Grab your shovels, wheelbarrows and buckets! Oakland County Parks is giving away free wood chips and compost at Orion Oaks County Park on various Saturdays in 2013. Patrons can enter at the Clarkston Road gate to load free wood chips and compost for backyard projects.

Macomb Community College and other communities in Oakland County and Metro Detroit offer Basic Rider Course Motorcycle classes through the Detroit-Metro Regional Consortium Motorcycle Safety Education Program designed to teach beginners and new riders necessary safety and skills needed to complete a Michigan Secretary of State written test over the course of 1 weekend. Successful completion of the Basic Rider Course will include a completion card which the Secretary will accept to waive the riding skills test.

The Rochester Community House is offering a free legal aid service. Legal Aid preliminary sessions are offered periodically at the Rochester Community House free of charge by appointment.

The Rochester Community House is offering a free Estate Planning seminars. Estate Planning Seminars are offered periodically at the Rochester Community House free of charge.

Make Your Own MLB Standings Board

I'm normally not the Martha Stewart type, but I worked on this project with my baseball fanatic son recently and it turned into a nice craft the whole family worked on.

Click here for a photo gallery of our Do It Yourself MLB Standings Board Project.

Oakland County Parks and Recreation Dog Parks are pleased to host the Oakland Pet Adoption Center as it provides a series of low-cost, drop-in vaccination clinics for dogs.

Whether you're moving across town or across the country, packing up and moving can bring a lot of stress - especially when children are involved. There are ways to help combat the uncertainty for a child regarding a new school, new friends and new lifestyle.

Here are 10 expert tips to help children making the move to a new city less stressful...

A great way to talk about school with kids is to talk about American History. You can discuss historical events with children like you are telling a story and get some great responses from them. Discussing History is a great way to teach lessons and gauge their responses as to how or why they feel an event in history happened. 

I interviewed Chef Anne Burrell of the Food Network to ask her for some tips on making a special Valentine's Day dinner for my family. Here's some of the interview below. For the full story, please watch the video.

Oakland County Moms: What recipe would you recommend to show my hubby how much I love him on Valentines Day?