Join Us in Support of International Day of the Girl October 11th
Last year MOMentumNation hosted a 12-hour twitter-athon with handoffs to NGO’s, communities and various hosts. It’s hard to believe that almost a year has passed. Malala Yousafzai...
View Article200 Steps X $20 = Helps 200 Children
One of the things you anxiously wait for are your child’s first steps. It’s a milestone celebrated with friends and family and documented through video and photographs. Usually it coincides around your...
View ArticleGet a Flu Shot, Give a Life-saving Shot to a Child
You can do yourself a world of good and help a child at the same time. I’m so excited because not only am I a UN Shot@Life Champion, Collective Bias is working with Walgreens to spread the word....
View ArticleWeDay Inspires!
I could feel the amazing energy the minute I stepped into the Air Canada Centre on September 20th for WeDay , it was incredibly moving; it was the start of a day full of...
View Article#WeAreGirlRising Twitter Party October 10th at 9pm ET
We’re hosting a #WeAreGirlsRising Twitter party. Friday is International Day of The Girl. As mothers with daughters, we know how important an education is to their success. Unfortunately millions of...
View ArticleToday is World Polio Day. Join Us Tonight for a #EndPolioNow Twitter Party.
Although polio only exists in three countries in the world, those three countries will bring the biggest challenges. Health care workers attempting to administer the polio vaccines have been targeted...
View ArticleThe Patriotic Kindness of a Stranger
My son is so proud to be an officer in training (ROTC) and to wear his army uniform. He’s been part of the honor guard and had opportunities on several occasions to proudly represent his country. But...
View ArticleImagine Spending Your Life Trying to Hide Your Polio
I love Twitter because you meet people you would never otherwise meet in a million years and from all over the world. Last week on behalf of World Polio Day, I was tweeting up a...
View ArticleKick Off Your Holiday Spirit with #GivingTuesday
The holiday season is upon us. The stores are filled with decorations and sales have already begun with retailers anxiously hoping to have a banner year in sales. In fact, people have...
View ArticleGiggle, MommyNearest and SparkBox Toys Joins Hundreds in Supporting #Giving...
The holidays are here and an estimated $1 billion was spent on Thanksgiving Day alone. That number does not include Black Friday sales or today’s Cyber Monday sales. We have an...
View ArticleWeDay and the We365 app with @Telus
No matter how many times I go to the WeDay event, the message is always just as powerful as the first time. WeDay is an inspiring day that I was honored to take part in again in Waterloo; I was...
View ArticleMamiverse #ThanksandGiving Twitter Party on Behalf of St. Jude’s
There’s no better organization to support than St. Jude’s so when the invite came through Facebook, I immediately RSVP’d and I’m urging you to join! The Latina community, Mamiverse...
View ArticleIt’s Manuary. Time to Find a Cure for Head and Neck Cancer
The beginning of the year is in full swing; as is the start of Manuary, the campaign to raise funds and awareness for neck Head and Neck cancers. While affecting both sexes, men are four times more...
View ArticleChildren’s Rights from a Classroom in Dubai
There is nothing that will tug on your heart more than children learning about children around the world. I have had the unique opportunity two years in a row of working with children in Dubai. These...
View ArticleLet’s Stop The Invisible Threat in It’s Tracks
I am a UN Shot@Life Champion and had the honor of going to The Hill when I was in Washington a year ago. And in actuality, the UN set up over 80 meetings with Senators and House of...
View ArticleJoin Moms on a Mission to Change the World for Good with the Global Moms Relay
We can change the world. Moms can use their voices and through simple asks like “comment” on a blog or sharing a story can help make that change. From now till Mother’s Day, the...
View ArticleWhat Do Women Want? An End to Fear.
That’s not an easy question to answer. But something I know we’d all like to see is an end to the fear and violence experienced daily by so many women around the world. Unfortunately, there’s a ton of...
View ArticleOver a Million Children are Homeless in America
I can’t imagine being homeless or one of my children being homeless on the streets. I’m not sure they would have the first clue how to survive. And who knows…with a change of...
View ArticleMoms Are Global Citizens. Get A Flu Shot, Give A Shot and Save A Child’s Life.
Last year, Walgreens supported the Shot@Life campaign and gave 3 million vaccines to needy children around the world. And although we still have a long way to go in reducing the childhood mortality...
View ArticleGive 20 Seconds of Your Time to Give A Life-Saving Vaccine.
Every 20 seconds a child dies from a vaccine-preventable disease. But in 20 seconds, YOU can do something about this. Just a mere 20 seconds out of your life could save a child’s...
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