Woh… What a whirlwind!
The past two months have been far from predictable. In true spirit of the dictum, everything really does happen for a reason. The events of the last 8 weeks were a mix of good and bad, but I will just focus on the good and share that part of the story.
As you [...]
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Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1976 in Americus, Georgia by Millard and Linda Fuller (former US President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn became involved with the organization in 1984). In 32 years, Habitat has built over 250,000 affordable homes for low income families through 2,250 affiliates in 90 countries all over the [...]
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I was in touch with Hala from Amnesty Canada and she had some very kind words of encouragement for me and gave me some great suggestions after I told her I had to cancel my event due to weather conditions. I still haven’t decided which day I will reschedule for but when I do [...]
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I’m so upset right now… All this planning…
The ridiculous weather we are having has forced me to cancel my dinner party to raise money and awareness for Amnesty International’s Stop Violence Against Women campaign. I just couldn’t let my guests travel in these conditions. This storm is expected to bring us over a foot of [...]
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Looking around the office where I work, I am always dismayed at the amount a paper we go through, at the various cleaning chemicals we use and the disposable office supplies we purchase, so I asked our Director of Operations if I could form a committee to green our lovely premises. Being a big recycling [...]
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