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"  My son&amp;#039;s Cub Scouts den has something to say to the community: &amp;quot;Train sets don&amp;#039;t keep you warm.&amp;quot; Though they love toys, they know that the people who frequent one of the soup kitchens in our county - kids and adults-really need warm hats, gloves, scarves and socks this winter. So, they created collection boxes and flyers, and they&amp;#039;re working to get as many of these basics as possible to the homeless shelter that runs the soup kitchen by the holidays. It&amp;#039;s a nice thing to do, but it&amp;#039;s also a lesson for them. To a generation that believes that cell phones are among life&amp;#039;s necessities, it&amp;#039;s good for them to understand what true need is. And I&amp;#039;m proud of them for providing this gift to people who need it most. If you&amp;#039;re looking for a way to teach this lesson to your own kids this holiday season, consider these web sites about giving: Project Good Gift (www.generationcures.org/goodgift lets kids be heroes by &amp;quot;giving it up&amp;quot; for other kids. With Project Good Gift, kids choose to give up receiving a holiday gift - like a game or a toy - and ask family and friends to instead make a financial donation to Generation Cures in place of their present. The funds raised by Project Good Gift support the research of Children&amp;#039;s Hospital Boston to find cures for the world&amp;#039;s most devastating childhood illnesses. Meanwhile, your kids learn that giving can be just as great as receiving. Little Red Wagon (http://www.littleredwagonfoundation.com/?gclid=COjt5Me2p5cCFQplHgodliOoJA) Florida 5th grader Zach Bonner started doing charity work after Hurricane Charlie hit his state in 2004. The following year, he started The Little Red Wagon Foundation to create backpacks with food and supplies for homeless children. He has even walked hundreds of miles to raise awareness for homeless children. He is currently taking donations to host a party for underprivileged kids during the holidays. Drop by his web site with your kids and show them what a kid can do if he (or she) sets his mind to it. While you&amp;#039;re at it, why not make a donation to Zach&amp;#039;s latest cause? It&amp;#039;ll make you and your kids feel good while helping out kids in need. Making Headway (http://www.makingheadway.org/ways_to_help.php) A dear friend of mine is involved in this wonderful organization, because her daughter had a brain tumor - twice. Making Headway sets out to help care, comfort and cure kids with brain and spinal cord tumors. It was tough enough when I endured cancer as an adult, so I can only imagine what it&amp;#039;s like as a child. For the parents, I know it&amp;#039;s got to be very rough. Donations to Making Headway, which you can conveniently pay through Paypal, help fund support groups, counseling, medical research - even a clown to entertain kids during their stay in the hospital. By the way, my friend&amp;#039;s daughter is now 13 and doing great. Plus, she&amp;#039;s my hero. And don&amp;#039;t we all need heroes? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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