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There's something about the idea off covering great distances that brings out the fundraiser in people. If it's not a breast cancer walk, it's an AIDS ride. If not an AIDS ride, a marathon team running for leukemia. The list goes on. I myself did an MS ride, and I have recently written about an ... Views: 1343
There is a sad, unfortunate, and all-too-common scenario that happens on the street corners of the majority of large cities across the world. The situation is familiar to us all because we each have faced it several times. And while the locations and people may be different, the circumstances ... Views: 2779
Many people in Western countries have a very comfortable life with all the necessities that anyone can ask for, yet they are unfulfilled and dissatisfied. The normal course of action is to find a new job or relationship. It does not take long until another change is required since that is not ... Views: 1748
Tuesday June 5, 2001 marked the beginning of a very interesting time in the history of my beloved Houston. We have seen thousands loose everything, and thousands of others ( Christians included ) rise to the occasion. That early summer day, Tropical storm Allison came to visit. There was some ... Views: 1427
Managing a nonprofit organization is one of the toughest jobs around. You have a worthy cause, wonderful staff and volunteers, but the funds for promoting your organization are very limited or not there at all. How would you like to have an unlimited source of potential donors that you can ... Views: 1524
Volunteering requires a great deal of commitment and determination. It is filled with personal challenges and enormous rewards which are often life changing for the volunteer. Some volunteers feel compelled to go the extra mile and make sacrifices in order to better the lives of the community ... Views: 1220
What is Abundance?
Maybe we need to rethink abundance. I lived my first nine years in England, from 1944 to 1953. In all those years we were under rationing. Food was doled out frugally, to the point that my sister and I suffered from malnutrition. Automobiles were scarce, we never got a ... Views: 1291
Some people find the holiday season one of the most depressing times of year. Are you one of them? If so, you know that those cheerful greetings heard so often throughout November and December often fall on ears with hidden melancholy. Here are some suggestions for beating those holiday ... Views: 1610
1. "I don't have the time." Michelle Obama has the time to be a mother, a First Lady, the nation's advocate of service, and have fabulous arms. What's your excuse?
2. "Why do I have to volunteer? I want to watch Lost." Because if you spend your entire life not giving your time to causes ... Views: 6385
I heard a wise phrase the other day: "in every moment, you are either serving or being served." The give and take, or giving and receiving, is a constant balance of life. How often to you serve others, and how often do you allow others to serve you? Is it easier for you to give than to ... Views: 1255
This week's best of the INTENTernet links are all about giving, serving and volunteering--sometimes in unexpected ways. All come from a heart of gold.
Island DIY: Kauai Residents Don't Wait for State to Repair Road from CNN.com. The local residents whose business livelihood depended on a ... Views: 1314
I am reading a fascinating book called Management Rewired (http://www.amazon.com/Management-Rewired-Feedback-Surprising-Lessons/dp/159184262X) which applies new findings in cognitive science to management. Yesterday on the train home from New York I read a chapter that blew me away. Studies show ... Views: 1131
The charitable giving of food is giving food to a person without charging that person any money for the food. It is true compassion and can be life saving.
When we want to serve food to someone living outside, we consider a few things.
1. We “serve” food to homeless people, we “feed” ... Views: 1095
Since January 20, the American people have been drinking from a fire hose. We are deluged with progress on issues that once seemed intractable - restarting the economy, safeguarding the environment, universalizing access to health care, and reasserting our good name abroad. As President Obama ... Views: 1045
I have been in service to others since I was 16 years old when I did my first walk for hunger. I still have the card we used to get each mile marked with a stamp in the shape of a foot. That was 37 years ago and I do not think I have had a time in my life when I wasn't giving back or ... Views: 1437
One of the many reasons for the growing popularity of the modern marathon is that they are more commonly being used as a means of raising money for charities and worthy causes. Whichever marathon charity you choose, it will have more meaning to you if you select one that is related to someone ... Views: 1829
The summer is the perfect time to start volunteering for worthy causes. The weather is nice, there is generally a more uplifting aura that pervades in the air, and there are many events and causes around the nation that are looking for volunteers that care for their cause (not to say that any ... Views: 1239
Time is a commodity. It’s been compared with money. We only have so much of it in this lifetime, so time is precious. And how we spend our time says a lot about what is important to us. Recently I’ve had a big change in where I’ve been finding my time spent – and it has surprised me, in many ... Views: 1403
Ethiopia, a landlocked country in Eastern Africa which is slightly less than twice the size of Texas, has a poverty stricken economy with over 80 million people striving to survive. It is a nation that is well known for its droughts and famines and its long civil conflict and a border war with ... Views: 1322
We can help a homeless person by serving him/her food, a blanket and/or necessary items. It's a pretty simple and wonderful thing to do.
In this article, I would like to propose a way to share items with homeless people. This distribution method of serving an unhoused person has worked for ... Views: 3042
Imagine actually looking forward to doing your laundry. We might take for granted how quickly and easily we're able to wash our clothing... but what happens when disaster strikes and you're left without water, power, or any clean clothes?
Last week, all of Twitter was aflutter with the ... Views: 1562
As Carolyn Maskens explains, when she set out to raise a bit of money to help improve the lives of the children at an orphanage in the East African nation of Kenya, she and her Kenyan friends were amazed by the response.
I graduated from Queen’s this spring with an honours degree in Life ... Views: 1309
Although many people are involved in projects that help others, there are also many of us who are searching for ways to help those who are in dire poverty: those without safe places to live, food to eat and medical attention available.
As we begin our search for the best ways to help others, ... Views: 2149
In the Christmas season, especially, our thoughts turn to the countless people who cannot participate in either festivities or in gift-giving.
Perhaps you are in this category now, this year. Perhaps it's the first time in your entire life that the words, "immediate needs", have come to apply ... Views: 1523
Inspired Minute Note: The purpose of this article is to encourage you to share these ideas. It is not intended to be a solicitation.
Many times I have heard from various Parent Teacher Association (PTA) leaders that while they deeply appreciate their volunteers, they greatly need membership ... Views: 2429
21st June 2009, an icon completed 50 golden years on this planet.
He is unique and one and only one of his kind in this world.
He considers himself as a King of Hearts.
This self declared icon is standing in your midst - Venkatraman Krishnamoorthy popularly known as ... Views: 1409
Whether you are a mom with small children or you are now taking care of your mom, learning to take care of you first can be a challenge. There is a good reason airlines insist that, in the event of an emergency when traveling with small children or others needing care, that you put your on own ... Views: 1193
The fact that the Westgate Hall in Canterbury is under threat, is not news to me. I have known this to be the case for over 6 months or more, and I will admit that I didn’t think much of it at first. So, you may be wondering at this point, what has made me finally take notice and reflect on the ... Views: 2014
Volunteer services are the services that are carried out by benign people who ponder about the welfare of those who are deprived of various amenities. Such people think out of the box so that they can lend a helping hand to those individuals that are extremely poor and are in need of various ... Views: 968
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Several days ago we attended the Cultural Awareness Program at Mt. Madonna School where our grandson is in first grade. His grade of ten adorable students reenacted a Buddhist story from Cambodia. In this story a single mother has three grown sons. She is very concerned that her sons do not help ... Views: 1298
Since September 11, 2001, the Trump Organization has always had an annual memorial of some sort. The first year, we forfeited our annual Trump Organization Christmas party in order to give the funds that would normally be used for that event to charity. All of us felt it was the right thing to ... Views: 1054
In a recent analysis of 12 grant writing processes used by grant writing experts, four primary steps and a checklist used by most grant writers emerged.
Checklist
Here is a checklist of items for each step:
STEP 1 - Develop Your Idea
Develop your idea into a ... Views: 2335
Did you know that you can make an impact on generations to come by planning a future gift to the charity that you are passionate about?
One example is SickKids. Charitable gifts have helped the hospital with research breakthroughs of the kind that have made it a leader in children's health. ... Views: 1094
One of the greatests ways to grow as a person is to give of one's self. Working for a charity is a great way to do this. Below you will find information about a project I began in 2005. Though in many ways it's still in it's infancy it is growing. I hope you will find your "heart's" ... Views: 1222
Getting the local community together for a day full of fun can be a great way to give back to those around you. However, planning that community festival can be overwhelming, to say the least. Here are four preparation steps that you’ll need to remember to take during your festival planning ... Views: 579
It is of course about the word of God / Message in your church, but sitting comfort is also important. Church seats are in many designs, like your church members, nobody is right and everyone experiences seating comfort differently. But of course, it is not possible to purchase a separate ... Views: 1140
Sustainability means being able to recycle, reuse and renew things instead of throw them away in landfills. Environmental stability is important to promote in every community, and the work has to start in your own neighborhood. Review 4 ways to advocate for the importance of sustainability where ... Views: 463
Donating time and money to cancer research is one of the best ways to help protect and save the lives of people suffering from this frightening disease. Not everyone has plenty of extra cash to offer, but there are ways to raise funds for cancer research and related agencies, including the ... Views: 706
There are several of the best places to travel in South Korea, China, and Japan. There are many historical and many entertaining places. However, there are also numerous places that have been designed to give visitors the most fantastic and wonderful views of Asia. Here is a list of the top 5 ... Views: 188
Today the abroaderview! will talk about an essential activity: volunteering. Spend time on an activity that directly benefits other people's lives without you receiving any monetary compensation, but a great feeling of making a difference in the world. It is also very simple to find an ... Views: 505
Okay, so you've employed the services of an agency, call centre, lead generation company, freelancer or any kind of outsourcing job in order to perform some work on your behalf. But whatever the work is, may it be gathering sales leads in UK, telemarketing services, data profiling services, data ... Views: 1842
One of life’s greatest frustrations is taking charge of your destiny as the leader of a nonprofit organization. Many individuals and consequently, the organizations they may come to lead, get stuck in their path to success. They mire in self-doubt, in self-sabotaging behaviors, and never truly ... Views: 1430
Don’t hunt me down and shoot me, but I see 9/11 as a blessing in disguise. It helped us to remember our capacity for great things as humans. The loss, fear and anger we felt that day gave rise to something greater – compassion and community.
I lived in Manhattan at the time and was asleep when ... Views: 2324
You could see the pure joy in each of the three horses as they charged across the field . . .
Their tails flying in the wind . . . their hooves pounding . . . the whinnies and neighs filling the air . . . these horses were experiencing the kind of happiness that only comes on the heels of ... Views: 1629
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Using professional-grade formula made in the USA, the brand uses no fillers or binders and is part of the NASC (National Animal Supplement Council), ensuring the product is ... Views: 661
If you make a donation you can make a difference to the most vulnerable in this terrible pandemic sweeping the world. COVID-19 is responsible for more than 400,000 deaths and 213 countries are affected. Right now over 7 million infected people and that number just keeps rising. This Coronavirus ... Views: 455
Gold is a timeless metallic material that is used to make different ornaments, including jewelry. Gold jewelry is made as a material to make the person wearing it more beautiful and glamorous. But most gold jewelry is quite expensive due to the purity of the gold used in those jewelry. Mother ... Views: 456
Usually we think of a green smoothie recipe as just a recipe . . . nothing more. It’s good for our health, but that’s about where the impact stops.
Not so with the Green Machine smoothie. . .
Because this green smoothie recipe didn’t just liven up some cells on the inside . . . it ... Views: 1537
Last Friday; was an extremely busy day at the office – finishing up a very busy work week. By 9:30 am – It had Become a “grind day” – that day you grind to get everything done for everybody else but acclomplish nothing you need to do for your self.. At 10:15 my ... Views: 992