Thursday, April 14, 2011

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

More Birthdays


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)Comprehensive Cancer Center. This prestigious recognition makes St. Jude the first and only NCI designated Comprehensive Cancer Center solely focused on pediatric cancer to receive the distinction. The University of Tennessee Cancer Institute (UTCI), located in Memphis,Tennessee, is the adult cancer partner of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital." St.Jude's Research Hospital


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.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

One of my Favorite Recipes!

I love Rachel Ray and I love this recipe from her daily show. I love making this recipe. Its so good.


This is what I made earlier today. They were a little burned in the middle. 

Jalapeño Popper Cornbread Waffles

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 box Jiffy cornbread mix
  • 1 jalapeño, stemmed, seeded and chopped
  • Fresh ground black pepper, to taste
  • 6 ounces cream cheese, cut into chunks
  • 1/2 cup, sharp yellow cheddar cheese, about a handful
  • 4 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1 large egg
  • Honey, for drizzling
  • 4 eggs, fried (optional)

Yields: Makes 4 Waffles 

PREPARATION
Preheat waffle maker to medium heat.
Prepare cornbread to package instructions, adding in chopped jalapeños and black pepper. Fold cream cheese and cheddar into the batter.
Once warm, brush inside of waffle maker with melted butter. Pour in batter and cook for 5 minutes or until the cornbread waffles are golden brown.
Drizzle with warm honey. (Tip: Warm the honey in a glass container on top of the waffle maker while the waffles are cooking!) I had mine with warm jalapeno jelly. They were amazing.
For a brunch item, top each waffle with an egg.
They would also be good with a big bowl of chili.
Most of this I copied straight from her website because I use the exact directions she has. 

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

I didn't realize I had kept it a secret until today

     I love to read; blogs, magazines, books, cookbooks, and newspapers. One particular one is called Susie Magazine. I know its for teen girls but I love the simplicity of it and I save what I can for when my daughter is of her teen years.
    So I was reading on the website at the beginning of the month how Lent was coming up. I'll be the first one to admit that even though I am a born again Christian I still deal with temptations and still make mistakes. Though taking part in Lent was something I haven't taken part in since I was in my early teens. I decided that I would take the Lent Challenge on the Susie Magazine. When March 9th came around I didn't think anything of it and just starting drinking tap water.
    Today when I was getting my glass of water and my child's juice my cousin looked at me strange and handed me a bottle of water. I told her no thanks.She asked if I was on some kind of weird water diet. I asked her had I not told her about my challenge. She was amazed that I hadn't told anyone. I'll admit I have a really bad headache today but that's from others things as well as the caffeine. But I'm proud of myself.
    Here was the challenge in print and the link for it. Susie Water Challenge

1. Make water your only beverage for 40 days.

2. Take time each day to pray for those in other countries who go without clean water, and ask God for the strength to continue your fast for Lent.

3. Keep track and save the money you would have spent. You could also ask your parents to stop buying the drinks they normally buy for you, and ask them to donate that money as well!

4. At the end of 40 days, donate what you saved to support water projects. I choose Blood Water Mission, but there are many other clean water organizations. Choose one close to your heart.
5. Share your experiences on the forty days of water Susie page. Post pictures, stories and suggestions. Let’s journey through this together and aid in the clean water initiative.