helping people at "home"

In addition to thinking about foreign aid, problems at home come to mind too. Take a few minutes to check out Jamie Oliver's passionate TED award speech. He has some great ideas for the future of food and resolving obesity.

That was sent to me via a good friend I've known for a loooooooooooongg time.

And speaking of helping people at "Home"
She is now also involved with a Habitat for Humanity program. In her words:

"I am participating in a 10 day stretch to raise money for a project called Home for the Holidays. Along with Habitat for Humanity we are raising money to make sure that a family has a home before the holidays, quite obviously. It's easy to take your home for granted, so let me just say, as someone who just moved into a home this weekend - emptying years of stored boxes - it feels amazing to "come home". I am, now more than ever, seeing the importance of paying this forward to someone else. As a gratitude for donating I will add you to a mailing list of interesting cultural facts from all over the World. The mailing list will last until Christmas Day and is in collaboration with an organization called Global Neighbors that I'm starting. I am asking that you contribute a minimum of $25, but of course please feel free to dig as deep as you wish into your hearty donation!"

To make a donation:
ChoiceCenter Leadership Teams LV107 and
LV108 are leading the charge to build a
Habitat house for a local family by
Christmas. Their deadline to purchase
$90,000 in materials with money raised is
Wednesday, Nov. 10 @ 7 p.m.
To help give a family a home for the
holidays, go to www.habitatlasvegas.org and
click on the CHOICECENTER LEADERSHIP
DONATIONS button on the right navigation
bar. Please note you can also make
recurring donations. You can also call in a
donation directly to 702.838.3988.

Please leave me a comment below if you decide to donate so it can be properly recorded and so you will receive the interesting cultural facts mailings.
Thanks in advance!