I realize that I haven't been posting like I have said I was going to many days ago. But the night I was going to post I was awaken by my phone going off telling me that we were under a tornado warning and three of them heading toward my home. I gathered the kids and the document box and binder and left for Erica's. She's just out of the hospital and had heard we were having storms. The power went out while we were there and there were sicking pops that could be heard all around. After it was clear we went out and there were trees down everywhere. We have to push Courtney's (my little cousin) car out of the mud. And cut through trees to move them so I could go check on my home. I still had power when I got here. I just had a few limbs down but the little town of Coaling that I had to drive through was devastation. It was so sad because complete houses were gone.
I went back to Erica's about one o'clock. I had a good stock of diapers and Gerber food. Erica's house was already running by generators. We decorated and put out snacks for the kids knowing the weather was not over. And it wasn't. After taking a small nap myself with my little baby I woke up to the kids playing and James Spann's voice.
And the town I moved to when I first came here was destroyed after protecting my children. I couldn't stop staring at the screen.Hearing that its destroyed a street I was very familiar with just made me feel numb. I messaged everyone that wasn't with me and made sure they were okay and safe.
After seeing this I am very surprise to see that people are alive. People walked out of building that had become nothing. But destruction had taken over the town. Thursday I stayed with Erica cleaning up her yard and home. Friday I was helping through different locations.
Here are the videos that really got to me and I have been helping every since.
My prayers go out to the victims, the families of the victims, the injured, the missing, the people that lost their homes and jobs. I have donated many materials, bought four tshirts for myself and many for my family, wristsbands, and magnets. Much of my time has been spent going to different shelters, boxing things up and doing whatever I am asked to do.
Showing posts with label Charity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charity. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Epic Book Drive
Over 80% of schools in New Orleans were damaged by Hurricane Katrina. In the most underserved areas, there’s 1 book for every 300 children. This is amazing idea. I wish most school would participate in this. Literacy is very important and its really astounding how many people are illiterate around the world. Each community gets us one step closer to fixing this problem.
Huge Heart
After my last post I realized that I do donate to a lot of organizations and support groups that mean something to me. All of the following pictures are links as well.
This is to help orphans from all over the world, especially in undeveloped countries.
A loving home, a good education, vocational skills, medical care, nutritious food and most importantly the love of Jesus Christ and His Gospel are provided to the destitute children of Haiti through Child Hope.
This website allows you to donate your vehicle to the charity of your choice. I have linked it to the search of Alabama. I have a friend that did this and I love this idea.
This is one extremely important to me. I always donate to this one when I can. Persecution happens daily to Christians all over the world. People in the United States are ashamed to stand up for their Christianity when there are people in the world that are dying for their courage to stand up.
This is the place I get my journals from and they help out kids in other countries every time you buy a journal. It helps the kids in the other country with their school supplies.
This is a membership/organizations that gives back to the orphans. Every purchase from 800+ stores donates 26% of the purchase cost to the Friends of Orphans.
The mission of Girls Helping Girls is to build a global culture of girls consciously collaborating to make a difference. We strive not only to bridge international cultures but, more profoundly, to channel the power harvested from the girls' collaborative service projects to Eradicate Poverty, Increase Access to Education, Improve Health, and – most importantly – Promote Peace.
Girl Up, a campaign of the United Nations Foundation, gives American girls the opportunity to channel their energy and compassion to raise awareness and funds for programs of the United Nations that help some of the world’s hardest-to-reach adolescent girls. Through Girl Up’s support, girls have the opportunity to become educated, healthy, safe, counted, and positioned to be the next generation of leaders.
A hot meal delivered to victims after a disaster, blood when it is needed most, shelter when there is nowhere else to turn, an emergency message delivered to a member of the Armed Forces from their family -- these are just some of the ways that gifts are put to work through the American Red Cross.
Red Cross also helps with blood donation and they love volunteering.
NBCF is committed to spreading knowledge and fostering hope in the fight against breast cancer. By funding free mammograms for women who could otherwise not afford them and supporting research programs in leading facilities across the country, NBCF helps inspire the courage needed to win this monumental battle.
The American Foundation for the Blind, founded in 1921, and the organization to which Helen Keller devoted her working life, is a national nonprofit whose mission is to ensure that the millions of Americans living with vision loss enjoy the same rights and opportunities as other citizens.
The Candie’s Foundation is a non-profit organization that works to shape the way youth in America think about teen pregnancy and parenthood.
The March of Dimes works different channels of influence to reduce premature birth rates. One way is to raise public awareness of the serious issue and to invest in education of moms-to-be and health care providers.
The Humane Society of the United States is the nation's largest animal protection organization, backed by 11 million Americans. We work to reduce suffering and improve the lives of all animals by advocating for better laws; investigating animal cruelty; encouraging corporations to adopt animal-friendly policies; conducting animal rescue and emergency response; and providing direct care for thousands of animals at our sanctuaries, emergency shelters, wildlife rehabilitation centers, and mobile veterinary clinics.
There are many more that I have not listed these are the ones that really stick out to me and I donate a lot of money to or participate in funding for them. I give with my whole heart. I have a huge heart.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Help Cancel Cancer
This website is amazing. Its the American Cancer Society way of sponsoring more birthdays. Basically its a website that allows you to explain why birthdays are important to you (survivors of cancer and friends of cancer victims or survivors). Another wonderful thing about this website is that you can have birthday cards sent to your friends on Facebook. The thing about these birthday cards are the fact that top artists are singing through the virtual card. The donations that are optional go to American Cancer Society to moving things closer to making a step to more birthdays for cancer patients.
Some of my friends are disgruntled about donating money. A very close friend of mine became angry when I brought this up as a discussion. "Why give money when they don't find a cure they find something that doesn't work and the patient still dies?" And simply put; that is a step that they won't make again or they will perfect it so that it will work.
Here is some information I found this morning while researching some things that I was interested in knowing.
"St. Jude was recently designated a National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Another way to help is to click the link below. I'm a partner in hope and I have a niece/cousin that I am proud to say gets another birthday because of St. Jude's.
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