Protecting kids from sunburn, petrochemicals, and shoddy package design

by Cool Mom Team | Beauty + Cosmetics

We’ve gotten our fair share of baby lotions and bath products from Little Twig as gifts and I must say, they’re often the ones I reach for first. I love the adorable packaging, but even more so I love the pthalate-free, paraben-free, sulfate-free products...

Cooler than tattooing The Rolling Stones on your arm. And also less permanent.

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

Let’s be honest, you get to a certain age and concert tees sort of lose their appeal (or should). But if you’ve got an inner groupie hiding in there somewhere, you are so going to love the Guitar String Bracelet Charity Project from Wear Your Music.The...

Repurposed frames that look as good as they make you feel

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...

Cancer with a happy ending

by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good

We here at Cool Mom Picks love our sponsors (love them!), but some we have to admit we love just a bit more than others. So when we found out that The American Cancer Society would be a part of our site over the coming weeks, we immediately asked what we could do to...

Mother’s Day gifts that give back to one of the best dot-orgs of all

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

I love the idea of a Mother’s Day gift this year that gives back in some way, and I especially like the idea of giving back to the March of Dimes, a cause near and dear to our hearts since the recent loss of a prominent blogging mom’s little girl to...

Gift baskets for Mother’s Day filled with hope

by Mir | Doing Good

This Mother’s Day, you can honor thy mother (or a mother you love) by helping mothers in crisis. And I don’t mean “oh no, the babysitter canceled at the last minute.” More like women affected by humanitarian emergencies around the world.The...

Going greener for 5k. (Not that you wouldn’t do it for free.)

by Betsy | Doing Good

Last year my son noticed that snack time at school meant 20 plastic cups thrown away every day. He suggested recycling bins for all the classrooms and made a poster encouraging other kids to go green. (I’m so proud!) That kind of hands on approach is just the...

On the Wings of Hope

by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good

In my current postpartum state, I’m as close as you might get to a charity case. But multiply the joy of shrinking yourself back into those skinny jeans times 100, and you’ll get what your donation can do for the amazing Wings of Hope charity. Started in...

Redefining Christmas: The gift that really keeps on giving

by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good

My extremely generous in-laws keep bugging me about what they can get me for Christmas, and quite frankly, unless it’s some magic bubble that I can place over my children so that they will healthy for longer than one week at a time, I’m really fine without...

Rise Up, Moms!

by Liz Gumbinner | Doing Good

“Women shouldn’t be discriminated against simply because they are mothers.” Any organization with a manifesto like that has our full attention. Introducing Moms Rising, a new organization that’s creating a grassroots movement of moms on the...