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Quote of the Day; September 26

         "When I asked God for strength, He gave me difficult situations to face.
          When I asked God for brain & brown, He gave me puzzles in life to solve.
          When I asked God for happiness, He showed me some unhappy people.
          When I asked God for wealth, He showed me how to work hard.
          When I asked God for favors, He showed me opportunities to work hard.
          When I asked God for peace, He showed me how to help others.
          God gave me nothing I wanted, He gave me everything I needed."
                                                                                                          Swami Vivekananda

Quote of the Day; September 21

 

"The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences."

                                                                     Eleanor Roosevelt

CHARLIZE

 

CHARLIZE THERON

• Theron is involved in women right's organizations, and has marched in pro-choice rallies.

• Theron also is a supporter of animal rights and active member of PETA. She appeared in a PETA ad for its anti-fur campaign.

• She is a supporter of same-sex marriage and attended a march to support that in Fresno, California, on 30 May 2009. She is a gay rights activist and refuses to get married until same sex marriage is legal in the United States. "I don't want to get married because right now the institution of marriage feels very one-sided, and I want to live in a country where we all have equal rights," Theron said. "I think it would be exactly the same if we were married, but for me to go through that kind of ceremony, because I have so many friends who are gays and lesbians who would so badly want to get married, that I wouldn't be able to sleep with myself." In a June 2011 interview on Piers Morgan Tonight, she stated "When government starts to tell us who can love and what is good love… I do have a problem with that. I do have a problem with the fact that our government hasn’t stepped up enough to make this federal, to make [gay marriage] legal. I think everybody has that right.”

• In July 2009, Theron's Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP) announced a coalition with LAFC Soccer Club to give soccer fields to rural areas in South Africa. The US youth soccer club LAFC Chelsea made a three-year commitment to help build a community-wide soccer program for the schools in the Umkhanyakude district, encompassing uniforms, equipment, professional training for local coaches, referees and administrators, and health education.

• In December 2009, CTAOP and TOMS Shoes partnered to create a limited edition unisex shoe. The shoe was made from vegan materials and inspired by the African baobab tree, the silhouette of which was embroidered on blue and orange canvas. Ten-thousand pairs were given to destitute children, and a portion of the proceeds went to CTAOP.

                                                                                 SOURCE: Wikipedia Charlize Theron

AUDREY

                                                         AUDREY HEPBURN

          Today it’s no longer a matter of ignorance, nor politics, nor economics,but of human will and love.

 They say each new generation offers man another chance. And there you are, our new generation; our hope for the future. Why are you our hope for the future? Because you have purity of heart, which so often time and age has obscured in us. But also, you have the knowledge today, which we did not. [...] Until now, until this time of unprecedented change, a time when all the world is finally aware of the fragility of our beautiful planet, of our need for each other, of the needs of our children, of our need for you.

                                                                                                    SOURCE: The Girl who Stole the Eiffel Tower (blog)

Say No to Violence

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Click on this link if you are in support to end violence against women
You can make change happen
Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions. Based on country data available , up to 70 per cent of women experience physical or sexual violence from men in their lifetime – the majority by husbands, intimate partners or someone they know.

KATAVI

KATAVI
For every item purchased, KATAVI will bring sun protection to someone in need

                                                           "BE SAFE, HELP OTHERS"

Katavi was founded under the simple notion that everyone deserves proper sun protection. The sunscreen industry is dominated by major global pharmaceutical companies who are purveying inferior products and swimming in profit, while others suffer. Our mission is to provide consumers with a higher-quality sunscreen combined with a greater social purpose.

                                                 At Katavi, it’s nature versus nature.

                                                                                                        SOURCE: ROOZT.COM

Granada Street Kids

Picture they sent me holding a sign that says, "Gracias Lancaster Catholic"

The colorful bracelets 

 There is a school located in Nicaragua called "Escuela Nueva Vida," who take boys from the street that are suffering from extreme poverty, they are "Granada Street kids." These boys are taken in from the streets and offered a better life full of hope.
I helped these boys last year, it was my first ever project. They sent me hundreds of bracelets to sell. I sold them at my school, Lancaster Catholic HS, and it was a big success with sending them 600 dollars. Each bracelet was 5 dollars and had the name and picture of the boy who made it.
This was a huge experience for me, at the end it felt so satisfying. To this day during school, I randomly look around and see some people still wearing their bracelet. I smile because it makes me so happy that they are still appreciating it.
A couple days later when I sent the rest back, people were still asking me if they could purchase a bracelet, I knew I had to keep doing this project. And this year I will send more to help these boys.
If you want to know more about Granada Street Kids go to granadastreetkids.com

Casa De Ancianos

That is me on the right sitting in "casa de ancianos" a nursing home in EL Salvador. Both my parents are from El Salvador, and we try to visit every two years. We just started coming to this nursing home a couple years ago. We give these ladies a nice meal and some gifts. They get so excited when we come and visit them, that we do this project every time we visit.

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