Tip of the Week: Revisit Free Rice! Ages ago, I wrote about Free Rice, a nonprofit site sponsored by the United Nations World Food Program. Free Rice tests the vocabulary of its visitors, donating ten grains of rice for every correct answer. Over the years, Free Rice has fed over 4.2 million people in need... Read more »
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Meet Milkshake
Tip of the Week: Meet Milkshake! I recently discovered the website that calls itself Milkshake and came to realize two things: 1. that I love this site and 2. that it has absolutely nothing to do with milkshakes! Milkshake chose its unique name because, quite simply, milkshakes are good – and what they offer is... Read more »
Great American Bake Sale
Tip of the Week: The Great American Bake Sale! Yesterday, cookbook author Sandra Lee hosted the World’s Largest Bake Sale in New York City’s Grand Central Station! Lee, along with several other celebrity chefs, hoped to raise $50,000 to benefit Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale: No Kid Hungry. The event included food offerings from... Read more »
Products Helping to Clean Up the Gulf Oil Spill
Look What I Found: Specialty Products to Benefit the Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup! In the wake of the Gulf Oil Spill, a number of unique products have appeared in the market place that make significant contributions to wildlife and cleanup organizations! For Kids Rescue Me T-Shirts Sales of these cute T-shirts, featuring a green turtle... Read more »
How Kids Can Help Haiti
Tip of the Week – How to Help in Haiti! It is impossible to miss the tragic news footage depicting the earthquake devastation in Haiti, a country already struggling with extreme poverty. But is it possible to help the earthquake victims from our homes? Yes – and in so many ways! Donate Money While making... Read more »
Cook for the Cure
Tip of the Week – Cook for the Cure! I just love the new fundraiser for Breast Cancer Research initiated by Kitchen Aid! Kitchen Aid has enlisted Villeroy and Boch to design a beautiful party platter inscribed with the words, “Cook for Your Family, Cook for Your Friends, Cook for the Cure.” After purchasing the... Read more »
Think Pink – Support the Cure
How You Can Support Breast Cancer Research by Thinking Pink! October is now well known as Breast Cancer Awareness Month and hundreds of retailers are thinking “pink” and donating portions of the proceeds from certain sales to breast cancer research foundations! The “pink” products vary greatly, ranging from breath mints to mixers to clothing. I... Read more »
Help Women in Darfur
Connect with Charity: Women in Darfur* * While almost everything on Busy Bee Lifestyle is family friendly, this article probably shouldn’t be shared with your children. Around the holidays, we are often inundated with requests from charities on every front and every day seems to bring a new group in need. It was right before... Read more »
Tip of the Week – Old Cell Phones
What should I do with my old cell phone? My teenage daughter received a new cell phone for Christmas, and I was curious about what I could or should do with her old phone. As usual, I turned to Google and was amazed at what I found! For starters, it is estimated that 150 million... Read more »
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