Posts

Showing posts with the label charity

Social Media (And You!) Can Help Abused and Abandoned Children

We can help raise money for the abandoned and abused children abroad by doing what we do best -- shopping! (smile) By doing our shopping at www.shoponlineforchildren.com . Each purchase will provide money for this charity to rescue these children and place them with adoptive families from around the world. I've included the original information below: A couple days back we announced that we would soon be sharing with you an opportunity to help with a special charity project. Well, today is the day we would like to start involving our Social Media Science family. Don't worry, we're not asking you to buy anything from us. In fact, we'd like to give you something AND as you use this gift you will be helping to save the lives of children who desperately need your assistance, all at the same time. Pretty cool, huh? We've partnered with a company called Dubli and a non-profit organization called www.ReecesRainbow.com to help raise money for abandoned and abused Ch...

Brendan Kizer’s Legacy

At the beginning of the year Jade and I wanted to do a fundraising project and were very happy when Agora decided to do a cyber-charter fundraiser for Alex's Lemonade Stand . Jade was quite touched by Alex's dedication and bravery to raise money for other children with cancer even as she was dying. So, this past summer we held a lemonade stand and were able to raise about $100 – not bad for a couple of novices, I guess. Jade wanted to do more and so did I so we set up an online fundraising portal at www.firstgiving.com/CherylHendersonKhalid in order to do this. To date this hasn't been much of a success, but I blame lack of experience on that. So, for I put this project on the back burner for a bit while I licked my wounded ego and tried to figure out a new strategy to contribute more to this charity. Then, about a week ago, I picked up my local "Our Town" at our local library and started reading through it. I was touched by the tribute that Mrs. Kizer gave t...