Thank You For Supporting Passports With Purpose

Look at the smile on that face. This is the image I’ll be keeping in mind as I process the fact that Passports with Purpose 2009 has been a tremendous success and that because of this effort, some child may one day smile just like this. At a desk, in a school, learning to read Read the Rest…

Final Push For Passports With Purpose

Photo Friday is usually a fun, easy blog post for me. Sometimes I write about the photos I post, sometimes I just indulgently post cute photos of my boys when they were younger.

Win a Night at the Fairmont Olympic and Support Passports With Purpose Reach Our Revised Fundraising Goal

Today was an exciting day. The first email I read this morning was from my friend Debbie telling me that we’d exceeded the Passports with Purpose fundraising goal. We had raised enough money to actually build a school in rural Cambodia. I remember when Debbie, Pam, Beth and I got together in early November last Read the Rest…

thanks for supporting Passport With Purpose

Thank you, thank you, thank you! To all the people who supported this first annual Passports With Purpose. From the people who donated the prizes to the people who wrote about PwP on their blogs to the people who bought the tickets, please accept our sincere thanks. We raised $7,420, far and away exceeding the Read the Rest…

Support Passports With Purpose

Yes, today is Photo Friday. And yes, I should have a travel-related photo to share. But I can’t. I don’t know about you, but my to-do list gets longer every day. I’m not complaining, indeed the opposite is true, I am a sucker for Christmas. I love the lights, the presents, the trees and the Read the Rest…

Passports With Purpose raffle prize: a bundle of Eyewitness Travel Guides

The Holidays are here and we have gifts to share! Check out the Passports With Purpose prizes page for awesome raffle prizes – everything from a 3-night stay at the Wyland Waikiki (yes, seriously!) to a Flip Video Camera to top-notch travel gear for children and lots of travel books. It’s been a busy few Read the Rest…

Passports With A Purpose – Update

Support Passports with Purpose: A Fundraiser for Heifer International Yipee! We have a Passports With a Purpose badge, designed by the kind folks at Intergalactic Design Studio as a favor to Pam from Nerd’s Eye View. If you’ve read my previous post on Passports With A Purpose, you’ll know that it’s a fundraiser for travel Read the Rest…

support passports with a purpose

I grew up in Ireland in the 70s and 80s at a time when poverty was rampant and unemployment endemic. And yet, even in this environment, we were taught by parents and teachers that we had a responsibility to help others even less fortunate than ourselves. We held fundraisers for domestic and international causes. We Read the Rest…

an un-gift holiday gift recommendation for kids

Some of you who read this may think I am the meanest mom in the world. That’s OK. My kids have already accused me of the same. Those same kids who have 12 aunts and uncles and two sets of grandparents who shower them with gifts each Christmas and on birthdays and at various times Read the Rest…

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