Help Me Donate to Heifer International for Blog Action Day!

FOR EVERY COMMENT RECEIVED ON THIS POST THROUGH FRIDAY OCTOBER 17TH, I WILL DONATE $1.00 TO HEIFER INTERNATIONAL.

Here are at the blog party it's time for some serious social awareness chat over drinks and hors d'oeuvres. No, there will be no politics and there will be no discussion about how to achieve world peace. We will be discussing world hunger, and together we can help feed a family not just today and not just tomorrow, but for years to come.

Every desperate housewife needs to find an outlet for some charitable giving, and with Blog Action Day upon us (October 15th), this is the perfect opportunity to share about how you can help end world hunger and poverty.

Heifer International's motto has always been "teach a man to fish," meaning, "give a man a fish and he eats today, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime."

This organization is truly phenomenal. Heifer International donations and volunteers give the gift of both livestock and training to alleviate hunger and poverty and teach self reliance. The organization itself aims to end world hunger by giving to families who would otherwise probably be without food, the gift of livestock and the training required for them to grow and raise sustainable agriculture for their families. Those who receive gifts of livestock also have an opportunity to give back by donating livestock to another needy family. The chain of giving is extremely important to Heifer International.

On their web site, Heifer.org, it states that in 2007 Heifer International had 867 active projects in 53 countries/provinces and 28 U.S. states. Heifer projects around the world help families achieve self-reliance through the gift of livestock and training. Gifts are passed from recipient to recipient until entire communities are transformed.

And when I think of Heifer International, I often thing back to something Joyce Meyer once stated as she was talking about all the ministry projects she has lead. She once said something like, "You can go and minister the love of Jesus to people, but if they are starving, they need to eat. They first need their basic needs met. Instead of preaching to them all day, give them something to eat, give them shelter, meet their basic needs, that is what shows them the love of Jesus."

And while Heifer International is not affiliated with any specific ministry, I believe in their mission of ending world hunger by gifts of livestock and teaching. I believe in their mission so much that it wasn't too long ago that I realized I was being led to possibly take part in one of their study tours to really become involved in a project that will forever change lives. I'm still waiting on G-d to make that happen, maybe next year, but in the mean time, I am donating to their cause.

Heifer International's "online catalog" is probably unlke anything you've ever seen before. There you can add to your cart a flock of geese, a heifer, a water buffalo, a pig, a sheep, trees, a goat, all to be donated to a family who will soon experience a life changing experience through Heifer International.

Help me help them by "commenting for donations." FOR EVERY COMMENT RECEIVED ON THIS POST THROUGH FRIDAY OCTOBER 17TH, I WILL DONATE $1.00 TO GO TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF A SHEEP. This sheep will provide meat and wool to a needy family to be used for food, wool and as an income source. The cost of one sheep is $120.00. Please help me make this happen!

Make sure to browse Heifer.org to find projects they are currently involved in along with upcoming study tours. You can also find their interesting online catalog.

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