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Today’s blog post comes from Kelly Whalen, author of The Centsible Life, a blog designed to help you live the life of your dreams on a budget. You can often find her on Twitter and Facebook talking money and motherhood.

Kelly Whalen with P&G, John Legend and Dan Cardinali

(L-R) P&G U.S. Marketing Manager Jim Leish,"The Centisble Life" author Kelly Whalen, John Legend, and Communities In Schools President Dan Cardinali

Earlier this summer my business partner, Julie Meyers Pron, and I were introduced to the amazing work Communities In Schools does throughout the country when we attended the GIVE Education press conference hosted by P&G, Communities In Schools, and with Grammy Award-winning musician John Legend. While the event was great (as was John’s singing-you can view the video here), getting the opportunity, with a small group of other bloggers, to have an intimate Q&A with John Legend, as well as P&G U.S. Marketing Manager Jim Leish and Communities In Schools President Dan Cardinali, was truly enlightening and inspiring.

As bloggers one of the great things we can do is bring a voice to causes we truly care about, and with the new school year on the horizon I knew there couldn’t be a better fit than working with Communities In Schools. View full article »

Watch a video, make a difference

Give EDUCATION facebook screenshotThere are literally countless ways to make a difference in the life of a student. You can be a mentor or volunteer, make a donation, or even just buy a pack of pencils.

And now, you can change a child’s world for the better just by watching a video.

On Tuesday, Communities In Schools announced the launch of Give EDUCATION, a campaign with Procter & Gamble and Grammy award-winning musician John Legend. Together, we are working to raise awareness of America’s dropout crisis, and raise funds so that Communities In Schools can surround even more children with a community of support.

One way you can help us is by watching this video, starring John Legend and Communities In Schools grads from Newark, N.J., on P&G myGIVE’s Facebook page.  For each person that watches the video, Communities In Schools gets 25 cents.

Tell your friends, tell your family – have everyone you know click on the video! It works once per viewer per day. So if you watch it once a day, you can be a true Communities In Schools hero and help us reach our goal of $10,000!

Head on over to P&G myGIVE’s Facebook page , watch the video, and don’t forget to share it. Communities In Schools can support a student for about $192 per year. Twenty-five cents truly does make a difference.