My Passports with Purpose Prize Picks

“Can we get a divorce?”, Murph’s question was almost plaintive. “I mean I still love you, but if we were divorced, I could enter for one of these Passports with Purpose prizes, right?” I’m honestly not sure whether my husband is joking or not. I mean, these are really great prizes! Today is my wistful, Read the Rest…

Passports with Purpose: Cambodia School Opening Ceremony

This is a photo from the Opening Ceremony of the Passports School, in Preah Vihear Cambodia. Funds to build this school were raised through Passports with Purpose in 2009. Standing in front of 100+ kids, most of whom came from homes with no running water, many of whom are lucky to have survived early childhood, Read the Rest…

Announcing Passports with Purpose 2011

It may be because I was only a virtual participant in the 2010 Passports with Purpose effort. It may be because visiting the school in Cambodia that we built through the 2009 Passports effort was one of my favorite and most emotional motions of 2010. Either way, I’m excited. In fact, I’m thrilled that PwP Read the Rest…

For $10 You Could Win A Luxury Hotel Stay

This week I’m focusing on my favorite prizes in Passports with Purpose 2010. To enter, go to the Donate page, and for each $10 you donate, you get an entry into a free prize drawing for a prize of your choice. All the money raised (less Paypal’s fees) goes directly to LAFTI. Your donations will Read the Rest…

For $10 You Could Win A Gift Certificate Worth Hundreds Of Dollars

For $10 You Could Win A Favorite Tech Toy

Eat Chocolate And Support Passports With Purpose 2010

Yours truly, outside the Fenoglio chocolate shop in Bariloche, Argentina. Passports with Purpose 2010 started earlier this week and my friend Lauren, who owns Chocolopolis, a specialty chocolate shop in Seattle, has kindly donated a chocolate-tasting event as a prize. There’s more to chocolate than a plain bar of Hershey’s or Cadbury’s would lead you Read the Rest…

Chocolopolis Supports Passports with Purpose 2010

It’s time for Passports with Purpose 2010 and today I have the pleasure of participating in the kick-off of this year’s fund-raising activities and introducing you to my friend Lauren, owner of Chocolopolis.com and two speciality Chocolate shops in the Seattle area. First, let’s do a little review of Passports with Purpose. This will be Read the Rest…

Scholastic Mythlopedia Giveaway

If you’ve got a kid with a fertile imagination (who doesn’t?), who’s ready to move up from Where The Wild Things Are, this is a great time to introduce him or her to Greek gods, myths and legends. Scholastic’s Mythlopedia books are a great way to do so. I consulted with my resident nine-year-old fan Read the Rest…