Blog Tag: Charity
Beryl and Beth Walking for Lupus
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Update: Beryl and Beth raised over $1500! I know for a fact several of their donors came straight from my email and this blog post! Thanks for helping everyone! You Rock!
My awesome friend Beryl and her friend Beth are walking for Lupus this weekend.
I'm asking you to help them, but before I go into detail, I have a question for you:
Have you ever tried to raise money for charity? Those of you who have know it's a lot of time and effort.
What if after all that hard work none - not one! - of your friends helped you out?
Let that thought sink in for just a moment.
Feels crummy doesn't it?
Now I'd like to tell you about TWO ways I'm helping out Beryl and Beth!
The best part is these 2 ways of helping are EASY and QUICK for you to emulate!
The first way I'm helping is posting this here on my blog and asking YOU to help. In a quick and easy step, I'm extending their reach to include you - my close personal friends and visitors to my web site.
This website is read All over the world! Just imagine how far this post will go!
You can emulate this step easily by either quickly rewording this entry and posting it to your blog, or simply linking here.
The 2nd way that you can easily help is by making a donation. I made a donation this morning in LESS THAN 3 MINUTES!
I don't share this with you to brag, but to encourage and motivate you. If I can spare just a few bucks - and believe me it was only a few - so can you!
Beryl and Beth are just $35 dollars away from their goal of $500. If all the people who read this give just $5, they'll be way over!
If all of you send this email to just 5 people, we can help them DOUBLE, maybe even TRIPLE their goal!
Start your weekend off right!
Acts of Kindness
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I'm posting in support of Bloggers Unite. They're asking people to post about Acts of Kindness. I don't like to toot my own horn much about charity (I'll tell you all day long how great I am, but that's different), on the other hand, I think people are motivated by example. It's a fine line.
Here's a few ways you could help out people less fortunate than yourself, and remember I don't recommend you do things that I have not done:
- Support Joanne's Kettle for Salvation Army in Walla Walla
- Sponsor a Child Through World Vision! You too could get Christmas Cards from Morocco!
- Donate to Phones for Cell Phones for Soldiers.
Or, something I have not done exactly, but I recommend Tom's Shoes without qualification for their vision and charity work: buy a FEED Bag.
What acts of kindness, big or small, have you done this holiday season? Post a comment with your story!
How to Feed a Child School Lunch for a Year
Tom's Shoes is offering a neat idea: the FEED Bag. You pay only $60, and get a groovy bag that will get noticed! The best part? A needy child will be fed school lunch for a year.
When people ask you about your bag, you can tell them how they can feed a child school lunch for a year. Check it out!
The Best Way to Give This Holiday Season
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My good friend Erica is helping her mom raise support for the Salvation Army. She emailed me the message below a couple of days ago, and I asked for her permission to post it on my blog.
I've known Erica for three years now. She is a classy lady, an honest soul, caring to a fault, a steadfast Christian, and a champion for goodness in the world. Erica works for the Salvation army, and many members of her family volunteer there and in other ways. I couldn't wish for better friends than her, but I wish for more friends like her everyday!
I give the floor to Erica, who will tell you how to give.
Dear Family & Friends,
'Tis the season for Christmas, gifts, and bell ringing! I'm sending this out to my family and friends in hopes that you or someone you know may want to donate towards The Salvation Army.
To make it easier you can now give on-line. Simply go to: Joanne Reinikka's Kettle page on give.salvationarmyusa.org and make a donation.
The donations you make will go towards The Salvation Army in Walla Walla, Washington helping them to help those most in need. If you'd rather have your donation go towards a community of your choice, you can make that selection on the website.
I'm asking for donations to go towards Walla Walla because:
- That's where my Mom is The Salvation Army Social Services Director and,
- Due to budget cuts she's not able to hire bell ringers this Christmas season; they're relying totally on volunteers (which are unfortunately few and far between).
The money raised during the Christmas season supports The Salvation Army centers throughout the entire year. The Walla Walla Service Extension Center helps people with utility and rent assistance, motel vouchers, food bank, youth programs, youth camps, domestic violence, senior programs, back to school drives, clothing for needy children and toys & food at Christmas.
If you'd rather mail in your donation, please make your check payable to The Salvation Army Walla Walla and mail to The Salvation Army, 827 W. Alder, Walla Walla, WA 99362.
I know that some of you are not in a position to give at this time and that's understandable, but maybe you can help by sending people to this page or directly to the Salvation Army's Website.
God bless each and everyone of you this Christmas. I'd like to share with you a poem my Mom wrote about bell ringing and The Salvation Army. This poem was written based on true stories. Have a very, Merry Christmas!
Man With The Bell
The kettle, motionless, hangs from the stand, waiting for coins from another small hand
Smiling eyes watch as charity slowly unfolds, trying hard to release coins from fingers now cold
Walking away from the man with the bell, assured they've taught their little one wellThe jovial man with the bell in his hand, watches as life passes by in front of his stand
The frail, small woman with a zippered coin purse digs out a coin with fingers gnarled and hurt
The well-dressed man with his bills rolled up tight, hurries, shoulder to the wind, into the nightThe World War II vet approaches with his son at his side, "You folks got me home…I almost died" So it goes, every day at the stand, reminders to give by the bell in his hand
He knows that the single mom with three kids in tow, will be warm tonight--they've someplace to goThe alcoholic tells him he's sober one year, "It's thanks to the Army, the reason I'm here"
The clerk from the store brings him coffee each day; she wants to give back in her own modest wayA red plastic bag overflowing with toys, sits on a bus bench beside a mom and her boys
He knows where she's been and the help she's been given, and rings the bell louder – you could hear it in heavenFrom the beginning they've thought always of others, treating all who need as sisters and brothers
He smiles as he rings secure with the thought, His work is important and never for naughtThe Salvation Army warms his heart this night, as he remembers Booth saying, "If there's one, I'll fight!"
I'll be back tomorrow – for now all is still, he says to himself –the man with the bell
by Joanne M. Reinikka
Today I'm asking you, my faithful readers, to pass on the blessings you have received this year to those who are less fortunate. Imagine if everyone you were behind in traffic this morning gave today gave 1 dollar to a charity they cared about.
Here's that link again: Joanne Reinikka's Kettle page on give.salvationarmyusa.org. You know what to do!
