July 22
...serving up your daily dish.
Stay up late in front of the computer to download porn help charity? Apparently, there is such a thing. And more virtuous folks than us (a.k.a. Cootiehog) plan to burn the midnight oil and then some. Jaynee wonders how she will do it...
I've decided to participate in this year's Blogathon. It's a commitment by bloggers all over the world to post to their blog every 30 minutes for 24 hours to raise money for charity. Sponsors donate money to those commited to posting every 30/24. I did it a couple years ago with some success (about $250 in donations). Can I do an all-nighter again? Maybe I'll hook up the DVD player and watch Buffy and Alias and Angel episodes. This year's charity is Heifer International. Your money goes directly to buy specific things that needy countries require - whether you buy a cow to help provide milk or wheat to help provide food.
I'd love for the folks of Baristaville to sponsor me. Whether you pony up $1, $5, $20 or $100 - all of it goes to Heifer. Once the Blogathon is over, you're asked to go DIRECTLY to Heifer to give your money. So click here and sign up to sponsor me and support Heifer International - no money up front. I've also decided that for ever $5 in sponsorships that I receive I will donate a can of cat/dog food to the Bloomfield Animal Shelter that services Bloomfield, Glen Ridge and Nutley. So your donation will help TWO charities!
On Saturday, August 6th at 9:00 AM EST I will begin my 24-hour stint as a raving lunatic deprived of way too much sleep. Can't wait!
Neither can we -- yo go, girl! And if anyone wants to sponsor, err, their other favorite charity, there's always this.
Ack! I knew I forgot to do something else last night...*makes mental note to add baristanet to the list of sites allowed to "steal" Cootiehog graphics*
Posted by: Jaynee | Jul 22, 2005 4:09:23 PM
Everythings sounds good except the shows. Maybe you could just watch a season of the Sopranos instead.
-Jersey Perspective
Posted by: Jack | Jul 22, 2005 6:32:57 PM
needy countries? how about the Lost Boys of Utah-or the Aids infected Americans- or the United States Soup Kitchens--or the Tri State Homeless-a buy a perscription plan for an elderly American-or a heifer for some farmer in the United States--the fact that you are helping Bloomfield Shelter makes me more than hopeful and that is one of the reasons i keep coming back -i'll even donate some cans to Bloomfiled shelter but from one who carried Unicef rice bowl for years in my youth and dropped dollars into cans and walked marathons for diseases yet to be cured ....
i'll gladly donate but am beginning to wonder when do we start feeding (donating) to other Americans.
Posted by: cstarling | Jul 23, 2005 1:24:51 AM
Charity is an act of giving and seems beyond reproach to me.
Posted by: Right of Center™ | Jul 23, 2005 9:04:25 AM
cstarling - I'm sorry you think that's I've chosen a bad charity to support. However, if you look through Heifer's website you'll see they ALSO do stuff in North America. Before you criticize ANY charity I suggest you do a little bit of research.
Posted by: Jaynee | Jul 23, 2005 11:06:49 AM
never said ur choice was bad in fact i complimented u for ur extra support-no choice of charity is a bad one--and certainly helping to feed people in general is a good one--just wonder why the focus tends to be always helping those in an outside nation when our own is filled with some not even being addressed-god bless u for ur involvement in life
Posted by: cstarling | Jul 23, 2005 11:12:19 AM
