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Breaking a Few Rules Sure Feels Good. - Mike Fak
We have a special report on Mondays in our paper. It is called the Personality of the Week. What we do is showcase someone in the community that does a great deal of public service but receives little if any praise. It is always a fun task for either myself or a staff writer and the area... Submitted 3 years 169 days ago.

Help in Time is Help Indeed - Chiradeep
Once I was walking down on the street of Kolkata on the footpath from hospital. I went for my routine check up with my wife. We thought lets by some chicken rolls and have it for the tiffin as we both were feeling pretty hungry. So we ordered two rolls and waited on the footpath looking here... Submitted 297 days 6 hours ago.

So You Think That Money Will Make You Happy? - - e
AOL News (Feb. 14) If money can't buy you happiness, what do you do? If you're Austrian millionaire Karl Rabeder, you give it all away, right down to the last penny, or, in his case, euro. "My idea is to have nothing left. Absolutely nothing," Rabeder, 47, told The Daily Telegraph of London.... Submitted 2 years 101 days ago.

Homelessness - Your Future? - - e
Quite a few years ago in San Francisco I couldn't believe all the homeless people milling about the city without a place to live or even eat regularly, counting on the hit and miss and long lines in front of churches and good Samaritan organizations for their very survival. I wondered how a... Submitted 2 years 121 days ago.

It Never Rains, It Pours - Brianna Popsickle
You know the expression "It never rains, it pours?" Well, it's storming all around me and it's been brewing for a while. I've been there. My family has come through financial difficulty in the past, illnesses and accidents. This time though four people whom I care deeply about are struggling... Submitted 2 years 357 days ago.

Charity Begins at Home? Or Does It Begin with the Govern- ment? - Alf Gordon
We've heard a lot over the past several months about who should be involved in providing support for this country's indigent and non-working citizens. Political candidates claim it's the government's job; some media personalities agree, while others say it's an individual responsibility. Who... Submitted 3 years 212 days ago.

IHOP Logic: Homeless by Choice? - - Steve Radford
On a recent Sunday afternoon, I sat with two of my friends in a booth at the International House of Pancakes. All week I had looked forward to seeing them. Two weeks earlier I heard a presentation about Dallas Life Foundation and was excitedly telling them all about it. Dallas Life is an... Submitted 4 years 195 days ago.

Letter to Krystal - - Rose-Marie Chaperon
Last October while volunteering at a battered woman shelter in Missouri, I met a young lady who was a recent volunteer in an orphanage in Haiti, Due to privacy reasons; I will refer to her as Krystal. The goal of my visit to the shelter was to do a presentation on proper interviewing etiquette;... Submitted 1 year 177 days ago.

My Private Raspberry Patch - Jack H. Schick
Since I've become so active in the Society of Friends, I've been feeling very good and spiritually secure. I'm becoming more and more pensive and pious. A convincement and inquisitiveness has risen in me. One day I had an experience that reinforces the probability that there truly is a harmony in... Submitted 1 year 184 days ago.

Where Have All The Angels Gone - Grace O'Malley
"We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another." Luciano de Crescenzo Where have all the angels gone? Have you seen any lately? Guardian angels are all around us. Whether one believes in a spiritual angel of legend or in the physical... Submitted 1 year 254 days ago.

One Day Without Shoes - - Grace O'Malley
Ever wonder what it would be like to walk a mile in someone else's shoes? How about walking that mile barefoot because you have none? When your throat is parched you can walk to the sink and turn on the tap: out comes fresh, clean water to slake your thirst. Could you gather your... Submitted 1 year 270 days ago.

Haiti - Introducing Safe Haven Education Nutrition Association of Haiti (S.H.E.N.A-Haiti) - - Rose-Marie Chaperon
For those of us who have never experienced poverty, we often wonder what poverty feels, tastes like, smells like? For many of us, the word "poverty" immediately evokes images of homelessness, a lack of food, no water, and a lack of cleanliness. However, poverty is much, much deeper than this one... Submitted 1 year 304 days ago.

How Can I Help Those Suffering From Homelessness? - - Jeff Maide
You see them in every city across America. They are standing on street corners with signs trying to raise money for their next meal. They are sitting in the shadows on the front steps of abandoned buildings. They are gathered in groups around a fire in dark alleys. They are in lines that stretch... Submitted 2 years 111 days ago.

When God Wows Us - Laura Trahan
In our family, we sometimes refer to it as God showing off. There are these moments throughout every day, you just have to seek them, in which God chooses to show himself big! It may be the laughter of your kids in the backseat over the word, "toot." It may be that mysterious money that shows up... Submitted 2 years 197 days ago.

Redistribution of Wealth - Rose-Marie Chaperon
Wealth may be described as an abundance of valuable material possessions or resources; riches, maybe yet, the state of being rich. Yet about 25,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger-related causes, according to the United Nations (Brenn, 2009). This is one person every three and a half... Submitted 2 years 287 days ago.

Helping the Homeless - Joel Hirschhorn
A stubborn embarrassment about American society is extensive homelessness. Every time I hear President Obama talk about our wealthy nation I cringe. In this current terrible economic meltdown, with still rising levels of unemployment, homelessness has become horrific as millions lose their homes... Submitted 3 years 73 days ago.

Obama's Tax Policies Could Hurt Charities - Terry Mitchell
As a part of his fiscal year 2010 budget proposal, President Barack Obama plans to limit charitable donation deductions for those making more than $250,000 a year. Obama may want to rethink this provision. It is likely to bring with it some unintended consequences. Due to the poor economy... Submitted 3 years 83 days ago.

Help the Needy, Not the Foolish - Terry Mitchell
Despite what my more liberal-leaning Christian friends may believe, I submit that we (as Christians) are under no obligation to help people who foolishly fritter away their time or money. And I have Scripture to support this assertion. In the parable of the wise and foolish virgins, here's... Submitted 3 years 89 days ago.

Why I Will Never Give During the Christmas Season or Any Season - Jeff Brown
There are people who would love to give and give all the time. There are people who are pressured to give because it's the giving season and they just feel like they should . . . well, give. But no matter what happens they just can't find it in themselves to give. These are the procrastinator... Submitted 3 years 165 days ago.

There Are a Number of Ways To Donate. - Priestess Kandi
With Thanksgiving and Christmas racing upon, us at tornado speed, most are thinking about feasts and presents. In our community, and many others, the unemployment and homeless rate is skyrocketing. There are more and more people that are wondering how they will be able to get in out of the... Submitted 3 years 173 days ago.

How and When Did We Arrive At This Point? - - John Waddey
One part of society knows the cost involved in raising children. Consequently, they limit the children they conceive to a number they can afford. Others give no thought to the cost involved in child-rearing. They carelessly gender babies for whom they will not be able to adequately provide. Then... Submitted 1 year 40 days ago.

How To Make A Difference With A Penny A Day - - Grace O'Malley
Ever see a penny lying on the ground and pick it up? As the saying implies, it is supposed to bring good luck. Most of us see a penny and do not bother with them after childhood. We throw them aside considering them a nuisance. After all they are not worth the material they are made of, they... Submitted 1 year 285 days ago.

Find Out How Rich You Really Are with the Global Rich List! - - Al Case
Setting sights on the richest man in the world? Want to find out where you stand in his shadow, and maybe better prepare yourself for the battle? There is a website on the global rich list which will help you do just that, or, at least, let you know where you stand. The Global Rich List is a... Submitted 2 years 14 days ago.

Tips to a Successful School Auction - - RogerCarr
Your school is in need of a certain amount of money for projects and special events. Your focus turns on how to accumulate that specific amount in a particular timeframe. In cases like these, when a school carnival or product sales are not the best means to raise funds, the idea of holding a... Submitted 3 years 51 days ago.

The Church Fundraiser's Primary Checklist - Know How to Start a Fundraising Project - - RogerCarr
Bringing forth good in whatever you do in support of the church has been a practice of almost all ministries and church affiliations regardless of religious beliefs. Fundraising is a key element in enabling many of these practices. Church fundraisers can either be a group of people or an activity... Submitted 3 years 51 days ago.