Posted By:  BethP Posted On:  Sep 2, 2008	Olympic Inspiration
Last week we highlighted Olympic marathoner Ryan Hall ’s fundraising page for World Vision on the Team Firstgiving Blo g.  (By the way, Hall finished 10th in Beijing, helping the U.S. team to its best finish in 32 years). At Firstgiving, we know that endurance sports events...... [view]

Posted By:  BethP Posted On:  Sep 12, 2008	2 Views on Development & Doing Good Well
Cross-posted at the Online Fundraising Blog If you've been involved in the discussion about poverty and international development in the past few years, you probably know the name Jeffrey Sachs. Sachs is a development economist at Columbia University , advisor to the UN on the Millennium...... [view]

Posted By:  vanessamason Posted On:  Aug 9, 2008	Interesting Links of the Week
Nonprofit Link of the Week Young nonprofit professionals, take note. Heather Carpenter at Nonprofit Leadership 601 highlights reasons why graduate school is still a good choice for nonprofit professional development. Public Health Link of the Week Technology, Health and...... [view]

Posted By:  AWellEarthnet Posted On:  May 3, 2008	Q-bit Earth BioSphere Products, Textiles & Education
Q-bit GREEN Economy Earth BioSphere Products Q-bit Clean Water Systems http://unmdg.gknot.net/files/Q-bit_Water_quality_improvement_purification.pdf See also "Anit-Refrigeration" Q-bit...... [view]

Posted By:  scoutbanana Posted On:  Nov 14, 2007	water is a human right, why is it so elusive?
Privatizing water has taken the world by storm. How many people would rather pay for cases of bottled water than take it from their tap? How many communities are deprived of water because a corporation moves in to contain and sell their water? The situations are similar to what happens here in...... [view]

Posted By:  scoutbanana Posted On:  Oct 1, 2007	Year of Water Project - Michigan
Launched in September at Michigan Technological University (MTU) with the Michigan Organization of Residence Halls Associations (MORHA). Charity:Water and S.C.O.U.T. B.A.N.A.N.A. believe that access to clean water is a basic human right, and this year, 2007, we are doing something about it....... [view]

Posted By:  nurturebelonging Posted On:  Sep 15, 2007	The Group Hugger
Here is wonderful articulation of belonging written by Bob, Karen, Meaghan, Heather and Jennifer and borrowed from the Personal Stories section of the Canadian Down Syndrome Society website: Excerpts of Stories by or About Persons with Down Syndrome ... We have three beautiful girls with our...... [view]

Posted By:  nurturebelonging Posted On:  Sep 8, 2007	Wise words from Jean Vanier
Belonging To work for peace, to work for a society that’s more just, we need to work with other people. There is a belonging which doesn’t lock us up, but a belonging that liberates me to do what is deepest within me. - Jean Vanier, Unpublished conversation with students, ,June, 2007 ... [view]

Posted By:  nurturebelonging Posted On:  Jul 2, 2007
Count Me In! (a project of the Laidlaw Foundation and Health Canada) was developed over the course of a year through a Provincial Advisory Group and three Demonstration Sites across Ontario. The project developed inclusion tools for various groups, using the determinants of health as a way...... [view]

Posted By:  nurturebelonging Posted On:  Aug 22, 2007	Principal's Challenge - Belonging Poems #15 and #16
Be kind to everyone Everyone treated the same Like everyone Only speak when spoken to Never hurt anyone’s feelings Get along By Noah Be kind to everyone Everyone has to be respectful Listening to your friend Off the corner of the street is my friend Now I like to play at school Good day at...... [view]