Charity

During the process of cleaning out my clothes, shoes and bags, I came across a great initiative in my area, called Purse of Hope. There are a handful of beauty salons collecting gently used purses from the community to donate to our local women’s shelter. The idea is to fill…

With the WE Day tour starting up again, I wanted to look back on the great experience I had last year in Montreal. Somebody asked me recently how many WE Days I have attended. I think I clock in at six events; five in Montreal, and one in Ottawa. I…

Back in April when I was preparing for Shopping From The Heart, I had a little chat with TELUS to secretly spotlight the star volunteers of my charity event. I was in the know with their #MillionHour initiative before it came out to the public, and I couldn’t think of…

In celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday, TELUS has begun an incredible campaign to encourage people to volunteer. As always, TELUS has its Days of Giving campaign, but this year it’s been amplified with the hashtag, #MillionHours. TELUS team members are embarking on this ambitious goal of donating one million hours…

It was a delight to meet Laura Casella in person and chat about Shopping From The Heart 2017 with her on Global Montreal. For a detailed explanation of the event, here is the segment. Thank you very much to Laura and Global Montreal for having me on and for spreading…

It may have been quiet here on AskMamaMOE.com but trust me when I say I’ve been working like a fiend on the other side! From a trip to Toronto for the last (sniff) BConnected Conference to educate myself further in the blogging world, to promoting for the charity event, to a…

The Lakeshore Hospital is the place that I rushed to when I got my first braxton hicks contractions at 30 years old. I was a first-time mom-to-be and I was scared. I got support and relief with my mother who stayed by my side. At two weeks overdue, after 24…

How can I sum up WE Day Montreal in one blog post? I can’t, actually. There was so much positivity and inspiration that came from this one day, and it fills me with so much motivation for the whole year. What was so exciting, was that I had even more opportunity…

The first time we brought the boys to see the CP Holiday Train roll into our local train station was when they were just little. Their eyes lit up when they saw the train full of lights and heard the whistle blowing. The very Canadian experience has been going on…

My charity event, Shopping From The Heart, has been a labor of love for me. It started out as a small idea, and with the help of my blog, was able to become something special. And while it has grown each year, I felt that there needed to be a…