Austin Street Shelter

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The Austin Street Shelter ( http://www.austinstreet.org/ ) is in need of new cots for the homeless to sleep on. Some of the cots they are using now are being held together with duct-tape! These are not the cheap Walmart cots but the really sturdy ones....$100.00 each. I am going to buy a cot! I am putting them on my Christmas list. I may have to get donations from family members and friends but "Where there's a will, there's a way" as my daddy used to say....hummmm.....I think I'll go hit up dad for a donation!

When I win the lottery I have several different charities that are going to get money regularly.

Here's a list of my favorites:
1. Heifer International http://www.heifer.org/site/c.edJRKQNiFiG/b.2663295/?msource=kw2871&gclid=CIqA0Yyly6UCFUPu7Qode3qwjg
2. Finca http://www.finca.org/site/c.6fIGIXMFJnJ0H/b.6088193/k.BE5D/Home.htm
3. Oh yeah....my group.....Hostelling International http://www.hiusa.org/programs/opening_doors_opening_minds
4. My best friend travelertrish and whatever group she is involved with at the time.
5. Local groups around the Dallas area....there are so many folks trying hard to make a difference in the lives of the poor.
6. Doctors without Borders http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
7.The Peace Corps http://www.peacecorps.gov/

That list would be miles long if my pockets were as deep as my ambition!

What's your favorite charity?

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