Articles tagged with charity

Donations, horses and writing
Spent most of this morning holed up Writing. Not fun posts, but five posts of Serious #Writing Content for a contact's company blog. Fortunately it's a subject I'm fairly knowledgeable about so it wasn't too difficult. This afternoon Mr C and I headed out

Two Celebrities, Two hospitals
There is a great dearth of good quality health facilities in #Pakistan . Things are not so bad in big cities but in smaller towns and villages, there are very few #hospitals and medical centers. Often people have to travel to major cities when their loved

Brave the Shave
I have a complicated relationship with the #hair on my head. I've never wanted to be a Rapunzel type, with long tresses flowing down my back. In fact it was as much as my mother and I could stand to get me to grow it to shoulder length in primary school.

Koala Karma - soon to become Australian Slang for Relaxation
#Energy drinks are all the rage at the moment. Few sports, fun runs or evenings out on the town are complete without a can, whether as a mixer or as a pick-me-up. But what about the wind down? When the #chill-out tracks are playing in the small hours at t

What Does a Disabled Veteran Look Like?
One of my coworkers was at a marketing event last week, and while there, a representative from one of our local donut stores gave her several boxes of donuts to bring back to our office to share. As she was putting them into her car, a man approached her a

Crowdfunding site seeks funding for lifesaving heart surgery
I've been a #charity #fundraiser for many fields in my time. Firstly it was underprivileged children, then funds to build school buildings for those who had no suitable place at the time, then Guide Dogs for the Blind and various animal charities. In recen

Should you Blog for Charity?
I recently came across the idea of #blogging for charity. Of course, #fundraising by sharing the tales of how a seriously ill child is coping is not new, but the idea of donating all - or some - of a blog's earnings to charity is certainly new to me. Ther

What is the Standard for Poverty?
“The poor ye have always with you.” { John 12: 8 } Not only are the poor always with us but they are all over the world. From what I can tell - by comparison - there's “poor” and there's PO! P-O … have to b

Valentine Plans
This is going to make me sound really sad, of that I am totally aware, so don't worry about sparing my feelings ;P Lol This Valentines Day I have plans with a work friend to go to a large charity book sale. This sale happens every year, and it is HUGE! It

South African Cricket in the Pink
When the South African #cricket team take to the field in the second one day international of their series against the West Indies on Sunday 18 January, the entire team will be dressed in pink. This is not a bad joke. It's all in a good cause - raising aw
You bin to the store again. Y'alls don't be needing all of that.
The title is what the homeless woman sitting on the wall outside the petrol station shouted after us as we walked home from the store earlier. As it happened we did #need the #items in the bags we were carrying, but she spoke sense. So many people do not