by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
You rarely need a reason to buy jewelry, but the best one is when it’s supporting a fantastic cause. That’s the case with the limited edition Metal for Monsters pieces from our friends at Blend Creations.They’ve collaborated with 9 different...
by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
You might assume that a company called Tees for Change isn’t promoting 35-cent garments, but some kind of social progress. And indeed you’d be right. This company, run by mom Andreea Ayers aiming to get more positive messages out in the world with their...
by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
My daughter is already a bit obsessed with computer games and she’s only four. I’m afraid to think about what will happen when she hits the tween years and can do more than just move the mouse around.Thanks to Generation Cures, I’m armed and ready...
by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
The last thing you might think to do on a rainy day is set your kid lose with permanent paints on a $45 Ralph Lauren Polo. But then Ralph Lauren begs to differ. Behold: The Paint Your Own Polo kits for kids.Packaged with paints, stamps, and brushes in a cool...
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We’ve all wished for more hours in the day, but I think mom and artist Rebecca Peragine of Art and Philanthropy must have actually found them. In fact I’m sure she’s uncovered a way to recycle those hours just as she recycles everyday objects in her...
by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
Sometimes you really dig a piece of art just because it’s cool. But sometimes you get to know the back story and suddenly it’s that much more meaningful. Such is the case of the charming Lulu the Dog paintings from Massachusetts artist, dad and visionary...
by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
Not everyone wants another piece of jewelry for Mother’s Day. So if you’ve got a mama on your list who prefers to give than to receive, I recommend checking out Global Giving and their Mother’s Day menu of fantastic, women and family-oriented...
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Not every mama wants something on Mother’s Day. Plenty of mamas are very happy with just a phone call, a handmade card or a contribution in her name to a decent cause. For that latter group, TreePeople is a great dot-org that does some good in the actual US of...
by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
When my daughter was a wee tot, my mother gave me a bunch of finger puppets. She put them in an old purse of my grandmother’s and told me to take them to restaurants. Finger puppets enabled my husband and I to continue eating with childless adults, and we still...
by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
It’s important for me that my kids grow up understanding the concepts of charity and benevolence, and that the holiday season isn’t only about what’s under the tree. Not everyone can spend Christmas volunteering at soup kitchen or collecting Toys for...
by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good
As the year draws to a close, we hope you’re looking for a few well-deserving organizations to which to bequeath a few tax-deductible dollars. Not that there’s any lack of such dot-orgs in the world, but we thought we’d add a really cool one to the...
