Ok so I’m a little late getting this up. It was last week, but it was a crazy busy weekend.
77kids Do Good Day from Paula Krueger on Vimeo.
Items from RMH Wishlist
So last Wednesday two of my kids and I joined 76 other bloggers across the United States to “Do Good” on behalf of 77kids and The Motherhood. 77kids is a new store from American Eagle.They have awesome children’s clothing. The Motherhood is a place for moms to connect based on interests. My team had to actually split into two teams because we chose to go to the Ronald McDonald House and they couldn’t have 11 adults plus all our kids there at the same time. My group was team Hyde Park. We brought lunch for the families staying at the house along with items from their wishlist.
Kids in their new 77kids Shirts
77kids also gave each of us bloggers 77 $1 bills to go out aInd do good on our own in our community. The kids and I headed over to Wal-Mart after our day downtown to do a little shopping. While we were there we handed out the money to the people shopping in the store. You wouldn’t believe how hard it is to give out money. People would just kinda half smile at my kids when they would try to hand them money. It was definitely challenging. In retrospect I wish I had done something like my other teammates, for example: buy bottles of water to pass out at a sports game or practice or at a train station.
My team:
Brandie Langer http://journeyof1000stitches.blogspot.com
Melissa http://www.peanutbutterinmyhair.com
Paula http://frostedfingers.com
Jen Matuska http://www.mommyinstincts.com
Lydia Bruno http://www.ontheverge6.blogspot.com
Dawn Meehan http://www.becauseisaidso.com
Team Hyde Park
Team Lincoln Park:
Sara Fisher http://www.selfmademom.net
Theresa Gould http://faithandfamilyreviews.com
Hyacynth Worth http://www.undercovermother.net
Michelle M http://honestandtruly.blogspot.com
Emily Paster http://www.westoftheloop.com
We really enjoyed our day of giving and I think sometime in the near future I may have just my family bring in dinner for the families there.
I love your kids shirts! My boys got matching green stripped shirts. They are super cute and so soft! I love how they have a 77 under the collar. I also like how there are alot of kids at your group! Haha. Mine 2 were the only kids that went. 🙁 Of course only 4 mom bloggers came out, otherwise maybe a few more kids would have been there!
Looks like you guys did some Good that day!!!
Loved your vlog – so fun to put a voice with a name and picture – Hope you will join in on Monday Mingle someday! Looks like you guys did some good! How cool to have this chance to teach your kids about doing good deeds.
It was such a good day, wasn’t it?
We didn’t get to talk much, but it was so nice to meet you =)
It was very nice to meet you, too. It’s fun to find local bloggers!
So nice to put a voice with face. What a wonderful adventure and lesson to teach your children. It’s nice to know that there is good things going on close to home. Blessings
I’m not sure how I would have responded. My kids would have taken the money, but I don’t think I could have.
It was wrapped in a little piece of paper that on one side had 7 things to do with a dollar and the other side was 7 ways to do good. It wasn’t just a dollar. Not sure if it would have been easier or harder to give it away if it was just a dollar… probably harder!
What a great thing to spend a day doing with your children and a great charity to help out!
What a great way to spend a day with the kids. We’re constantly teaching our kids to do good and have held some bake sales and donated items to local charities.
Why have I never heard of this before? What an awesome concept! I would love to have my kids be involved in something like this.
What a great project, Paula!
What a great video and an awesome cause! You go girl!! I would LOVE to do something like this with my kiddos!
What an AWESOME experience. It must have been such a rewarding experience for you and your kids.
Wow… what a special day for you and your family. To be honest, I would be a little skeptical of a stranger trying to give me $1 as well. What a great life lesson for your kids.
I think this is such a great thing to teach our kids..to be kind to others. Of course, most of the people around here would have probably looked at me like I was insane, but who cares!