Before I tell you how to sign up for these great benefits, I really have to get something off my chest. Ok, here it goes… I once met a friend who thoroughly enjoyed ringing the Salvation Army bell each holiday season. My response was, “why would you spend your time ringing a bell for free when you could be out having fun?” I admit, standing around ringing a bell did not sound like a fun time, but neither did any “volunteer” activity when I was in my 20’s. If I did not receive a pay check for my time, why would I want to d
Would you and your honey volunteer together like the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?
Movie dates, fancy dinners, and drinks at the bar are all great date ideas. But after a while, they start to feel a little stale. Even the world's favorite royal couple, Prince William and Kate Middleton, enjoy a night at the cinema now and again-- but their latest outing has us thinking that volunteering with your partner might be an even better date idea than catching a flick!
Forget jetting off to Cancun together. Try building a well.
While playing muddy games of soccer and teasing the girls about their crushes on the men from our team, I observed Dave from afar. At home, I often tease him for his fondness for watching re-runs of “Hogan’s Heroes” in his underwear and needle him about doing the dishes, but in El Salvador I saw Dave in a new light. He impressed the group leaders by being one of the hardest workers on the team. And even when the drilling hit a snag and forced the men to work until one in the morning, he remained calm and patient. While other members of our team talked longingly of hamburgers, Dave gratefully cleaned his plate of new foods like fried plantains and food I knew he hated—black beans.
Newlywed couples are trading in their honeymoon for a honeyteer... or volunmoon, if you prefer.
There's a new trend for newlywed couples that's changing the way they honeymoon. Instead of celebrating their nuptials with an international or Carribean getaway, they're doing that plus volunteering in whichever community they visit. It's called honeyteering, or volunmooning, if you prefer.
What's the number one trait singles want in a date?
They say it is better to give than to receive. When 'they' means real-live scientists, it must be true! A recent study gathered 150 women and 155 men and asked them to rank the attractiveness of various people's dating profiles. Profiles that revealed volunteer activities, altruism and all-around generosity were ranked as more attractive than neutral and non-generous-seeming people.
Where can you meet single men? Five places to meet good guys.
Where do you go to meet decent guys? The answer, of course, is not bars. Going to bars works for drunken hook-ups (and, hey, sometimes that might be what the Dr. ordered), but for something more promising, you need to be sober and talking to someone who isn't just out for a wasted romp. Here are five tried-and-true places to meet guys more likely to be good relationship material.
Staying home this Thanksgiving? How to do a holiday just the two of you.
But what if, by some wayward circumstance, you and your significant other find yourselves just a lonely duo this holiday season? Here are three simple and fun ways to still partake in thespirit of Turkey Day.
Donate your time to charity and watch the sparks fly.
Volunteering makes you feel good. Dating should make you feel good. Try putting those two together for a cheap date that makes you feel really good about yourselves.
Breakup tips to help you get over a split without eating, drinking, shopping or sleeping around.
Ice cream, alcohol, meaningless hookups: the go-to antidotes after a breakup are often distractions rather than reparations. What's more, they're often injurious, as if the split itself didn't cause enough pain. Here, we've identified 10 ways to deal with getting dumped that don't include booze, food or flings.
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