What would make you feel appreciated? Do you have items on your bucket list that would make it on your "best day ever" dream day? A lucky Telus customer named Ramona got to tick off a few things from her list. Telus surprised her with an amazing day themed around her favourite things. Do you know the expression "go big or go home"? Well, that's what I had in mind when I was tasked to think of how I'd spend my dream day. ...
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Which Aviva Community Ideas Do you Most Stand Behind?
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Aviva Community Fund for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. I've already told you all about the Aviva Community Fund—how you and others can submit ideas for creating positive change in your local community. And how Aviva Insurance—an online source for auto, home and life insurance— annually provides funding for community change. ...
Blog Action Day Oxfam #powerofwe #BAD12
If you've been reading my blog, you'll know that I've long been an advocate for creating positive change —locally and globally. This year, for Blog Action Day, the theme is the Power of We. Bloggers from around the world are participating, so check out the hashtag #powerofwe on twitter to see what people are saying. So, what does Oxfam mean to me, and why have I chosen to highlight their efforts on Blog Action Day? Small scale farms and their communities suffer when commercial pressure for ...
Aviva Community Fund Charity Contest
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Aviva Community Fund for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. My favourite ways to give back revolve around community—preferably something close to home, so I know, and can see, the results of 'giving back'. Do you give to charity, donate your time or your efforts to any particular cause? There are so many ways to contribute, and always something going on to spend your time volunteering to do, but it is most important to do something ...
Clearly Contacts #EyeLook4 ReThink Breast Cancer Campaign
I love acquiring new glasses to wear, and happily accepted the pair in the photo below from Clearly Contacts—but this post is more than just about my happiness at adding another pair of glasses to my collection. Clearlycontacts.ca is teaming up with Rethink Breast Cancer this October to encourage Canadians to look for early signs of breast cancer. When caught in its earliest stages, the five-year survival rate for women ages 20-39 is almost 90 per cent. ...
The Best Blog Posts from Blog Sites You May Not Know About
I have made some great connections with other bloggers, people that I would not have known in any other capacity. I am quite pleased about getting to know them further through my favourite hobby/part-time job—blogging, of course! Here are some of the latest and greatest posts from some of these fine bloggers: ...
A Community of Blogging Friends at eclectic6
It's easy to be in your own little world when you're blogging—only focusing on getting things written and posted. It's important to connect with other bloggers, though, which I know I should devote more time to sharing with and learning from fellow bloggers. A firm believer in lifelong learning, I am always on the look out for ways to improve my blog and increase my reach—which is just one of the reasons why I was happy to have come across eclectic6. The founders will be putting together ...
How can you Create Positive Change in your Community?
This post brought to you by Aviva Community Fund. All opinions are 100% mine. The Aviva Community Fund Contest is in its 3rd year of empowering individuals to come up with ideas on how they can create positive change in their communities. The competition is funded by Aviva Canada Inc., who is one of the top insurance providers in Canada for home, auto and life insurance. What kinds of ideas have won in the past? Winning ideas in the past have provided funding to schools in British ...
Creating Positive Social Change
The following is a post sponsored by Yahoo! Every time someone clicks here to make Yahoo! their homepage, they're showing their support for Girls For A Change. I was selected for this opportunity by Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do. Creating change starts with something small—an idea for what you'd like to see happen is only the beginning. The idea is great, of course, but real change happens when we put those ideas in to action. A ...
