Every 5 seconds, a child dies of hunger.
So I've mentioned a few times that I participate a lot in my college's chapter of Oxfam. Well, this week is the big event of our semester - our Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. My best friend Michelle has been working tirelessly (ETA: I lied. She is very tired. ♥!) on this for three months, organizing events, funding, advertising, and everything that goes into a large scale event. She is amazing and I love and admire her so so much and I really want all her hard work to pay off.
For those who don't know, Oxfam is an international organization that fights hunger and homelessness world wide. It's one of the most effective and trustworthy aid organizations out there, and I'm really proud to contribute to it. One of our big events this week is a 24 Hour Fast, and we're getting friends and family to sponsor us in order to raise money to send to Oxfam.
So, my dear flist, I'm asking for your help. There are 293 people that have this journal friended (wow!!) so even if each of you gave five dollars, that would be a HUGE sum. It will ALL go directly to Oxfam International (we're keeping none of it for our own purposes) and to their myriad programs that help the poor and helpless worldwide. Such programs include: "19 Cents a Day," which feeds poor children in schools for 19 cents a day; "No Dirty Gold," a campaign against dangerous and irresposible mining techniques; ongoing aid efforts in the area struck by Katrina; relief workers and supplies in genocide-striken Darfur; and more. Clearly this is a very worthy cause, and I hope you'll contribute to our efforts!
My friend Rob has awesomely set up a Paypal donation site, so donation is easy! If you follow this link, you'll find the Paypal donation button, and you can also look around the site for more information.
SPONSOR ME TO FAST - All proceeds go to Oxfam
The donations on Paypal go into one big pot for Oxfam, so if you want to be credited as specifically sponsoring me, leave a comment here with your name (first and/or last, whatever you're comfortable with) and the amount, so I can put you on my sponsoring sheet and thank you! Comments are screened :)
Thank you for anything you can contribute! And if you want to link this on your journals, then by all means, do so! :) If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
For those who don't know, Oxfam is an international organization that fights hunger and homelessness world wide. It's one of the most effective and trustworthy aid organizations out there, and I'm really proud to contribute to it. One of our big events this week is a 24 Hour Fast, and we're getting friends and family to sponsor us in order to raise money to send to Oxfam.
So, my dear flist, I'm asking for your help. There are 293 people that have this journal friended (wow!!) so even if each of you gave five dollars, that would be a HUGE sum. It will ALL go directly to Oxfam International (we're keeping none of it for our own purposes) and to their myriad programs that help the poor and helpless worldwide. Such programs include: "19 Cents a Day," which feeds poor children in schools for 19 cents a day; "No Dirty Gold," a campaign against dangerous and irresposible mining techniques; ongoing aid efforts in the area struck by Katrina; relief workers and supplies in genocide-striken Darfur; and more. Clearly this is a very worthy cause, and I hope you'll contribute to our efforts!
My friend Rob has awesomely set up a Paypal donation site, so donation is easy! If you follow this link, you'll find the Paypal donation button, and you can also look around the site for more information.
SPONSOR ME TO FAST - All proceeds go to Oxfam
The donations on Paypal go into one big pot for Oxfam, so if you want to be credited as specifically sponsoring me, leave a comment here with your name (first and/or last, whatever you're comfortable with) and the amount, so I can put you on my sponsoring sheet and thank you! Comments are screened :)
Thank you for anything you can contribute! And if you want to link this on your journals, then by all means, do so! :) If you have any questions, feel free to ask.