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World Down Syndrome Day March 21- A Mother’s Story of Adoption

March 20, 2020 By Nedra McDaniel 2 Comments

World Down Syndrome Day A Mother's Adoption Story

Today I’m interviewing my close friend of 20+ years, Michelle.

She has been an inspiration to me with her love for people and her love in action by intentionally adopting a child with Down Syndrome.

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Filed Under: Give Back, Inspirational People & Places Tagged With: adoption, Down Syndrome, special needs, World Down Syndrome Day

Give Back With These Volunteer Opportunities at St. Elizabeth Hospital

March 13, 2020 By Nedra McDaniel Leave a Comment

Give Back With These Volunteer Opportunities at St. Elizabeth Hospital 1

Volunteering is such a rewarding way to give back to your community. 

Have you been wanting to volunteer but don’t know where to start?

I’m sharing more about meaningful ways that you can give your time and use your talents at St. Elizabeth Healthcare.

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Filed Under: Cincy/NKY Area, Featured, Give Back, Uncategorized Tagged With: donation, donations, give back, Paws for patients, pet therapy, St. Elizabeth Healthcare, St. Elizabeth Hospital, volunteer, volunteering, ways to give back

How a Social Worker is Inspiring Her School to Get Healthier

January 1, 2020 By Nedra McDaniel 1 Comment

How a Social Worker is Inspiring Her School to Get Healthier

I met Karen several years ago as the sponsor of a program that I’m a part of that helps encourage middle and high school students to make good choices.

Over the years we have become friends, and I’ve observed her passion for health through CrossFit continue to grow.

As someone who prided themselves on never trying CrossFit, I’ve always appreciated that people were really into it… from a distance….

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Filed Under: Featured, Fitness Fun, Food Adventures, Give Back, Inspirational People & Places, Restaurants Tagged With: Cheddar's, Crossfit, give back, gym, school, social worker

What a Potholder From a Homeless Man Taught Me

November 26, 2019 By Nedra McDaniel 9 Comments

A Potholder from a homeless man

I was involved in a feeding program for the homeless community in downtown Dallas for one semester during college.

I didn’t realize the impact that feeding program would have on me many years later.

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Filed Under: Adventures With Friends, Adventures of the Heart, Family Adventures, Give Back Tagged With: Cincinnati, cincinnati ohio, dallas, Duke energy, fall feast, homeless, Thanksgiving

Insider Tips- How to be Kind to Your Mail Carrier

February 2, 2017 By Nedra McDaniel Leave a Comment

Insider Tips for How to be Kind to Your Mail Carrier

I have a family member who is a mail carrier. Conversations with him have given me a new appreciation for how hard they work and also an awareness of how small acts of kindness can affect their day in such a positive way.

February 4th is National Thank a Mail Carrier Day and I wanted to give you some insider tips for how you can be kind to your mail carrier all year round.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized, Featured, Give Back Tagged With: mail carrier, mailman, National Thank a mail Carrier Day

Why this West Michigan Dad Wants You to Wear Plaid

December 1, 2016 By Nedra McDaniel 3 Comments

Why this West Michigan Dad Wants You to Wear Plaid

A few years ago in December, I noticed our friend, Tim Ruff, getting pretty passionate about plaid on his Instagram account.

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Filed Under: Adventures, Adventures With Friends, Family Adventures, Featured, Give Back Tagged With: Plaidgiving, Plaidvent

Why The Compassion Experience Made Me Want to Be a Better Sponsor

September 25, 2016 By Nedra McDaniel 1 Comment

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I think one of the biggest challenges of sponsoring a child is being mindful of them.

Our family knew that we wanted to join our community when we were given the challenge to sponsor more kids in the country of Nicaragua than had ever been done before….

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Filed Under: Adventures, Adventures of the Heart, Featured, Give Back Tagged With: Compassion, Compassion International, poverty, sponsor a child, The compassion experience

How a Fathom Cruise Wrecked My Family in a Good Way

July 5, 2016 By Nedra McDaniel 12 Comments

How a Fathom Cruise Wrecked my family in a good way

As a parent, I want to instill in my kids a sense of gratitude and respect for others from all walks of life. It’s so easy for all of us to feel entitled or take things for granted. I can easily fall into the trap of comparison in my own life until I’m brought back to reality with large, humbling doses of perspective. I wanted my kids to be stretched in this area in a new way. That’s where a family adventure on a Fathom cruise came in. I was invited by Fathom to be on the final pilot trip to the Dominican Republic in the spring before Fathom launched their new cruise line focusing on impact travel.

Dominican Republic

So how is this cruise line different?

Well, they are cruising differently.

How?

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Filed Under: Adventures, Adventures of the Heart, Adventures With Friends, Family Adventures, Featured, Give Back, Travel Tagged With: Cruise, Dominican Republic, Fathom, impact travel, travel deep

How my trip with Fathom in the Dominican Republic impacted me

March 27, 2016 By Nedra McDaniel 9 Comments

 

How my trip with Fathom in the Dominican Republic impacted me

There is so much to reflect on from my incredible impact travel experience with Fathom in the Dominican Republic. The people that I met on our team, along with the locals that we interacted with and worked beside, truly left an impression on my heart. I have soooooo many stories to share with you!

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Filed Under: Adventures, Adventures of the Heart, Featured, Give Back, Travel Tagged With: Dominican Republic, Fathom, Fathom Travel, give back, impact travel, Re papel

Family Giving Challenges All Year Round With Giving Families

November 30, 2015 By Nedra McDaniel 1 Comment

One of my challenges after the holiday season is to continue to model a lifestyle of giving all year round with my family. I feel like giving tends to come easier for our family in the months of November and December because it ties in with thankfulness and gift giving. After the holidays, we have good intentions and sometimes they are that are just that….good intentions.  I’ll think about lots of ways to give…and then I’ll forget about it…or I’ll get a great idea while I’m doing something else, at a time when I can’t stop to put that thought into action. Sometimes giving can feel like another thing on my to do list of what I should be doing. I want our family to give more with more frequency. Sometimes I just need the reminder and the deadline to give myself accountability.

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Filed Under: Family Adventures, Give Back, Uncategorized Tagged With: donate, family giving, family giving challenge, give back, Giving Families, giving tuesday

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