A little over a month ago, one of our most beloved editors suffered the greatest loss any parent can imagine: Her daughter, Maddie, passed away. The hearts of the blogosphere went out to Maddie Spohr’s family in a way that our bodies could not, separated by miles but not compassion.

In just a matter of weeks, tens of thousands of dollars were donated in Maddie’s name to the Spohr family’s charity of choice, the March of Dimes. Bits of support were drummed up here and there to help support the family directly, as well, through not only financial support for funeral costs, but deliveries of food (including gift certificates for delivery from those too far away to deliver it themselves) to warm the family’s bellies and help take their minds off responsibilities for just a moment longer.

All accomplished through the compassion and, more importantly, passion of bloggers.  And this wasn’t the first time bloggers have rallied together, nor will it be the last time.

As Blog Nosh Magazine transitions back into our regular publishing schedule after a month of our front page dedicated to Maddie, we would like to take one more opportunity to highlight the efforts and successes of blogger outreach.  Benefiting charities, movements, families, and causes across the board, the power of bloggers is immeasurable.  As a magazine championing bloggers’ skills and value, we ask that you take a moment to consider some of the more tangible good that bloggers are capable of setting into motion.

This week is dedicated to those bloggers using their thoughtful influence and their passion to make a difference.  One of our own, Robin from Pensieve and Channel Editor of Religion and Philosophy, has been knocking us out with stories of her recent trip to Kolkata, India (pictured right), as a member of a team of bloggers for Compassion International.  As you will see, not all compassion is lived out from behind the comfort of our computers.

If you have a cause you would like us to highlight, please contact us with the URL of your post. Although we are usually sticklers for the rules and insist that posts published on Blog Nosh have been previously published elsewhere and now sit dusty in your archives, we are happy to bend the rules this time and will accept newly published or previously unpublished posts about your outreach story.  In other words, you can write something specifically to be highlighted here this week and send it directly to us.

Furthermore, since there are more stories of outreach than there are days in this week, we are considering a twice monthly outreach feature to be published on Fridays.  So don’t worry about our running out of room for your story.  We are always hungry for more.

Nosh Notes from the Editor by Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Megan Jordan from Velveteen Mind.  Follow her on twitter and  contact her any time.

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