Share During the wonderful Build-a-Bear Brand Building Workshop event that I was invited to attend last month, we were given many gifts from the CEO of the company, Maxine Clark. One of the gifts was a $25 Giving Card from DonorsChoose.org. This card was given to us so that each of the attendees could donate [...]

Share Say what you want about Steve Harvey. I am not a proponent of Steve’s relationship and marriage advice (may blog about that later) but I cannot knock his giving spirit. He truly does give back to the community! Tonight at the elegant Cipriani restaurant on Wall Street in New York City, celebrities were abound [...]

Share As an advocate for those with HIV/AIDS, I do my best to participate in every event I can to help raise much needed funds for education and research. April 29th is National ‘Dining Out For Life’ in which restaurants donate proceeds of their revenue from that day to a HIV/AIDS organization in the community. [...]

Share Earth Day is a supportive effort in which we should all participate. It acts as a global call-to-action and urges us to pay attention to our environment and improve the ways we get energy and emit pollution and waste. It has become more important than ever for us a worldwide community to realize that [...]

Share I love me some Jennifer Hudson! Ever since she entered the scene on American Idol and then stole the show in the movie Dreamgirls, I have been a constant J-Hud supporter. Jennifer is a proud Chicago native and makes no bones about her somewhat humble and meager beginnings growing up in the rough side [...]

Share Saturday, March 27th at 8:30 PM marks Earth Hour. For those of you who are unaware what Earth Hour is, it is a globally recognized event in which people all over the world turn off their lights for one hour. Earth Hour began in Australia in 2007, and 2.2 million homes and businesses turned [...]

Share Today marks the first anniversary for The Red Pump Project, a collaborative that I am involved in, which promotes education and awareness about HIV/AIDS amongst women and girls. In honor of The Red Pump Project and in support of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Red Pumpers from around the U.S. organized and [...]

Share As many of you had read and witnessed through various news accounts, a 8.8 magnitude earthquake rippled through the Maule region on the coast of Chile at 3:34 local time on Saturday, February 27, 2010. Afterwards, tsunami warnings were issued for 53 countries, and it was feared that the islands of Hawaii would suffer [...]

Share Every time I come a new picture of our FLOTUS, I see more and more why she is such a force to be reckoned with. I absolutely love her style, her poise, her confidence, and she serves as a role model for all women, no matter the political affiliation. She represents our country well! [...]

Share I remember like it was yesterday. When the original We Are the World was released via USA for Africa. That was back in 1985 of course when Michael Jackson was in his prime. Everyone who was anyone in music crammed into a studio session after the American Music Awards that year to record a [...]

Share Today is Friday, February 5th and it has been designated as National Wear Red Day to help fight heart disease, the number one killer of women. The American Heart Association is asking that everyone wear red today to display support and to bring about awareness to this powerful disease that is taking way too [...]

Share When I received a follow request from @STLVolunteen, I followed back immediately. As a mother of a teen, I felt it was important to be in the know of volunteer opportunities for my son. But after chatting on Twitter, I found out not only was this the first type of site dedicated to local [...]

Share When there is a massive tragedy such as the earthquake that struck Haiti last week, Hollywood is there to do what it does best: flaunt their celebrity status for  a cause. And this time, the cause is not for box office dollars or concert tickets, but to help raise funds for the relief effort. [...]