Toys "R" Us Wish List

This week’s post is only good through tomorrow but I thought I would tell you all about it anyway. Toys-R-Us has teamed up with Make-a-Wish and for every wish list made on Toys-R-Us’s website through tomorrow, they will donate $1 to Make-A-Wish. This is pretty awesome and can be done by anyone! So if you have some freetime in the next day and want to help support Make-A-Wish, head on over to Toys “R” Us’s website and make a list! Happy shopping!

Until next time,

Annie

Toys “R” Us Wish List: http://ht.ly/euO5S

International Day of the Girl

This week we are going to educate ourselves on (or learn more about) child marriage. Today is International Day of the Girl and Care as well as other groups are focusing on the girl and education. According to Care there are “60 million girls around the world forced into marriage before the age of 18”. The other significant thing about that is that means there are 60 million girls without an education that goes through secondary school. A cool and promising fact is that girls who complete secondary school are 6 times less likely to become a child bride. So this week I want you to become informed on the situation. Care’s site is awesome, has a ton of information and facts, and also things for you to do, like spread the word to your friends. They have some great facts that you can post on Facebook or Twitter as well as many other things. You can also check out videos and stories from Half the Sky which aired on PBS last week or visit She’s the First, a not-for-profit that focuses on girls education in the developing world. There is so much you can do so this week so all I’m asking is that you take a few minutes and visit either Care, the website for Half the Sky, or She’s the First and try to learn a few things.

Until next time,

Annie

Care: http://www.care.org/getinvolved/international-day-of-the-girl/index.asp?loc=home_CAR1

Half the Sky: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/half-the-sky/

She’s the First: http://www.shesthefirst.org/