The holidays are not a time for commercialization. The holidays are a time to gather family, friends and even strangers to celebrate. It does not matter if it’s a Merry Christmas, Seasons Greetings, Happy Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa; let’s examine ways to return the true meaning of the season. Time. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Jack Frost … Read more

Turkey day, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, WHEW! What a busy weekend, and it spilled over into the first week of December! The most important day of all the shopping bonanza days in my eyes was, #GivingTuesday. We joined a group of thousands of organizations going back to the basics this holiday season … Read more

Let’s have some fun with our Good Deed Beads holiday donation drive. I’ll start with five ways to use your beads. 1)    You got the office fashionista in your office’s Secret Santa pool. Go ahead, grab the Good Deed Beads offer she’ll love them! 2)    Wait. You are the fashionista? Go ahead donate several times. … Read more

An education inspires. I am launching Good DEEDS = BEADS today. It’s a donation-based campaign that supports our girls’ education. Here’s how it works. It takes $240 to sponsor one girl for one year. I want to show my appreciation for your donation. What better way to shower you with appreciation, than to share a … Read more

As we enter the giving season, I give thanks everyday for my Uganda journey. Meeting these girls, hearing their stories, and seeing their ambition changed me forever. I am a huge proponent of giving a hand-up, not a handout. I plan to support their efforts and will to overcome every hurdle way past my lifetime. … Read more

“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” ― Mahatma Gandhi My passion is providing girls a hand-up to an education. With this hand, girls become self-reliant. In Uganda, education is a luxury. Many girls fail to receive this luxury, due to no fault of their own. Well, Hope for Hearts is among hundreds … Read more

I had it in my notes that I wanted to talk about sustainability and what it means to the girls being served by Hope for Hearts. Well today is World Food Day, no time like the present to dish out details. The premise behind World Food Day is through education and action, we can improve … Read more

Shatter stereotypes  | End injustices  | Demand equality  | Change the world! Everyday we advocate for girls’ rights. Today, we call your attention to International Day of the Girl, a movement to raise awareness about the importance of educating girls. The theme for 2013: Innovating for Girls’ Education. Change starts locally and spreads its roots … Read more

I was so wrapped up in my trip memories that I almost let another milestone slip away. We have 101 likes! Now that is cause to celebrate. My thought, lets give away some beads! So I closed my eyes and randomly moved the curser up and down and it stopped on…wait for it… Sal Bau! … Read more

        Right now global leaders throughout the world are wrapping up the Social Good Summit.  What is this? Social Good Summit was launched three years ago during UN Week as an answer to the meetings that took place behind closed doors. The goal: use technology to allow people access to express their … Read more