So, you know, Lent's coming. (Starting Wednesday, in fact.)
Last year I started a discipline here that I liked, but dropped the ball on.
This year, I'm attempting to improve.
I'm going to highlight 40 good causes — one a day for each of the days of Lent (so, one each day of Ash Wednesday through Holy Saturday, skipping Sundays) in a weekly roundup post on Sundays.
Here's your chance to influence me.
Share in the comments below (or on Facebook) whatever good causes are your favorites right now — nonprofits especially, but also Kickstarters for people doing good work, etc. Share as many as you like; include a description if you like, include a link if you can. Feel free to share things you're personally connected to, organizations you give money to, groups you serve as a volunteer, groups that have helped you when you needed it, whatever. Secular and religious are equally welcome, and religious certainly includes non-Christian.
Some of your suggestions are likely to get highlighted on CMC between now and Easter.
What's out there?
Friday, February 28, 2014
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Well, I got a grant for my volunteer fire department to teach a CPR instructor class (CPR instructor training is surprisingly hard to get and very expensive) for free to people who commit to teaching a certain number of free CPR classes for the community over the next few years. Next we'll be looking for funding to do an instructor class for bilingual Spanish speakers, so we can offer CPR classes in Spanish, and ASL speakers so we can offer classes in sign language. (You'd think that would be available already in these parts -- D.C. -- thanks to Gallaudet University, but even they use interpreters and non-signing instructors.) Disclosure: The training is provided through the donated labor of a small business Heather and I started to teach CPR and first aid, so we will also be able to employ some of these new instructors. But we are not making any money from the grants. (Like us on Facebook: Takoma Park CPR.)
What a great idea! Treehouse does a great job supporting foster kids in our county with clothes; camp experiences; music, dance, and sports lessons; tutoring; guidance for those aging out of the system; and general counseling:
http://www.treehouseforkids.org/why-treehouse/
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