Blog entries tagged 'children'

National boycott of film "Tropic Thunder"

Christine Garton

do your part to help put a stop to discrimination and abuse of people with disabilities. Boycotting this movie offers a great opportunity to share information about individuals that have developmental abilities and to put a stop to the "R" word

Christine Garton

FSN of the Sandhills

Program Coordinator

Mother of a child with a disability

910-246-8059 ext.25

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Picking the Right School

Dan Askins

o me, and perhaps many others, if you would respond to this blog with your comments on our area schools. If you have a negative comment, please try not to grind the axe to hard. :)

When Dan isn't drinking coffee at Panera, he sells real estate with Fore Properties.

How To Sell Your House

Dan Askins

39;s house. It's sort of that feeling you get when you walk in on your parents. Even though the house met my clents' basic criteria, they took it off the list, because they couldn't see past the Barbie display. You might think my buyers were immature, but you must understand that they are in control of whether they buy your house, not you. Sometimes buyers make big decisions using little details to guide them. While you might love your Barbie collection, others probably don't, so [...]

Recession Proof Your Kids

monicazim

I read an article that was quite useful about teaching kids how to wisely spend money. It talked about them having lemonade stands, etc. My kids and neighbor kids setup a lemonade stand about a month ago and it was the cutest thing. They actually sold all their stock and they split up the money evenly between 7 of them at the end of the afternoon. Here is a link to the article that I read - it's a slideshow and I thought interesting, although a lot of it common sen [...]

SAND It is NOT Too Late!

Christine Garton

Because SAND is brand NEW to this area, this will be an evolving program- learning as we go. Since there will be a wide range of disabilities as well as ages (4-adult), we will be able to develop this program more and more as time goes on. It is through PARENT Participation, that this program will become what we envision in the future.

SAND will concentrate on one sport, one season at a time. The chosen sport for this Spring/Summer season will be T-Ball/Baseball. Based on ability le [...]

Year without Guilt

Rollie

mom who was slightly overweight, frazzled and usually sleep deprived. What I soon realized was that I was a "normal" mom and the "perfect" mom for my family with all of my quirks and flaws.

As a result of this new found realization, I gave up reading parenting books and comparing myself to other moms. I stopped trying to find ways to be the "best" and accepted "good enough". What I have learned is that even those "perfect" moms have their [...]

Rotary Feeds the Hungry

Dan Askins

ub. We are a qualified charity and will be happy to give a tax receipt.

The mailing address is:

P.O. Box 807

Southern Pines, 28388

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at Dan@DanAskins.com or by phone 910-528-7003.

Thanks,

Dan.