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Community Spotlight: Kari Vernon

By on September 19, 2015 in Educational, Fall, Food, Spring, Summer, Volunteer, Winter

There are so many incredible people living in Columbus, Ohio. We see many of them chatted about on social media, the news outlets both print and television, but what about our every day people? The people doing extraordinary things each and every day who do not get recognized like they should be recognized? I was [...]

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Thinking of Donating Toys or Food This Season? Let Our List Help You!

By on November 24, 2014 in Educational, Fall, Gift Giving, Limited Time, Spring, Summer, Volunteer, Winter

I am thrilled to have a new mom writer for Cbus Mom. Her name is Kelly and she has three kids – a 15 month old son and 8 and 5 year old daughters. Needless to state, she has her hands full. Look for her posts over the coming months. She has some great stuff to [...]

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Colony Cats in Dublin, OH

By on November 15, 2012 in Birthday Planning, Educational, Fall, Play Indoor, Spring, Summer, Volunteer, Winter

The holiday season is upon us, which means so is the spirit of giving (hopefully). We recently donated some Turkey Day food items in hopes to comfort those who’ve fallen on hard times, and we also looked out for some of our furry friends. You know the ones? They leave chipmunk guts as presents, meow [...]

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Community Gardens – Great Way to Volunteer as a Family

By on May 27, 2012 in Educational, Exercise, Fall, Food, Play Outdoor, Spring, Summer, Volunteer

We recently adopted a plot at one of our local community gardens. I am always searching for ways to give back to the community with my children in tow – we’ve picked up trash, helped landscape at our school, donated items for animals, donated books to Children’s Hospital, and my children have a separate piggy [...]

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You and Your Littles Can Help Keep Columbus Beautiful!

By on April 9, 2012 in Educational, Exercise, Spring, Volunteer

Earth Day is around the corner, and Columbus is looking for help to get the city cleaner and greener. Gather the family together and volunteer to Keep Columbus Beautiful! Here’s the skinny straight from my inbox to you: April 14 and 15, Volunteers of all ages needed for Earth Day Work Sites! Columbus, Ohio—Green Columbus [...]

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Family Volunteer Idea: Gardening & Community Gardens

Family Volunteer Idea: Gardening & Community Gardens

By on May 2, 2011 in Educational, Fall, Food, Play Outdoor, Spring, Summer, Volunteer

Gardening is a great activity to do with your children. Whether it be planting flowers in a pot or planting veggies in a garden, the activity can be done as a family and kids love that getting dirty is part of the job. What *I* love is it gives me the opportunity to teach my [...]

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Donate Books to Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Donate Books to Nationwide Children’s Hospital

By on March 12, 2011 in Educational, Fall, Spring, Summer, Volunteer, Winter

Giving back to the community in charitable ways or by volunteering is a terrific family activity. Not only does it teach your kids compassion, but can be fun, meaningful, and educational. Even just exposing young children on ways to give back to their community makes an impact. Our latest endeavor was donating books to Nationwide [...]

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