When I started my website I thought that it would be hard for kids like me to really make a difference in the world. But, over the last week, I’ve been doing some research. I learned that there are many kids who are making really big differences and I am going to write about two girls who [...]
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This week, the winners of our Christmas Eve give away took some time to select the charities that they wanted their donations sent to! We are really excited about their choices!
Coco was our adult grand prize winner. She has decided to divide her prize between two different causes. Half of her money will be going to [...]
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Many people have shared ideas with us since yesterday about charities that I can focus on in the new year! I wanted to share some of them with everyone who is reading and ask that you leave a comment here or email us with other thoughts that you might have. On New Year’s Day, I [...]
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Laura has been eager to continue using her blog as a means of encouraging others to make a difference throughout the entire year. Over the last several weeks, there has been much discussion in our home about how she might be able to do this in a way that would inspire readers to take part, offer [...]
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Two days ago, I found out that Susan from Toddler Planet awarded my blog with this neat badge:
This is an award that bloggers give to other bloggers for building community online. I am really excited to be receiving this! Thank you, Susan! And everyone should go and congratulate her on her good news. Susan is battling [...]
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Merry Christmas everybody! As you all know, today is the day I have been waiting for! I am about to announce the winners of the contests– the GRAND PRIZES, the BETTER LATE THAN NEVER PRIZES, and the CLASSROOM CHALLANGE PRIZE. Some people have been wondering how my mom and I kept track of the people [...]
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Today, I served mass at St. Paul’s Church. I was really nervous about doing this, because I thought that there would be a lot of people there. But my Church really needs help with altar serving on Christmas, so I wanted to help out. This is a really good example of how helping out and being [...]
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My Grandpa Stockman believed in praying for others and especially for people who he knew others were not thinking of. The way that I am going to make a difference today is by remembering people like this and keeping them close in my heart. I would like everyone who is reading my blog to try [...]
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Today I made a difference by putting together some old clothes, new toys and boots to donate to the St. Vincet de Paul society. Click here to see the link. My church encourages people to donate to St. Vincent de Paul all year long. They even have a clothing bin box behind the school. Tomorrow, my dad will help me out [...]
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These Are All of My Grandma and Grandpa Stockman’s Grandchildren!
Last night, we had our big family Christmas party. My dad is one of seven children, and so I have lots of cousins. My cousins make a difference to me because even though there are a lot of us from very little kids like Ryan and [...]
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Miss Steinhauser is my favorite instructor at Master Khechen School of Tae Kwon-Do because she is very kind to me and is a very good role model for myself and others. Miss Steinhauser is the only woman instructor that I have at Tae Kwon-Do. When I first started Tae Kwon- Do, Miss Steinhauser had just tested [...]
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Today I made a difference by giving Mrs. Nabozny (my teacher) a present where ten percent of the money used to purchase the gift goes to buying textbooks and supplies for schools that can’t afford them. It said Teacher’s Rule 2007 on it. I really liked it. There were different ones like some that support the troops [...]
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Today I made a difference by joining BookCrossing.com. It is a website where you can register books you have read that you are willing to share. When you register your book there, you are given an ID number for the book, which you write inside of it. Then, you can leave your books anywhere in your community. People [...]
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If your classroom would like to be considered for the classroom challenge giveaway on Christmas night, please be sure to email us a full explanation of how your students have used technology to make a difference. If possible, include links to websites/wikis/blogs and please let us know the name of your school, your state, and [...]
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Several of our readers have been doing my MEME about making a difference! Coco, Dr. Cason, Kelly, and Orange Soda 2000 all have responses to my MEME up on their blogs! I am really excited about this. I hope you will go and visit their pages.
When I started this blog, you know that I only thought [...]
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