#218 Title:

What Friends Do

Special Guest: Aimee Kandrac, co-founder of WhatFriendsDo.com

Description: Life changing events and difficult situations happen all the time to people around us.  So how can we help? It's simple.  Friends, neighbors, family and co-workers pull together and share their diverse skills, talents, schedules and personalities to make life easier. Listen in and find out how you can help friends when they need it most.

Duration: 45:50

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Show Index:
00:25 Intro: What Friends Do
01:42 Who is a Friend?
02:29 Who Needs Help?
03:29 Knowing What to Say
10:07 It's Going to Be Okay
11:21 The Lasagna Law
18:13 Are Thanks in Order?
21:56 About What Friends Do
23:39 Listener: Should I Call?
25:59 How Can I Help?
32:37 Visiting Etiquette
35:54 Being Neighborly
38:01 Friends in the Military
41:21 Closing Comments
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About Aimee Kandrac

Aimee Kandrac is the co-founder of WhatFriendsDo.com and was recently named a Top 50 Mompreneur of 2011.  She is also the mom to two kids, two cats and a husband, an over committed volunteer and aspiring writer. 
About the Site

How the WhatFriendsDo.com website works

A coordinator (family member or close friend) completes a brief registration process, and a "Team website" is created. In just a few minutes, the WhatFriendsDo.com webtool will help you customize a Team website that can be used to:

• Coordinate schedules for meals, childcare, errands and other needs.
• Provide information updates via your own Team blog.
• Post photos to keep your Team inspired.
• Provide a guestbook for messages to your friend.

The WhatFriendsDo.com webtool then guides the coordinator through potential activities the Team may use to help their friend. From the Team's home page, your friend's support network can access an activities calendar, sign up to help, read updates on the situation, write their own messages of support on the guestbook, and much, much more. Read more.



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"A friend is one who believes in you when
you have ceased to believe in yourself."