Comments on: Blog Action Day

By: cheritycall

cheritycall — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:41:22 +0000

hi, Do something for help the hungry people from Africa or India,
I created this blog about this subject:
in http://tinyurl.com/6p6lb8

By: Judy

Judy — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:10:54 +0000

I’m so glad you posted….I didn’t make it this year: was just too snowed under getting ‘stuff’ done. UGH
Fighting poverty and hunger is tough. I suppose I am doing my part by shooing Craig out the door to head up our homeless feeding program! By making our homelife totally unappealing, he seeks refuge in other places and I get things done at home! It’s a win/win situation: both the homeless & needy AND Judy benefit! (Of course, I am making light of a very sad situation. But he does volunteer his time and efforts more than enough for five people, and he is more effective than I would ever be!)

Thank you for such a heart felt blog post.

By: KT

KT — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:22:54 +0000

No food over the weekend? This makes me so, so sad and heartsick. As the mother of young children I am at a loss imagining what a weekend would be like with not enough food. Add onto that one of my kids is an insulin dependant Type 1 diabetic and my heart and mind just fold. No food is NOT an option.

Thank you so much for this post, I will most certainly be looking at how I can contribute my time and energy. Also, I will bring this to the attention of our children’s (Montessori) school.

Happy Belated Birthday to a very awesome 70 year old!

By: kimy

kimy — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:02:35 +0000

saw on jen’s blog another of her blogging buds was participating in blog action day!

kudos for your post, commitment and ongoing volunteer work.

I have always believed that if each of us can do some small thing to make the world a better place – fight poverty, reduce our consumption, think before we act – together we address the big problems that face our planet.

thanks! keep on keeping on!! nice site to visit, I look forward to returning….

By: Kristin L

Kristin L — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:43:37 +0000

I agree that poverty is not going away soon. I’m very conflicted about some aspects of it such as my belief that the more we fix world hunger, the more doors it opens for creating more (not unlike the stuff in our studios expanding to fill the amount of space we have). In the US, the changing demographics Mr. C noticed particularly saddens me. Hence, my action will be local rather than global. I’m a long time contributor to the American Red Cross (helping not poverty as much as need in extreme situations), and we donate annually to the Army Emergency Relief Fund which gives loans to soldiers in financial need. Lately, I’ve been looking at a local food bank here on Oahu.