Dealing with a newborn, especially your first, is a challenge and a half. Thank goodness for doctors, midwives, moms and books to guide us through those first few months.

But what about those who don’t have access to that much needed information? The Information Blanket is a newborn blanket with basic info on size, feeding, and illness warning signs. Buy one for yourself, and they will send one to a country with a very high infant mortality rate.

So while we are sleep deprived and exhausted, we can feel good knowing we are helping out a fellow mom who isn’t as fortunate as us. —Alexandra Suhner Isenberg

US$40USD for a blanket for you and a blanket for Uganda, http://theinformationblanket.org

It’s one of the most ubiquitous items of clothing around, but finding the perfect t-shirt can be a challenge.

Enter Shared, a local label that makes ultra soft tees right here in Canada from a raw fibre called supima.

In an effort to get the word out, the duo behind the label, Carlo Colacci and Joyce Lo have set up a pop-up shop—a temporary retail space slated to close at the end of August.

Don’t miss out on a limited range of tees with original artwork from local musicians, painters and DJs.

Tank tops are $34 while a relaxed-cut dress in the same comfy t-shirt material retails for $74 with a startling 50 per cent of all profits going to charity.

Now, that’s what we call a perfect tee.

Shared, 1142 Queen St. W., Toronto, http://weshared.com/

Lace up your sneakers – The Movement Movement is revving up for another run.

The project, spearheaded by artist/curator Jessica Rose and dancer/choreographer Jenn Goodwin, is described as “a social movement to run the world’s art institutions, one kilometer at a time.”

Fresh off the heels of their ROM project, starring several hundred runners dodging the mummies in May, this next project moves outdoors to Trinity Belwoods Park.

Part of an ongoing effort to save the neighbourhood from condo developments, (a cause Rose is tirelessly committed to), The Movement Movement will create a 300-metre earthwork made up of thousands of footprints.

“It’s a running protest,” says Rose.

Are you in?

September 15, 2007 at 11 a.m., www.themovementmovement.com