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Welcome to our blog! You'll find the latest and the greatest ways to serve. As you search, notice what sticks out to you and then get to work making it happen. Big bonus- You'll end up making an impact in someone's day, including your own!
3 People Who Touched My Life at the Soup Kitchen
Serving in the soup kitchen is always an uplifting experience. It reminds me of the many wonderful blessings I enjoy, and I get to meet...
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Jan 17, 20233 min read
13 Best Gift Ideas for Grandparents
This is a post about the 13 Best Gift Ideas for Grandparents.
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Jan 13, 20236 min read
Blueberry Muffins
I wanted to tell a little story that touched my life many years ago. It is a story that my friend shared with me, that reminds me why we...
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Jan 5, 20232 min read
31 Service Ideas for January
Here are some service ideas to do in the month of January. Some of the ideas correlate with a National Day. For example, January 5 is...
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Dec 26, 20222 min read
7 Ways to Serve Your Adult Children
As I struggle to sleep tonight, my thoughts have turned to the happenings of today. It was a great day, one of those days when all the...
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Dec 17, 20224 min read
Reach Out, and Give
I have had this song/poem with me since I was a teenager. I don’t know who wrote it or where it came from but it always reminds me of the...
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Dec 15, 20221 min read
9 Stories of People Who Use Their Talents to Serve
Our most recent article was on recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them. As I got started in the article,...
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Dec 14, 20223 min read
Using YOUR Talents to Serve Others
Today was our weekly meeting with the 4 of us sisters who started Forget the Mix. I look so forward to this meeting every week because...
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Dec 10, 20223 min read
The Traveling Tabernacle
I recently volunteered in my community for a couple hours at a church that brought in a replica of the traveling Tabernacle for a few...
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Dec 10, 20221 min read
Tags for Neighbor/Teacher/Friend Gifts
Check out these adorable tags you can easily print, cut out, and tie with a ribbon to your favorite neighbor gifts. Chocolate covered...
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Dec 6, 20222 min read
Let's Serve and "Light The World"
Every year at Christmas, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints puts out an initiative called #LightTheWorld. #LightTheWorld...
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Nov 30, 20221 min read
12 Days of Christmas (Gift Ideas with printable)
The 12 days of Christmas is such a fun tradition. You can pick on family, or person, and give them all 12 gifts, or get a group of...
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Nov 29, 20223 min read
Teacher Gift Ideas
Below are gift ideas students can give their teachers for Christmas. 1. Give a gift card. Ideas: A bookstore, movie theatre, restaurant,...
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Nov 29, 20221 min read
25 Ideas that Changed the Christmas Spirit in our Home
One year a neighbor did the 12 days of Christmas for our family. My children were so excited every night when the doorbell rang, they...
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Nov 25, 20224 min read
Christmas Stress
When I opened my planner this week to December it said, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” I have a hard time believing those...
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Nov 16, 20223 min read
The Facebook Post
A few years ago, an acquaintance of mine made a Facebook post that really affected me. She was talking about a friend who was really...
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Nov 8, 20223 min read
31 Ways to Serve in December
December is a month where our thoughts are turned towards a tiny baby of Bethlehem who gave so much to the world. We are reminded of His...
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Nov 2, 20222 min read
Unexpected Blessings
This week I found some unexpected blessings in serving. I had the incredible experience of watching my nieces and nephew while my sister...
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Oct 30, 20224 min read
Lift Where You Stand
I had an amazing experience this last weekend that taught me a lot about serving others. My husband and I had been out doing an errand...
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Oct 29, 20222 min read
Our Giving Tree
Our Giving Tree is a wonderful tradition, where you invite members of your family to complete small acts of service and then add a leaf...
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Oct 28, 20221 min read
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