Got a worthy cause we should know about? Bring it on.

[ArtAttack]

New Sticky thread: Got a worthy cause we should know about? Bring it on.

[Belle]

First Candle/SIDS Alliance.

Director of Public Affairs, Laura Reno, 800.221.7437 or via email at laura.reno@firstcandle.org.

You can also visit their website at http://www.sidsalliance.org.

[cherienjim]

I ask all of you to say a little prayer for my husband, Jim. He was admitted into the hospital today with pneumonia, and is having difficulty breathing. There is also some copd involved also. Just please keep us in your prayers as we do you. He is a wonderful husband, and we have been married for almost 37 years!!!! :rolleyes:


cherienjim

[mamacitaRuth]

~ PRAYERS ASCENDING ~ God bless Jim and you, Cherie, as you help him through this crisis.

[j9]

Cherie, you know you are in my prayers. Tell Jim I hope he gets better soon. It was great to meet you guys in Florida, and I know he is your world. :)

[senoRita]

Sorry to hear that you DH is in the hospital. I'll add him to my prayer list.

[shashavjc]

Dont forget to continue to keep Susan Cantu *formerly Susan Murillo* in your prayers, shes gettin so much older! She is now 15, i know there are several of you that remember her :) and continuing to do well.

Thx ;)

[LLBSacred]

www.fobf.org
This is the organization I have done mission trips to Honduras with. They send medical teams down once a month to set up clinics in the hard to reach mountains. They do referrals for children who need more extensive care. Surgical teams go down a few times a year to do cleft pallet repair, club foot repair, congenital heart defects and hydrocephalus. They also have a doctor and nurses that are on staff there full time for free clinics when the teams are not there. This a non profit organization and I have only volunteered for them. They are just my heart!! If you go to the website you can see the pictures and read the journals of the teams.
ONDA LOVE!!
Cindy
:o

[llblady1972]

The one Cause that is close to my Heart is Autism Awareness and Autism Speaks..
I have two children that have Autism.. my oldest Son Joey who is 15 and my oldest daughter Melodi who is 11 they both have different types of Autism they are both in special programs in school and they are doing very very well. Both of them have been in school since they were an infant..

What we need is funds for research to find out what or how a child can get this.
more importantly we need to educate teachers and get more programs in regular schools..

www.autismspeaks.com its a organization started by grandparents when they're grandson was diagnosed with Autism.. They do all kinds of fund raisers Please get involve..:)

thanks guys!!

[mamacitaRuth]

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life,
that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let us not be satisfied with just giving money.
Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go.
-Mother Teresa

If you help others, you will be helped, perhaps tomorrow, perhaps in one hundred years, but you will be helped. Nature must pay off the debt...It is a mathematical law and all life is mathematics.
-Gurdjieff

Agape is understanding, creative, redemptive goodwill toward all men. Agape is an overflowing love which seeks nothing in return. Theologians would say that it is the love of God operating in the human heart. When you rise to love on this level, you love all men not because you like them, not because their ways appeal to you, but you love them because God loves them.
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I hope we'll also use this space to share great stories we find about active volunteerism. Here's one:

http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2009/jun/20/every-kids-a-star/?partner=yahoo_headlines

Volunteerism is a chosen path, and this is an organization close to my heart where people can go to be matched with someone who needs them. I have been on both ends, so I know someone right this minute needs you.....reach out.

http://www.volunteermatch.org/about/

[mamacitaRuth]

Foundation Teams Up With Grammy Award-Winners for Upcoming Nonprofit Grant Award

AUSTIN, Texas, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- (www.ctkfoundation.org) - The CTK Foundation Philanthropic Fund and Los Lonely Boys announce a unique nonprofit grant opportunity -- The Heart and Soul Grant Award Program.


Starting on July 1, 2009, nonprofit organizations from across the U.S. will go online to submit an original poem that expresses the "heart and soul" of their nonprofit mission.


After the August 15, 2009 deadline, a jury panel of recognized independent music artists and producers from around the country will select a winner based on the quality and impact of the lyrics. The selected nonprofit organization will win a $10,000 cash grant and Grammy Award-winning recording artists Los Lonely Boys will create a song, based upon the poem, which will be professionally produced in a recording studio.


"We think that the process of writing lyrics to a song, and submitting it as the basis for a grant, will be an inspirational process in every community," said Jim Tullio - an internationally known musician and the producer of the upcoming Heart and Soul Grant Award recording. "Our goal is that both the song and the accompanying $10,000 grant will help the selected nonprofit to better educate the public about their important work."


To qualify for the grant, submitting nonprofits are required to be a registered U.S. 501(c)3 organization. Beginning July 1, 2009, Heart and Soul grant applications will be accepted on the CTK Foundation website at www.ctkfoundation.org. Grant applications close on August 15, 2009. The winner will be announced on September 21st, after which time key members of the winning nonprofit will be flown to Austin, Texas, for an evening gala where the song will be premiered by Los Lonely Boys.


For more information about the Heart and Soul Grant Award and application guidelines, nonprofits are encouraged to visit the Foundation website and click on the gold Foundation tab.


About the CTK Foundation

Texas-based CTK Foundation Philanthropic Fund is committed to the recognition and celebration of nonprofit service and seeks to promote the use of technology in addressing the root causes of societal issues. The CTK Foundation was founded by Community TechKnowledge, Inc., a leading technology company that provides software and services exclusively to over 6,000 nonprofits in the U.S. and the U.K.

[mamacitaRuth]

I'm bumping this, since no one else has posted it yet. I see Gigi has it up on MySpace. Do we love our Boys or WHAT?!

[velvetsky0222]

I'm bumping this, since no one else has posted it yet. I see Gigi has it up on MySpace. Do we love our Boys or WHAT?!

Ruth, I think noone has posted to this particular post because Bela started a thread just before you did and we responded to it there. Of course we love our boys and proud that they are so involved in worthy causes.:cool:

http://crossroads.loslonelyboys.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7954