Doing Good in YOUR Hood

Today finds me and my monsters at the Science Museum of Minnesota. From 10:00 - 1:00 today, I, along with 7 other Minnesota bloggers, will be educating families on bringing green to a local level!  We are calling it "Doing Good in Your Neighborhood"!

Just last night, I cut 7 20x30 sheets of flower seed paper into 200 4x5 pieces for kids to make drawing or rubbings on and then take home to plant.  How cool is that?!?! Paper you can plant! 

There are so many amazing things you and your families can do right at home to take care of the world you live in everyday!  The point of our project today is to show people that they CAN make a difference. Every. Single. Day.

On Friday, I asked you to write post about how you do good for others or for your community. What kind of random acts of kindness do you do? Have you ever paid it forward? How? What will you do today that will make someone smile?  These things make a difference and we want to know about it!  Link up today and share with us, how are you doing good?  How do you make a difference in your neighborhood?

Doin' Good in tha Hood

A few weeks back, I was fortunate enough to have been contacted by The Motherhood.  They were organizing an event for the brand new 77kids by American Eagle.  To launch the opening of 11 stores around the country, 77kids is hosting an event called Do Good Day! 

On July 14, 77 women in 11 cities will be "Doing Good" in their communities in pay-it-forward kinds of ways.  I, my friends, am part of Team Minnesota.  With 7 other amazing Minnesota moms, I will be at the Science Museum of Minnesota from 10:00 - 1:00 hosting "Doing Good in Your Neighborhood"!  Our intention is to raise awareness on how families can do good right at home!  We will be:

• Handing out wildflower seed packets to participants to encourage families to grow flowers and give them to their neighbors

• Coloring drawings/rubs on recycled flower seed paper that can be torn up and planted in a garden

• Having families write how they can do good in their own neighborhood for the environment and pin it to a map of Minnesota

• Educating families on ways to Do Good in their Neighborhood; picking up litter, saving water, etc

In addition to bringing "Doing Good" to a local level, I'm crazy excited to get to meet other Minnesota bloggers!  Take a minute to check these ladies out!

Anne at All of the Above

Rachael at Empowering Mommy

Erika at The Girl Next Door Grows Up

Beth at Anti-Supermom

MaryBeth at Baby Good Buys

Mimi at Woven by Words

and

Sarah at Minnesota Mama's Must Haves

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So....

With all of this talk of Doing Good, I want to know, how do YOU do good in YOUR neighborhood?

On Wednesday, July 14 I'd like to hear about it!

Write post about how you do good for others or for your community.

◦What kind of random acts of kindness do you do?

◦Have you ever paid it forward? How?

◦What will you do today that will make someone smile?

Then, come back here AND go to The Girl Next Door Grows Up and link up to tell the world!

OR

 If you can’t write a post, come back here on Wednesday and leave me a comment about something –one thing that you did that made someone smile.