Your Strength

A wonderful essay about you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_4qwVLqt9Q
Best wishes in the New Year.

Stand By Me

A tribute to each of you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM

Older Posts - Annual Anecdotals

To read the annual anecdotal giving reports, scroll down to the end of the page and select Older Posts. I'll submit this reminder occasionally, so that new members to our blog can find where to go to read the history of what you have shared.

The 2008 anecdotal will be posted here and sent to you via e-mail after our January potluck.

Thank you for the many ways you have come forward to support our community these past five years. I'm humbled by all you do.

Have a joyful holiday season.
Sandy

Our Children's Store Connections

The following stores accept children's clothing, furniture, and toys. Items should be quality in condition and brand. Donate and ask that the trade credit go on our Womenade account! What a difference it makes for our budget! Thank you!

Merry-Go-Round. Colleen Twomey, Owner. 545-8878. 481 Madonna Road, next to Radio Shack. Open Monday-Friday, 10-6 and Saturday 10-4. www.merrygoroundslo.com/

Mia Boutique. Jackeline, Owner. 593-0226. 570 Higuera, in the Creamery. Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10:30-6.

Referral from a Neighbor Network

Please help me help Jose Carlos and 4 fellow students in Copan Honduras! I am raising funds to buy 5 computers with printers for these wonderful students and I need your help now. I have someone who can personally deliver the computers to Honduras so please donate today to:
Heart of Everything,Inc
c/o Susan Mullen
2200 Greenwood Ave.
Morro Bay, Ca. 93442

Or go to the website and donate and please note that the donation is for Jose Carlos Computer.
heartofeverything.org is the site.

Your contribution is tax deductible! Please give today.



Jose Carlos is entering the 12th Grade at a high school in Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras. He wants to go to college and study engineering. He is a delightful young man, humbled by the financial support provided to him for his schooling. A computer would really assist him as well as his fellow students in their journey to and through college. Please donate today.

With much appreciation


Susan Mullen

A Hand Up Inc.

Rosemary Cleaves, new Womenade member, our blogspot creator, and Dr. Ke-Ping Tsao's favorite cousin, is a grass roots leader on the other coast! Her group, A Hand Up Inc, stores household furniture and supplies, and once a week sets up a formerly homeless person in housing that has everything needed for a successful fresh start.

Read what the local news says about this amazing group!
http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/columnists/hc-susan0820.artaug20,0,1369709.column August 2008
and
http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/columnists/hc-susan0706.art0jul06,0,3316219.column July 2008

Kiva

Some time ago, I wrote about Kiva, an organization that lets you invest in individuals around the world who are trying to feed their families and have a working wage. It's so much like Womenade in that you can select the person you'd like to help, and he/she can pay you back...so you can invest in someone else all over again! As little as $25.00 can help someone become independent.

Here are some Kiva facts: 35 months old, raised over $42,000,000, 98% repayment rate, 83,294 entrepeneurs helped, and 144 countries represented. You can even give Kiva gift certificates to your friends, so they can pick people to help!

Check out the site: www.kiva.org.
Fondly,
Sandy