The Life You Can Save

I received this letter from Alexander Green, and felt it important to share with you in it’s entirety.  Please let me know your thoughts after taking the time to read it.

Philosopher Peter Singer has a question for you.

As you are walking to work, you pass a small pond and see a toddler splashing along the shoreline. As you get closer, you notice that the child isn’t playing. She is struggling frantically to keep from drowning. There are no other adults around. Would you jump in to save her, even if it meant you’d have to change your clothes and be late for work?

“Of course,” you reply. “The life of a child is far more important than arriving at work on time.”

But let’s say you were wearing a pair of expensive shoes. Would you still jump in to save her, even if it meant ruining your shoes?

“What kind of question is that?” you ask. “Who wouldn’t sacrifice a pair of expensive shoes to save the life of a child?”

Hold onto that sense of outrage for a minute. You’re going to need it.

According to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), every year 9.7 million children under five die easily preventable deaths. That’s over 1,100 every hour of every day.

Some of these children die because they don’t have enough to eat, others from easily treatable conditions continue reading »

Help for Haiti Just Takes a Text Message

Yesterday, Jay Kubassek of CarbonCopyPro sent me this message and video clip letting me know about a creative way the Red Cross has set up to donate easily to the Haiti relief fund.  All it takes is a text message from you…. it only costs $10, and it is charged to your cell bill.  How easy is that?  Please watch the video for more details.  Also, a BIG thank you to Jay & Aaron of Carbon Copy Pro – they donated $5000 to the support effort! These guys are amazing!

It just takes all of us making a little difference that will add up in a big way…. if you can, please help.

Until next time, J.

Light the Night Walk for Leukemia

Hi everyone!

I am participating again in The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light The Night Walk on October 3rd in Walnut Creek, California in memory of Robert Harvie and would love your support to reach my goal.  Those of you who are not familiar with my background, I’ll share the short version ~ my husband was diagnosed with leukemia (ALL) a little more than 16 years ago.  He lost his battle 12 years ago last month at the age of 39.  Since then I have been a huge supporter of the society because they were one of the most helpful groups during our long journey.  It’s hard to believe 12 years has gone by already and fortunately great strides have been made in finding a cure, even for adults, which wasn’t always the case.  I am also walking continue reading »