Showing posts with label RAK Mission. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RAK Mission. Show all posts

11/29/12

FREE Resource for Serving as a Family During the Holidays


Here is a great resource that I found today, that I thought all my wonderful readers would love too.

This is a FREE downloadable 21 Page resource direct from Focus on the Family called Be the Hands and Feet of Jesus: Ideas for serving as a family this holiday season.

This well-planned resource is full of simple, and effective ways to inspire your family to greater service in Jesus' name.  The resource includes ideas for the entire family, couples together and kid initiated service.  There is also a special section for serving orphans.

Head on over to Focus on the Family today, to download your resource and get serving with your family!


Wishing you Joyful service!
The Joyful Socks Mom 

 Where we are at?  Linking up this week at Homeschooling on the Cheap from 3 Boys and a Dog.

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9/8/12

Mission R.A.K. Fall Edition


The fall is full of activity, fun and delight with so many events, parties and festivals.  A midst the revelry though, I don't want the kids to lose the focus of blessing those who are forgotten or passed over.  We have some exciting and fun missions to accomplish for the months of September and October.  I sat down with the kids and discussed what missions we most wanted to accomplish, and here is what they came up with:
  • Homeless Helping Bags: We don't have a lot of homeless here in our community, but we are in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex enough to see the suffering of those individuals.  It really is a major concern to the Scout.  We are gathering materials to make these useful bags. 
---> HOMELESS BAGS ON PINTEREST

 The bags are focused around items of immediate need that are difficult to get from homeless shelters due to demand. 
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  • Hug-a-Home Educator:  How much do homeschool moms need a hug and a "Thank You"?  Well, we have plenty around us to experiment with. For this project the kids will be creating "FREE Hugs for Home Educators" signs to wear when at cooperative and church.  Nee a hug?  Look for a Mac kid!
  • Cookies for the Neighbors:  I wanted to try out some of these pinteresting cookie recipes.  Stack them up and give them away to bless others . . . and because Mommy cannot eat them!
Cookie 1: Breakfast Cookies  Cookie 2: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bites  Cookie 3: Lacey Oatmeal Cookies

You so want to be my neighbor now, don't you?
  • Family Math Night for Homeschool Friends: Okay, this was a fun experiment, but quiet honestly we had more FAMILY than we had MATH!  We did Dips, Decimals and Dominoes . . . well, that was the theme anyway.  We definitely got in some decimals and there was dip for all.  Dominoes actually didn't happen - kids playing, parents talking, enough said.
We hope you will be inspired to go out into the world and be the light to someone in need.  Let us know if you have any R.A.K. plans.
Hands of Love
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Happy Homeschooling!
The Joyful Socks Mom 

Where are we at?  
We are linking up at 3Boys and a Dog for Homeschooling on the Cheap!
  • Take a journey through Notebooking Success! Best notebooking resource for home educators. . .and beyond.
  • Wonder Maps is the homeschool geography that moms and kids can both give an A+
  • SAXON MATH: Top choice of many homeschooling families, including our own.  Hand's on and incremental approach with proven results.
  • HARMONY FINE ARTS: The best study for art and music appreciation!  Hard working moms with little time left will love this curriculum plan.
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4/16/12

Ultimate Blog Party 2012: Welcome & More About Me

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Ultimate Blog Party 2012
This is my first year to join the Ultimate Blog Party, so thanks for stopping by!  Welcome to The Mac Rak: Random Acts Of Kindness Blog, we are glad you are here.  Please take a moment to bookmark this page so you can come back later . . . we are fun people to know, Scout's honor!


What is The Mac RAK?  Our blog is dedicated to inspiring R.A.K. (Random Acts of Kindness) in families, local communities and beyond.  We love to encourage families to spend quality time together using hands-on parenting techniques like exploring nature, handicrafts, literature, science, volunteering, home educating and all around fun activities.  We review family-friendly products and services and promote local and online events for the families we serve.


Heather Mac, the Joyful Socks Mom, is a fun-loving mother to 5 amazing children between the ages of 24 and 8 . . . whew!  Heather is a joyfully inspired writer and blogger, and when she's not doing that she is performing skits, speaking to home educators, teaching at the Classical Homeschool Cooperative, volunteering, reading, watching football, organic gardening, and (if it is a really good day) crocheting.  Sleeping is something Heather would love to experience, but she may have to wait until the kids are all grown.  Joyful Socks and her dear husband have lived in the North Texas area for over 20 years.




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3/13/12

RAK Mission Scavenger Hunt

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The girls were stuck in the house on Saturday.  Mommy was under the weather and Daddy is gone out for a while.  They had stayed busy the majority of the day crafting, cleaning, reading and then . . . they were DONE!


I mean, D-O-N-E, done!  And the complaining and whining ensued . . .

My girls needed a reminder that we are blessed (I don't do complaining, especially about boredom) and I needed a quick solution for fighting cabin fever.

We love Focus on the Family and their magazine, Thriving Family, which has saved this mom on more than one occasion.  Thank you Dr. Dobson and crew!  We flipped through the magazine and came up with our own spin on a "Cabin Fever" solution that they suggested.

Presenting the R.A.K. (Random Acts of Kindness) Scavenger Hunt.  Here's how it works.  You make a list of items that help your family recall how truly blessed they are, yourself included.  I made a list that could be done that day, without leaving the house.  The list I made for the girls went something like this:

  • Find 4 mismatched socks with holes in the bottom and throw them away.
  • Locate 3 outfits that are nice, but you don't wear anymore.  Place them clean and nicely folded in a big bag to take to a local charity.
  • Take 3 canned goods our of the pantry and put them at top of bag for local food pantry.
  • Clean your sister's side of the room for her.
  • Write a letter to a relative that lives far way.
  • Make your sister laugh, no matter what it takes.
  • Make a card or letter to encourage an elder or someone from a nursing home.
The girls had a blast.  Boredom was busted.  They did some good and Mommy got more healing rest!

HERE is a FREE Download for you!  This is a R.A.K. (Random Act of Kindness) Mission Scavenger Hunt.  You can use this Scavenger Hunt with your family and take up to a week to complete.  Download this challenge and then pass on the kindness to another family to challenge them too!

Come back and let us know how it went.


The Joyful Socks Mom


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