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The Mothers’ Day Movement was founded by six women who were shocked to learn that $14 billion was spent in the US in 2010 on Mother’s Day celebrations including flowers, cards and meals. Given the number of women and children suffering globally, and here at home, we believe it is time to rethink this holiday and donate a portion of Mother’s Day spending to those less fortunate.

OUR MISSION

We are the Mothers’ Day Movement…our mission is to raise money to help women in need around the world, and right here at home, by asking people to rethink their giving priorities in order to make Mother’s Day more meaningful. This is a new way to honor the mothers and women in your life on Mother’s Day.

“It’s time to move the apostrophe so that it becomes not just Mother’s Day -- honoring a single mother, but Mothers’ Day -- an occasion to try and help mothers around the globe as well.”

Nicholas Kristof

New York Times,

May 8, 2010

Countdown to Mothers’ Day 2012:

2011 Mothers’ Day Movement Results

Together, we made Mothers’ Day Meaningful...

We raised $135,000

for women and children in need in Kibera!

2011 MDM CAMPAIGN

Each year, the Mothers’ Day Movement will conduct a campaign to raise money for a 501c-3 charity whose mission is to improve the lives of women and children. This year, Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) was selected as the beneficiary of MDM’s fundraising efforts. SHOFCO is an organization operating in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya’s most economically depressed area. Founded by a young man born and raised in Kibera with support from students at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, SHOFCO currently operates a school for girls, a community center and a health clinic.

“Just Look At What You Did!”
Click here to read Nicholas Kristof’s
Thanks to MDM Donors in NY Times, 9/29/11