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PARTYBLUPRINTS Blog has some great ideas to get us into the TRU holiday spirit

scottfarbman — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:17:16 +0000

(see what I did, I spelled true like they spell blue. teeheehee)

Dawn and Elizabeth have written a great post on their party and lifestyle blog. The title of the post is Give the Gift of Time this Holiday!

The most precious gift you can give your family this holiday is the gift of time. Shift the focus of gift giving to time-sharing. This is nothing new, you’ve heard it before, but I hope these simple and special ideas inspire you to make it part of your Holiday celebration this year!

Continue reading the article on PARTYBLUPRINTS.COM

Morristown Mission and Homeless Solutions in Morristown, NJ are less slippery today

scottfarbman — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:54:59 +0000

Four hours ago I tweeted : It is not snowing in Morristown yet. Please donate to local food pantry or shelter before it gets bad. Those folks need us more right now. That was my little tip of the day. I had no intention of going out to donate anything. I felt my job was to cheer-lead you guys into doing all the hard work.

A little while later, I checked my twitter feed. Some folks had RT’d me. Maybe I should get a little bit more involved. I found a list of shelters/food kitchens and tweeted: Calling folks on this list http://www.hud.gov/local/nj/homeless/shelters/morris.cfm

I was only able to get in touch with the Market Street Mission and Homeless Solutions, Inc. They both told me that they were all set for food now. Anything would be appreciated. I asked is there anything they needed for the snow storm. Salt. They both needed rock salt.

I wanted to see if my tweeps were gonna come out and help me. I checked who retweeded me. Mike from the College of Saint Elizabeth lives out of town. I couldn’t make him come out here today and risk getting stuck. I tried to call soon to be Mayor Tim. His campaign office was closed. Oh well. He would have known which store was most likely to give me a discount. I haven’t met Rosary yet. I am sure she would have come out and helped.

I called my neighbor David, and made him join me and Eva. We went to Moore’s Hardware in town. The guy there was very nice and happy to sell us salt. He helped David choose the right type for his walkway, and me for my dog. He wants me to tell him how well it works because it is a new line this winter. David payed for 2 bags of salt and I payed for 2. We dropped them off at Homeless Solutions Inc and Market Street Mission. The folks were very glad to have it. I don’t know how much of a quality of life improvement rock salt is. I hope it helps them in some small way.

I don’t know if my tweets encouraged anyone to go out for an hour and do something they usually wouldn’t. I don’t know if me doing it as well as suggesting it will encourage you guys to go out next time. If you want to volunteer to help me when I think of these crazy things, shoot me an email at scott@blogmorris.com

Thanks to my re-tweeters and to neighbor David for tagging along and paying for half the salt!

Starbucks in Livingston, NJ is having a Toy Drive.

scottfarbman — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:15:54 +0000

Living Around Livingston

I wrote an article for Living Around Livingston. Please hop over there to read it.

Thank you.

Find a Job in Livingston, NJ

A call to action: Make a drop

scottfarbman — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:03:33 +0000

Last year Allison Fine (blog | @afine) and Marnie Webb (blog | @webb) asked people to tweet ways to give. They compiled this list of 71 ways. It is available at theGiveList.org.

Our tagline here is “a drop of good can make a wave of greatness”. So, in the spirit of TheGiveList, we are asking you to share a story with us about how you did some good recently. It doesn’t have to be without opening your wallet. Share a story about your drop of good. Maybe you will inspire others to do the same. Take a look at the list, and then come back here and leave a comment with your story.

Thank you.