Check out GoodShop. Just by clicking one of the store pictures, a percentage of your purchase will be donated to your favorite organization. Make sure to choose your organization before you GoodShop; just head over to GoodSearch.com, enter your organization, and click "Verify."
There are tons of great organizations, like Invisible Children, Feed My Starving Children, Room to Read, United States Fund for UNICEF, and World Vision, as well as tons of stores, like Ebay, GiftCertificates.com, iTunes, Best Buy, Target, GAP--you name it!
You can also raise a penny for your organization every time you search online through GoodSearch. That really adds up! For Feed My Starving Children, just fifteen cents buys a meal for a child.
Please pass this message along to your friends! Thanks for supporting us and changing the world!
Saturday, December 29, 2007
The ONE Campaign: Support the Jubilee Act and Global Child Survival Act
It takes five seconds.
Help developing countries receive debt relief so they can fight poverty in their nation.
Reverend David Duncombe is fasting for 40 days to support the Jubilee Act. You can help. Send a letter to Congress on the ONE Campaign web site.
Now, can you take three more seconds to save a child?
1 child under the age of 5 dies every three seconds (Global Child Survival Act fact sheet).
The Global Child Survival Act will provide vaccinations, medicine, and vitamins to save these children, according to the ONE campaign web site in the link above.
Your senators and representative need to hear about your support, or the bill might not pass and more children will suffer. Share your opinion with your senators and representative to rescue kids.
Your voice makes a difference.
http://www.one.org/childsurvival/
Help developing countries receive debt relief so they can fight poverty in their nation.
Reverend David Duncombe is fasting for 40 days to support the Jubilee Act. You can help. Send a letter to Congress on the ONE Campaign web site.
Now, can you take three more seconds to save a child?
1 child under the age of 5 dies every three seconds (Global Child Survival Act fact sheet).
The Global Child Survival Act will provide vaccinations, medicine, and vitamins to save these children, according to the ONE campaign web site in the link above.
Your senators and representative need to hear about your support, or the bill might not pass and more children will suffer. Share your opinion with your senators and representative to rescue kids.
Your voice makes a difference.
http://www.one.org/childsurvival/
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Stopping Joseph Kony in Uganda: These Kids Need Your Voice
Justice is at stake in Uganda.
30,000 children have been captured--either mercilessly killed to teach others a lesson, or brainwashed and brutalized into child soldiers. Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, is responsible for these tragedies.
Please check out this article on the Enough Project web site, and then call Congress or the White House to speak up for the Ugandan people who suffer in silence. You can reach your senator's phone number at senate.gov (click senators, and then find your state). Explain to your senator that everything America represents--life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness--is being violated in Uganda by the Lord's Resistance Army, and then ask them what America will do about it.
If you haven't yet seen the Invisible Children movie, I would suggest heading over the invisiblechildren.com right now and buying the DVD. This movie has changed countless lives, including mine, and I hope it will transform the way you see the world too.
Additional phone numbers are available on the Enough Project web site.
30,000 children have been captured--either mercilessly killed to teach others a lesson, or brainwashed and brutalized into child soldiers. Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, is responsible for these tragedies.
Please check out this article on the Enough Project web site, and then call Congress or the White House to speak up for the Ugandan people who suffer in silence. You can reach your senator's phone number at senate.gov (click senators, and then find your state). Explain to your senator that everything America represents--life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness--is being violated in Uganda by the Lord's Resistance Army, and then ask them what America will do about it.
If you haven't yet seen the Invisible Children movie, I would suggest heading over the invisiblechildren.com right now and buying the DVD. This movie has changed countless lives, including mine, and I hope it will transform the way you see the world too.
Additional phone numbers are available on the Enough Project web site.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Our Generation: The Power of Your Knowledge
Next time you talk to your friends, consider bringing up one of these stunning facts about poverty--you might just change their world.
Out of the world's 2.2 billion children, 1 billion (nearly half) live in poverty (www.youthagainstpoverty.com).
Five million people die every year from water-borne diseases (www.youthagainstpoverty.com).
30,000 kids die every day because of poverty (www.youthagainstpoverty.com). That's one every 3 seconds.
1 out of every 5 kids in the United States lives in poverty (www.youthaginstpoverty.org).
When you give a speech, write an essay, or write an article for your school newspaper, consider talking/writing about poverty to spread awareness about the severity of the situation and the various ways teens can help.
To find ways you can help, explore the recommended organizations on our MySpace Page and read our weekly blog.
Out of the world's 2.2 billion children, 1 billion (nearly half) live in poverty (www.youthagainstpoverty.com).
Five million people die every year from water-borne diseases (www.youthagainstpoverty.com).
30,000 kids die every day because of poverty (www.youthagainstpoverty.com). That's one every 3 seconds.
1 out of every 5 kids in the United States lives in poverty (www.youthaginstpoverty.org).
When you give a speech, write an essay, or write an article for your school newspaper, consider talking/writing about poverty to spread awareness about the severity of the situation and the various ways teens can help.
To find ways you can help, explore the recommended organizations on our MySpace Page and read our weekly blog.
Buy What You Believe In
Want to show the world what you believe in?
Buy a T-shirt online (or make your own T-shirt) to demonstrate your views on poverty! See links for more info--some sell T-shirts to raise money to help fight the AIDS crisis, help child soldiers, etc.
You can buy a shirt from....
Invisible Children ($10-20) NEW: Invisible Children has a stylish holiday hoodie.
The ONE Campaign ($12.99-40.00)
(RED) (Varies)
Call for Love Clothing ($20-30, bandanas: $3. Click on "Clothing Catalog" under Pics)
If you want to make your own shirt, you can use the Teens with a Vision picture below, and link to our MySpace (myspace.com/teenswithavision) on the back to raise awareness about us. You can also add statistics (check out youthagainstpoverty.com) or other pictures.
This is one of Teens with a Vision's weekly ways to make a difference.
Buy a T-shirt online (or make your own T-shirt) to demonstrate your views on poverty! See links for more info--some sell T-shirts to raise money to help fight the AIDS crisis, help child soldiers, etc.
You can buy a shirt from....
Invisible Children ($10-20) NEW: Invisible Children has a stylish holiday hoodie.
The ONE Campaign ($12.99-40.00)
(RED) (Varies)
Call for Love Clothing ($20-30, bandanas: $3. Click on "Clothing Catalog" under Pics)
If you want to make your own shirt, you can use the Teens with a Vision picture below, and link to our MySpace (myspace.com/teenswithavision) on the back to raise awareness about us. You can also add statistics (check out youthagainstpoverty.com) or other pictures.
This is one of Teens with a Vision's weekly ways to make a difference.
Teens with a Vision has selected one excellent cause in each child poverty category. Click on the links to check out an organization and discover awesome ways you can help out.
Child Sponsorship:
Child Literacy:
Room to Read
Modern-Day Slavery:
Loose Change to Loosen Chains
Kids for Kids:
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF
Child Soldiers:
Invisible Children
Child Hunger in America:
The Great American Bake Sale.
Read about it here.
HIV/AIDS:
(RED)
Read about it here.
Meals for Kids in Developing Countries:
Feed My Starving Children
GoodSearch for Feed My Starving Children at GoodSearch.com
Read Bible quotes about poverty and oppression on this page of the Feed My Starving Children web site.
Child Sponsorship:
Child Literacy:
Room to Read
Modern-Day Slavery:
Loose Change to Loosen Chains
Kids for Kids:
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF
Child Soldiers:
Invisible Children
Child Hunger in America:
The Great American Bake Sale.
Read about it here.
HIV/AIDS:
(RED)
Read about it here.
Meals for Kids in Developing Countries:
Feed My Starving Children
GoodSearch for Feed My Starving Children at GoodSearch.com
Read Bible quotes about poverty and oppression on this page of the Feed My Starving Children web site.
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