, if someone feels financially dependent on a domestic partner, it might seem as if the choices are limited. Purple Purse seeks to change that mindset, but also to provide needed funds.
