Posted in accomplishments, awareness, Blogging, communication, contest, cooking tips, diet, economy, Education, encouragement, family, finances, food, health, Heart, help, hunger, ideas, inspiration, meals, mom, mother, news, online traffic, opinion, Passion, poverty, relationships, respect, support, teaching on Mar 10th, 2011
Mother Connie of the Food Stamps Cooking Club Blog is on Babble’s top 100 Mom Food Bloggers list and needs votes to work her way up the list. Please visit and “like” her to vote.
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Posted in baby boomers, children, control, diet, Education, emotions, Fall, flowers, Gardens, Green, health, home, joy, kids, learning, meals, memories, mental and physical health, Mother's Day, nature, observations, opinion, parenting, Remembering, seasons, spring, stress, Toxic, winter gardening on Feb 8th, 2011
Gardening in cold environments is challenging but building & gardening in a cold frame can extend your growing season by weeks both in the Spring and the Fall.
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Posted in attitude, charitable organizations, chemo, children, comfort, compassion, donate, elderly, emergency, emotions, encouragement, environment, family, finances, health, Heart, Heart to heart, help, holidays, home, hospital, hospitals, hunger, Impact, inspiration, joy, kids, leadership, learning, legacy, library, life, love, meals, medical, mental and physical health, mentoring, ministry, observations, of connections, opinion, Opportunities, pain and misery, parenting, service, stress, support, surgery, talent, talents, Time, volunteering on Jun 10th, 2010
The Renucci Hospitality House in Grand Rapids Michigan provides temporary housing to families who have loved ones in the Spectrum Hospital. Volunteers are needed.
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Posted in attitude, awareness, charitable organizations, charity, children, commitment, compassion, diet, donate, Education, elderly, emotions, finances, food, giving, Heart, help, home, hunger, Impact, kids, leadership, poverty, school, schools, support on Oct 5th, 2009
Feeding America, formerly known as Second Harvest, is helping to feed children, on weekends, who get fed through school lunch programs by filling backpacks with food. Do You have enough to eat?
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Posted in accomplishments, Advocating for special needs, Amazing, awareness, Business, charity, children, commitment, compassion, diet, economy, elderly, encouragement, failure, family, finances, food, giving, goals, health, Heart, help, Impact, inspiration, kids, leadership, life, loss, news, observations, poverty, support on Oct 5th, 2009
As America struggles to feed it’s families because of financial struggles; Feeding America & Welch’s are teaming up to donate 1 million servings of grape juice to the hungry!
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Posted in abuse, awareness, charitable organizations, charity, compassion, economy, elderly, Fall, family, finances, Gardens, giving, health, help, Impact, life, news, observations, service, sharing on Aug 4th, 2009
Donate extra produce from this season’s harvest, from gardens and orchards, to local food pantries/social services programs, commission on aging. Food Stamps Cooking Club Blog helps with information.
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, Blogging, children, culture, diet, economy, elderly, emergency, emotions, family, Fear, finances, Frustration, government, health, help, Impact, inspiration, kids, leadership, life, MONEY, news, observations, online traffic, parenting, poverty, power on Apr 17th, 2009
Hey, do you know anyone who is hungry? I mean, hungry as in, not just wanting a snack…but someone who has no idea where their next meal is going to come from? Someone who’s cupboard is bare like the old children’s rhyme Old Mother Hubbard? If you do, I learned something new…getting food for [...]
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Posted in children, economy, Education, family, finances, Frustration, Fun, goals, health, help, ideas, Impact, life, MONEY, news, observations, opinion, poverty, shopping, stress, support on Apr 12th, 2009
Feeding families is difficult in these financially stressful times. Is it possible to to feed your family with items from food pantries, government commodities or from food stamp grocery items? Mother Connie says so and teaches ways to cook filling, healthy meals using groceries from the food stamp or food pantry, or commodity programs! Mother Connies site: http://foodstampscookingclub.com/blog
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