Product Description

Too many families these days seem to be in "survival" mode. Rushing from one activity to another, trying to juggle work commitments with home responsibilities, today's families often find themselves with little time to attend to the inner needs of everyone involved. In CARE Packages for the Home, author Barbara Glanz offers countless ways to help families forge more caring, creative, and joyful places to live. Through the stories of real-life families, schools, and neighborhoods, Glanz encourages readers to take action by adapting the ideas to their own families. One family, for example, keeps a "Family Fun Box." Each person can write down things they'd like to do as a whole family, and once a week, they choose one idea from the box. Another holds a "My Family Is Special" celebration each month. Yet another uses a secret hand squeeze that can signal "I love you" no matter the time or place. Whether your family is a single-parent family, a blended family, an extended family, or a retired family, this book contains special ideas just for you. Barbara Glanz is an internationally known author, speaker, and consultant whose books include The Creative Communicator-399 Ways to Make Your Business Communications Meaningful and Inspiring; Building Customer Loyalty-How YOU Can Help Keep Customers Returning; and CARE Packages for the Workplace-Dozens of Little Things You Can Do to Regenerate Spirit at Work. She lives in Western Springs, Illinois.

6 x 9, 336 pages

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #609726 in Books
• Published on: 1998-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 306 pages

Amazon.com Review
Barbara Glanz is a well-known author of books on successful business communication and customer relations, as well as workplace advice to make the office a more human and spirited place to be. Now she has turned her considerable insight to warming up the home, with a virtual cornucopia of ideas and firsthand anecdotes about families of all kinds--extended, single-parent, retired people, and multicultural. Hundreds of creative ideas to generate feelings of warmth and togetherness fill the book: a family with 10 children gives each of them the task of doing one helpful job every day for a neighbor; a Thanksgiving Tree with written notes hung on its branches detailing what family members are individually grateful for, to be read aloud when gathered for dinner; spending an entire, leisurely day with the whole family in pajamas playing games, telling stories, and reading aloud together; and simple, entertaining games that can be played at the dinner table with children and adults participating equally. Glanz offers ways to establish traditions and meaningful family rituals, methods to make mealtimes both pleasant and memorable, and suggestions for learning to be more empathetic to others and how to show children the value and pleasures of doing meaningful volunteer work. This is a book for families who feel like the speed of today's world and pace of change may be making their lives less fulfilling and enjoyable than they could be, and it shows how to reverse that trend on your own family in creative, moving, and even whimsical ways. --Mark A. Hetts

Review
"I've just finished "CARE Packages for the Home." To say that I was moved would be a gross understatement. You provide, in your book, practical, power-packed tips of things anyone can do - families, single people, senior citizens - to brighten up not just their homes, but the lives of all they touch. You are a blessing on this planet Barbara Glanz. Keep up the good work!" -- Jay Leon, Jay Leon Learning Programs

"Just finished your book. I have to tell you that I believe if everyone would read that, we would get our families and communities back on track! What an impact you will have." -- Kathie Hightower, Author, Speaker, Hightower Resources

CARE Packages for the Home is a delightful volume crammed with halpful insights, ideas, and inspiration. I predict it will be a best seller! I hope it gives you many opportunities to substantively share you faith in Christ. -- John Beukema, Pastor, Village Church of Western Springs

What a thrill it was for us to find a copy of CARE Packages for the Home inside our front door this afternoon. It really is an amazing book and so practical! I sat down and read it for almost and hour--it is really destined to be a best seller! Can you imagine what a much better world this could be if each person who read it would apply just one idea? This book is such an amazing compilation of ideas, poems, quotes, cartoons, etc. I cannot wait to incorporate so many of these suggestions into my own life as well as share this book with family and friends. Wouldn't it make a wonderful wedding gift for couples as they begin their life together? -- Cathy Norman, Wife and Mother of five children

You've done it again! CARE Packages for the Home is incredible! I started out just drifting through the pages, reading a bit here, then a piece there. But, I found it so compelling that I finally turned to page one and just read, andread, and kept reading! The ideas you've gathered in this book for generating a loving environment are delightful. I especially like the fact that they are borrowed from people from all walks of life. I have post-it notes on many pages because I found the stories and ideas inspiring and heart-warming. Most of all, they made me smile! there are several I plan to adopt in my own life: with my family, my friends, and in my community. I have always loved the way you teach people, through your speeches and your other books, to balance the human needs with the business needs in the world of work. This book will help many readers find ways to acknowledge and act upon the need to balance the human side with the day-to-day trials that we must all manage in our hectic personal lives. -- Beth Lewis, President, MarketSource International

Customer Reviews

Everyday ways to improve the quality of life
I bought this book out of curiosity and was delighted with the surprises it held. Barbara gives hundreds of easy, inexpensive ways to warm your heart, and the hearts' of those around you. Her suggestions have been a springboard for many of my own ideas that have made my home a happier, healthier place to be.

A must read for all who want to make a difference in other's
This book is so good! It has so many ideas that my husband and I have incorporated into our family before we have children. Lots of neat traditions to start and fun things to do to spice up your life! Lots of great ideas to do good and thoughtful things for others in your life. One of my favorite books!