A few weeks ago, our West Michigan Bloggers group decided to use half of our monthly meeting time to do some service work for kids in our community. Instead of talking about SEO or WordPress plug-ins, we made a few thousand sandwiches. Like my son did for his birthday, we volunteered at Kids Food Basket, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Kids Food Basket'
How Many People Have YOU Fed Today?
June 4th, 2010 · 63 Comments · Kids in the Kitchen, KS lifestyle, Special Situations
Meet my son, Paul. He’s five years old. And we’re really proud of him. I’m a little tired of referring to him as “Buddy Boy” or just the impersonal “my son,” and besides that, there’s no getting around seeing his name in this post anyway. The kid deserves some recognition, if I’m allowed to be [...]
Tags: feeding the hungry·food banks·kids·Kids Food Basket·volunteering·white bread
Why My Five-Year-Old had No Toys at his Birthday Party
May 28th, 2010 · 48 Comments · Kids in the Kitchen
What five-year-old doesn’t love toys? My son is no exception, but he made us burst with pride when he accepted service over self-indulgence for his own birthday. We actually told other kids not to bring presents. For my son’s fifth birthday, we wanted to give him a “kids” party but didn’t want to deal with [...]
Tags: birthdays·kids·Kids Food Basket·service
