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	<title>Pass The Torch &#187; *Empowerment</title>
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		<title>Kids Building a Cat Tower</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have a new kitten who loves to climb and sharpen her claws.  We&#8217;ve drooled over the cat towers we see at the department stores, and we knew our cat would love one, but they&#8217;re so expensive.  We weren&#8217;t sure a barn cat was worthy of a $70 toy.  So the kids [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Sour Spray is Bad for your Teeth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 14:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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My daughter did an experiment as an extra-credit assignment in her eighth grade science class, and it had very interesting results that all sour-candy lovers should watch!  She soaked three eggs in different solutions for a month, and then demonstrates the results on this 3-minute YouTube video (the last five minutes or so are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting US Senator Feingold</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 13:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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On the final day of our stay in DC, we were able to meet Senator Feingold at the Capitol.  He spoke to both of the Wisconsin honorees and the official Capitol photographer took photos.

Who knows?
Prudential Spirit of Community Series:
Washington DC Landmarks
Smithsonian Awards Dinner and Program
Prudential Honorees at Montgomery Elementary
Meeting US Senator Feingold
Positively Speaking &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prudential Honorees at Montgomery Elem.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 12:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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The Prudential honorees also participated in a community service project at Montgomery Elementary School in Washington DC.  They all read to the children there and donated books.  As is typical with volunteer service, this experience was one of the highlights of the trip.

My daughter was asked to speak to the audience there about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spirit of Community in the Smithsonian</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 13:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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My daughter and the other Wisconsin honoree meet Condoleezza Rice.
After some time spent getting to know the other honorees, and parents had a chance to visit DC landmarks, we all went to the most fantastic awards banquet I can imagine.  We were taken to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History &#8211; after hours [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prudential Spirit of Community in DC</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 16:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, my daughter was named a Prudential Spirit of Community honoree this year, for her work with her neighborhood book club.  She won $1,000 and an all-expense paid trip to Washington DC for herself and me.
Neither of us could imagine the amazing experience they had in store for us.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Positively Speaking &#8211; Lemonade Stand Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 12:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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Today is Lemonade Stand Day, a nation-wide event that supports young entrepreneurs in learning the ways of business.  To read more about it, and other ways you can encourage your child&#8217;s entrepreneurial spirit, please read my Positively Speaking column at 5 Minutes for Mom. 
Would you like Pass the Torch updates? Just sign up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Girls Going Places Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week, my daughter and I had the privilege of attending the Girls Going Places Entrepreneurship Conference, sponsored by Guardian Life Insurance, Foster Klima and Company and the University of St. Thomas.  The purpose of the program is to encourage young women to consider business ownership as a method of achieving their career [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Positively Speaking &#8211; Writing Contracts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
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Will your child soon be experiencing a &#8220;rite of passage&#8221;?  This month&#8217;s Positively Speaking column will give you some ideas for writing a contract with him or her, to guide expectations and behavior.  Please read my column at 5 Minutes for Mom.
Would you like Pass the Torch updates? Just sign up for them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vacation Meals &#8211; Kids as Cooks, Part II</title>
		<link>http://2passthetorch.com/2010/01/25/vacation-meals-kids-as-cooks-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[*Empowerment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second meal our kids cooked for us required a little help, which Uncle Bill gladly provided.  Cajun shrimp with Parmesan asparagus.  YUM!

&#8220;You cut the asparagus where it naturally breaks&#8230;&#8221;

And here Craig is dicing apples for his signature apple/Cool Whip/Snickers salad (which, of course, isn&#8217;t salad at all:)

How do you spell, &#8220;AWESOME?&#8221;
Marco Island [...]]]></description>
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