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Question of the Week: My School
The school year has come to an end. The kids are running out the door. Teachers are cleaning their rooms for the summer. Parents are busy making summer plans for camp, vacation, sitters and the pool....
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Eight Ways to Volunteer with Your Kids
One of our Facebook fans recently shared this inspiring quote from Gandhi with us: “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” Here at the Community Foundation, we’ve...
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Question of the Week: Why We Give Money
TAG Question of the Week When we think about philanthropy, three ‘gifts’ come to mind that can be shared: 1) Time, 2) Talent, and 3) Treasure. All are important. If you don’t have money, you can give...
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The Tale of Two Seas
Palestine and the Two Seas School might be out, but we have an interesting, mid-summer lesson! Have you heard about the two seas in Palestine? Take a peek at the map here. You’ll see the Sea of...
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Question of the Week: What Do You Care About?
TAG Question of the Week For many children, the thought of parting with a $10 bill doesn’t sound so great. But initiating this conversation with the understanding that they HAVE to give it away will...
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TAG Book Club: The Giving Book
The Giving Book: Open the Door to a Lifetime of Giving, by Ellen Sabin, inspires, engages and teaches children about the act of giving back. It provides a process to help families guide their children...
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Foundation Staff Talk With JCC Campers about Giving
As you know, the Community Foundation is committed to the next generation. We truly believe – and the research shows – that in order to ensure a generous, community-minded next-generation, we have to...
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TAG Book Club: How to be an Everyday Philanthropist
We’re in the dog days of summer. But a new beginning is on the horizon. Can you feel the excitement? It won’t be long and it will be time to buy that new Lamborghini Trapper Keeper monogrammed or super...
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Question of the Week: The Money Tree
TAG Question of the Week “What do you think? We have a money tree in the backyard?” It’s hard not to wonder if people really do think that money grows on trees, particularly in this day and age. Over...
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Question of the Week: People in our Community
TAG Question of the Week With last week’s anniversary of the March on Washington, we’ve been thinking about Martin Luther King and are inspired not only by what he accomplished, but by the way in which...
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Becoming a Family That Gives
At the Community Foundation, it’s our job to help folks in our community realize their potential to give and help them easily navigate the process. We often get questions from families who wish to make...
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Volunteering as a Family
No one has the exclusive rights to busy, but if you have a family you often feel as if you do. At the Community Foundation, we work with many families and know how difficult it can be just to get...
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Six Tips: How to Volunteer as a Family
Last week we talked about the benefits of volunteering as a family. Obviously, volunteering is great for our community and the subsequent benefits for children and families are priceless. But, how do...
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A Child’s First Donation
Catharine with Ian and his Giving Jars When Columbia mother Catharine Aitken’s oldest son Ian turned five, she decided it was time to start giving him an allowance and with that she wanted to also...
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Talking About Hunger: Three Simple Steps
Did you know that Wednesday, October 16 is World Food Day? Hunger is a problem that seems to affect every community in every corner of the world. And we don’t have to travel to a distant country to...
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Pledging to Give
Regardless of the size of your donation, giving requires some planning. One way to teach your children how to plan, and turn giving into a lifelong habit, is to introduce them to the concept of Making...
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Tricks, Treats and Helping Others
Tomorrow night the doorbell at our house will ring, the dogs will bark, and we’ll open the door to a chorus of “Trick or Treat!” We live in a fabulous family friendly neighborhood and my husband Ernie...
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Four Conversations You Should Have with Your Teen
Most of us expect our children to complete some household chores – cleaning their bedroom, unloading the dishwasher, taking out the trash. We give them chores not because we want a clean house (ok,...
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Thanks and Giving
The holidays are officially here. Travel plans have been made and grocery lists are being checked. Menus are under consideration and meals will soon be on the table. It’s a busy time but, even with all...
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Giving Tuesday 2013
Many of us hit the stores on Black Friday. Maybe even more of us participated in Cyber Monday. Lots of us shopped locally on Small Business Saturday. ’Tis the season of giving and getting. But what...
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