by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
December is here, and around my house that means the official start of cookie season. If you, like me, end up with piles of snickerdoodles and gingerbread men that you end up off to friends and neighbors (or eating yourself),...
by Christina Refford | Doing Good
The biggest health chatter in my town may be about swine flu, but we can’t forget that AIDS is still a force to be reckoned with, especially among women and children who make up more than half of the people living with HIV worldwide. Today being World AIDS...
by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
The nicest thing about our recent XBox 360 giveaway was seeing all the fabulous local children’s charities that you wanted your second XBox donated to should you win. The lucky winner was reader Marcela W (Go Marcela!) along with her charity, Ann Arbor’s...
by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
Final shot mamas – today is the last day to get your entries in for the big XBox 360 giveaway, in which we’re giving away one whole console to (maybe) you – and one for your favorite local children’s charity. Find all the details on the...
by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
Now that my husband has just returned (yay! he’s back!) from his two month long deployment as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, Veteran’s Day holds a lot more personal meaning.But even if you don’t have a Veteran in your family, you can still enjoy...
by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
I’ve always been a fan of cause-related marketing, or in human terms, charitable efforts for brands. Especially when the company really seems dedicated to the cause, and that’s what I’ve found to be the case with Timi and Leslie and their new...
by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
I recently learned that one woman dies every minute from childbirth on this planet. One every minute. And that just about knocked me out of my seat. Because most of it is avoidable.There were all kinds of stats and figures and info about maternal mortality that I...
by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
The first thing that struck me when I saw Cleanup Soap was how cool the shape was – graphic, and symmetrical and…wait a minute. Is that a…land mine? Indeed, these naturally scented, paraben-free soaps were created by Parsons design student Hideaki...
by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
When I stumbled upon the Second Line Frames etsy shop, I went wow – those are cool. And that’s before I knew the backstory.Turns out this Tampa-based cooperative salvages wood siding from homes destroyed during Hurricane Katrina, and turns them into...