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A brilliantly easy way to donate your kids’ plastic toys to children who will really love them.

by Christina Refford | Doing Good, Toys + Playthings

If the picture up top makes you think, Ack! That’s every room of my house, then you’re going to be so happy to learn about Second Chance Toys, an organization that will help you get those no-longer-wanted toys into the hands of kids who really do want them...

End-of-year charitable giving: 8 organizations raising the next generation of awesome women.

by Lexi Petronis | Doing Good

We love giving back all year round, but right now, we find ourselves especially drawn to those organizations working so hard to make positive changes for girls and women in 2018. If you’re looking at a way to maximize your giving right now (especially...

It’s Giving Tuesday! Here are the orgs who will double your donation dollars.

by Lexi Petronis | Doing Good

We all try to give back all year round, but Giving Tuesday (that’s today!) marks a special opportunity to make sure we get a little extra generosity in to our favorite charities before the year’s end. And the best part is, whatever you donate today will be...

3 organizations that let you send heartfelt holiday cards to kids who need them most

by Lexi Petronis | DIY, Doing Good, Holiday Picks

On this Giving Tuesday, we’re 100% for you donating whatever money, time, and resources you can the causes you care about most. And we know there are a lot of them. While you’re at it, consider another group that could benefit from your love: Kids spending...

How to help the Houston flood victims: 20+ orgs that need you now

by Lexi Petronis | Doing Good

We are always encouraged that when tragedy strikes, like Hurricane Harvey in the Houston-Galveston area right now, so many people come together to ask, how can I help? Since making landfall on Friday, Hurricane Harvey has already dropped more than 24 inches of rain in...

We’re spreading the love with these 6 great places to donate toys this holiday season.

by Caroline Siegrist | Doing Good

It should be obvious by now that here at Cool Mom Picks, we love presents. (We have 350 of them in this year’s holiday gift guide, which we think you should check out, if you haven’t already.) But even more, we love when our gifts give back in big ways....

What to do with leftover Halloween candy: 10 creative ideas besides you know, just eating it.

by Caroline Siegrist | DIY, Tips + Tricks

We’re always happy to offer up parents lots of ideas for what to do with all that leftover Halloween candy you’ll surely end up with. Well, at least after the small gorge-fest that your trick-or-treaters may be entitled to after all their hard work. So...

She’s the First: A charity by girls, for girls, and a total inspiration to us all.

by Caroline Siegrist | Doing Good

Like many of the world’s greatest ideas, She’s the First began with a cupcake bake sale (okay, maybe not many great ideas begin with a bake sale, but I say it’s never a bad place to start) and from there it’s grown to become an organization...

Your kids will fall in love with these mini dolls on a big mission

by Christina Refford | Toys + Playthings

You may remember Cuddle and Kind’s beautiful hand-knit dolls, which we featured last fall. We gushed over how cute the line is, and even more impressive, their amazing mission to feed hungry kids with ten meals donated to major hunger-fighting charities with the...

Don’t forget to trick-or-treat for UNICEF! Here’s how to do it – and to make it more fun with Peanuts themed boxes.

by Kate Etue | Doing Good

We’ve always been big fans of trick-or-treat for UNICEF, but this year, they’ve got limited-edition Peanuts boxes to make collecting donations extra special. This weekend, kids can collect candy and collect donations for UNICEF while they trick-or-treat...