Repair the World

Monday Link Roundup

by | August 6, 2012 | 0 comments

Monday Link Roundup

Family volunteering rules (see Hands On Blog, at left).

Happy Monday! Get your week started off right with your regular dose of inspiring service and social justice-related posts from around the web.

  • The Huffington Post featured an article and video about an awesome kid in Detroit who hosted a popcorn and lemonade stand to raise money for his city.
  • TakePart indulged people with Olympic fever by rounding up a list of do-gooding Olympic athletes who give back to their communities.
  • GOOD shared the hidden costs (to the environment and our health) behind the hamburgers we eat. Turns out, eating one less hamburger per week makes a BIG difference.
  • GOOD also made the case that the green movement needs their equivalent of a “Marlboro Man.”
  • Hands On Blog reminded readers that volunteering as a family is not only fun, it benefits everyone involved.

About the Author

Leah Koenig is a freelance writer and editor whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Saveur, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Hadassah Magazine, Lilith, Edible Brooklyn and Beliefnet. She contributes a monthly column on food to The Forward and a bi-weekly column to Saveur.com. She is also the former editor of Hazon's award-winning blog, The Jew & The Carrot. Leah joined Repair the World as a contributing editor in late 2009.


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Repair the World works to inspire American Jews and their communities to give their time and effort to serve those in need. We aim to make service a defining part of American Jewish life.

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