Piglets Save Girls From Slavery
July 22, 2008
Find out how by reading Meredith May’s “Woman’s Idea Saves Thousands of Nepalese Girls” at www.sfgate.com.
Learn what you can do for the Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation at www.nyof.org.
New Clothes Needed for Foster Kids
July 8, 2008
Sleep Train is hosting a new clothing drive through July 20th as part of its Sleep Train Foster Kids program.
Please bring new clothes of any size to any Sleep Train mattress store.
For more info, check out www.sleeptrain.com.
Pass the Bread Please
July 7, 2008
“If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.” –Buddha
In the beginning…
July 7, 2008
Deeds of giving are the very foundations of the world. –The Torah
Princeton’s $100 Million Climate Change
July 1, 2008
International biz whiz Gerhard R. Andlinger has given Princeton University $100 million to pump up its research on “clean-tech” solutions to the world’s soaring demand for energy.
Princeton’s new Gerhard R. Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment will feature a cutting- edge laboratory, new faculty positions, and endowed funds for research, outreach and visitors.
“The work of the center will help create a better world for our children and grandchildren, which I see as a personal as well as institutional responsibility.”
–Gerhard R. (Gerry) Andlinger, Princeton alum & Austrian native who first came to the U.S. after winning a New York Herald Tribune essay contest in 1948.
Two Ways to Help Iowa Flood Victims
June 24, 2008
Send donations, large or small, to:
The American Red Cross
Grant Wood Area Chapter
P.O. Box 10375
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52410
OR
Donate online to: The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation Flood 2008 Fund.
Words of William
June 24, 2008
“People say it’s not ambitious, but it is actually quite ambitious wanting to help people.” –Prince William
Hearth Healthy
June 23, 2008
“Peace, like charity, begins at home.” –Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Be an Action Figure…
June 16, 2008
…for the United Way.
United Way will launch LIVE UNITED this Saturday, June 21, with the first annual United Way Day of Action. United Way will kick off its nationwide efforts to inspire individuals to give, advocate & volunteer.
Homeless Meters
May 14, 2008
San Francisco is installing old parking meters in its most panhandled areas.
All coins deposited in the bright orange meters will go to charities that help the homeless.
Read “S.F. parking meters retooled to aid homeless” at www.sfgate.com.
