Will you help me share #JerseyLove? Tourism is big business for New Jersey. Without a strong summer season, many businesses won’t make it through the year. Everyone remembers seeing the destruction Hurricane Sandy caused to so many shore towns in NJ and NY, but there is not as much media coverage of the recover. This has residents worried that tourism will be down this summer.
I’m from Philadelphia, and I’m proud to say that “I Love New Jersey.”  I spent my summers at the shore when I was a child. I have so …

As the true extent of the damage of Superstorm Sandy is coming to light, the amount of help needed on the East Coast is immense. As hundreds of thousands sit in the dark with little food, others have lost their entire households.
I’ve rounded up some ways that bloggers can help. Please add any links to vetted fundraisers, other ideas to help relief ideas or links to posts you’ve written about Sandy in the comments.
1. Write a post and ask your readers to donate money to the American Red Cross, or another …

Everyone seemed to have an opinion about my engagement. I was only twenty, not even old enough to drink legally, when my college boyfriend proposed. I strongly believe women should decide if and when they want to marry, but sadly, the same sentiment is not shared around the world. My friends teased me for being a “child bride,” but real child marriage is not a laughing matter.
Have you ever imagined your perfect wedding? For many children, marriage is already a reality – and there was no dream wedding. You can …

It is easy for many to give up hope in the world. We watch the news, we observe the negative things happening in our society. From violence and pain to poverty and disease, issues like these span the globe. We see the need in our communities, in our own neighborhoods, and we start to wonder, “Will it ever get better?”
It can, and it will.
We are proud to share that some of our own from Bloganthropy have been recognized on the Babble.com list Top 25 Parent Bloggers Who Are Changing the …

Devan McGuinness, publisher of the blog, Unspoken Grief, was named the winner of the 2012 Bloganthropy Awards. Debbie Bookstaber, co-founder of Bloganthropy.org, announced the winner at the eighth annual BlogHer conference. “Each year, the Bloganthropy Awards recognize amazing women who have galvanized online support for their causes and built communities of people who share their concerns,” says Bookstaber.
McGuinness, the mother of three living children and 12 babies lost through miscarriages and stillbirth, started her blog as a means of helping other families wade through the challenges associated with perinatal and …