One of the greatest joys we experience is being able to travel and learn about different cultures, people and customs. We get to learn the culture and therefore better understand the children we help at each country. Besides, who doesn't love to travel!? Have you traveled for social good? For those that have been waiting to merge their passions of traveling and volunteering, Travelocity has an ongoing contest that can help sponsor your social good travels. {Pic: Dressed in tr

Giving and being kind is a learned behavior, something you CHOOSE to learn, like tying your shoes! This means that the MORE you do it, the easier it gets and greater are the chances of others picking up this behavior and doing good too. Gosh, we humans are cool! No other creature in this earth has the ability and power to CHOOSE to do good. To help you get started, here are 20 small acts that can make someone's day: Put the shopping cart back in place. Yeah, you know you’ve

The HuffPost recently posted an article and absolutely loved it! Jon Bon Jovi opened a new restaurant. Yeah, yeah, yeah, just another celebrity owned restaurant you might think but this one is different and worth mentioning. It’s called The Soul Kitchen, a “pay-what-you-can” restaurant he and his wife Dorothea established in a former auto body shop near the Red Bank train station in central New Jersey. The restaurant provides gourmet-quality meals to the hungry while enabling

Our friends at Save the Children released a new breastfeeding report, Superfood for Babies, stating that 830,000 babies’ lives can be saved if they are breastfed within the first hour of birth. Wow, I always knew breastfeeding was essential for babies and, although it is rarely the case here in the United States, it will save countless lives in the developing world where breastfeeding means the difference between life and death. Social Good Moms in support of Save the Childre

Pony Up girls! and get ready to donate your lovely locks! September 7th is National Donate Your Hair Day and Pantene Beautiful Lengths is a program that creates an easy way to #DoGood – I love it! It’s built upon a simple act of generosity: yours. Although simple, it’s an incredibly significant act that provides real-hair wigs for women who are suffering from hair loss due to cancer treatment. I don’t have the length to donate my hair but I’ve joined the cause and you can too

If you ask people if they’d like to give to charity or be involved with a good cause, the response is YES. But, according to 2010 study referenced on Philanthropy.com, many do not feel any personal responsibility to be involved with efforts to make the world a better place. That’s unfortunate. The good news is that the recent 2012 Millennial Impact Report shows that 75 percent of young adults ages 20 – 35, although not big amounts, gave money to a nonprofit in 2011. The repor

The Orphaned Earring was a finalist to the 2013 Bloganthropy Award and last week I traveled to Arkansas to attend the Champions of Kids Conference where the award ceremony was being held and where we would find out if we won, and we did! It was an experience beyond words. To see so many brands come together for the good of children and their communities was so inspirational! The do-good sessions were very educational, the speakers were profound but most of all the friendships