This journal is "Friends Only" for safety reasons.
There was a post with banners at some point way back
.(for those of you new to livejournal, that means that most posts are locked and you have to be on someone's "friends list" in order to be able to read them and comment)
If you are here to ask about Cleaning, babysitting, and odd job services, please email me at richips @ livejournal.com Thank you.
Gender Neutral Pronouns are helpful:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun Volunteering and charity projects and such will usually be public.
Here are some current fundraisers of importance by friends and acquaintances:
Partners in Health has always been one of the dearest organizations to me: reputable, honest, and miracle performing; and they are crucial now more than ever as of the major earthquake in Haiti. Please help any way you can:
http://www.pih.org Matt is at it again, this time with a 3 day Komen Walk for Breast Cancer with his Men of Heart team! Please support him in his great endeavors!
http://tinyurl.com/matt2011Stay tuned for benefit show information!
Farm Sanctuary!
http://www.farmsanctuary.org BARCC provides crucial services:
http://www.barcc.org Putting on an event/fundraiser? Have a cause? Let me know and I will link it here!
Thank you friends for continued support!
For the holidays, my birthday, etc., i would like to emphatically request that no one get me presents, but donate to any of the charities/fundraisers listed here, or to any others you see fit.
I also have some other projects here and there, such as rallies,
FH, practicing French,etc.
I volunteered for Horizons for Homeless Children. They are a noteworthy organization. If you have a couple hours free a week, i recommend hanging out with homeless kids. Feel free to ask me about my experience as a PAL.
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