A week or so ago I read an article in The Oregonian, which is the state newspaper here in Oregon.
The article was about a student down in Eugene(that's where one of our big Unis is) who has taken a class project a step further, and decided to use the skills she'd learned to benefit the people of Haiti. Read the article, and you will be inspired, and then read her(Ruby's), blog, then listen to the NPR piece, then watch the how to video.
Article!
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/04/university_of_oregon_senior_ma.html Blog!
http://utilityquilt.blogspot.com/ I suggest to get the full effect, you start reading her blog from oldest to newest posts.
NPR piece!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124243603 How to video!
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I implore everyone on my f-list to participate, because it's so much more personal than donating money. I mean it, people!
Pay if forward!
And here's a song to do all to!
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