Second Harvest....Food For People Who Need It

With these hard times more and more people are turning to others to help feed their families and themselves. If you are able to donate please do. If you are able to volunteer they have a link for that too. If you need to find a pantry to either donate or because you need help there is a link for that also. If you are a corporation they have a link to help you come up with fundraising ideas.

September 2008 is declared Hunger Action Month.

http://www.secondharvest.org/

Of course Second Harvest is not the only organization that collects food and money to help feed people who desperately need it. There are many many places from schools, churches, stores, and countless national and world organizations out there to help people and who need your help.

So please please whether you need help (and many people will at some point in their lives) or are able to help do not feel embarrassed either way. Jobs are lost, people get sick, divorces happpen as do natural disasters and just plain life. Anyone and everyone will need help in some way or form at some point in their life.

If you are the type of person who has always been willing to give even if it is only a small amount and suddenly you need help just remember the person you did help might actually be the one able to help now.

WE LIVE IN ONE WORLD.....WHAT HURTS ONE PERSON IN ONE SPOT HURTS THE WHOLE WORLD.....THAT ONE PERSON HELPED MIGHT TURN AROUND AND DO SOMETHING INCREDIBLY HELPFUL AND GOOD TO SAVE SOMEONE ELSE

First Book Organization--gives low income kids free books

First Book gives low income children a chance to read and own new books. This organization has been around since 1992. First Book has distributed over 50 million books nation wide in over 3,000 communities.

***A personal note here--We have 2 in my neck of the woods and they both came in this week to the store I work at and were able to purchase many books for the children to enjoy thanks to our wonderful customers this past Christmas. Borders, Inc. and Waldenbooks raised 1.1 million dollars during the 2007 Christmas season. This was the third year that First Book and Borders, Inc. teamed up to raise money. To any of my local Waldenbooks customers that donated I thank you from all of us.***

First Book is looking to go international.

If you go to their website there are tabs for donating, getting involved, receiving books, corporate involvement and more. You can learn the full story of the company and some of the goals they have in mind.


http://www.firstbook.org/site/c.lwKYJ8NVJvF/b.674095/k.CC09/Home.htm


http://www.bordersstores.com/features/world.jsp?file=waldenlocator

http://www.bordersstores.com/index.jsp