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Charity of the Month

CHARITY OF THE MONTH - HEIFER INTERNATIONAL

In December I am riding for Heifer International. Founded in 1944, Heifer International works with communities around the world to end hunger and poverty and to care for the Earth. Its approach is more than a handout. Heifer provides animals (e.g., heifers, goats, water buffalos, chickens, rabbits, fish, and bees) and training to impoverished people in over 30 countries. The animals can give milk, meat, or eggs; provide draft power; or form the basis of a small business. Communities make their own decisions about what crops, animals, and market strategies make sense for their everyday conditions and experiences.

Heifer International is based on 12 Cornerstones, such as Sustainability; Genuine Need and Justice; and Gender and Family Focus. Perhaps the best known Cornerstone is Passing on the Gift, in which Heifer recipient families pass on the offspring of their animals to others in need. In this way, whole communities can raise their standard of living.

A donation to Heifer International also can make a wonderful alternative holiday gift. Instead of yet another sweater for Grandma that she really doesn’t need, why not donate a Heifer animal or a share of an animal in her honor? Does your child really need so many new toys? Instead of five new toys, give him/her three new toys and a Heifer flock of chicks. Heifer has honor cards to let your loved ones know of your gift on their behalf.

I have set up a Team Heifer page to support Heifer International through A Year of Centuries. My goal is to raise $500. Please make your donation through https://teamheifer.heifer.org/AYearofCenturies. If you would like more information about Heifer’s work, please visit www.heifer.org. Whether you give to honor a loved one or make a regular donation, thank you for taking steps to transform the world for the better.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

B4H Georgia Follow Up Trip to Namibia

Bicycles for Humanity (B4H) is gearing up to send a shipment of bicycles to Namibia, Africa in May.  This past Sunday they had a successful collection event in Athens, receiving about 15 bicycles! It's not too late to donate bicycles or funds.  Visit http://www.b4hgeorgia.org/ or mail a check to

Bicycles for Humanity Georgia
P.O. Box 501381
Atlanta, GA 31150

B4H Georgia sent its first container of bicycles, parts, and tools to Namibia in 2011.  They followed up in 2012 to see how the receiving community was faring.  See the difference that bicycles make:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIIoG3ZGG08

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