Last week Anja went looking for a cold bottle of water and opened the fridge in my garage hoping it would be in there. It was really hot and very dry, and drinking water is a must here and Anja is not so used to this kind of weather.
She opened the fridge door and guess what she found in there: one Dutch wooden shoe!
Maybe she felt a bit embarrassed or so, not sure, but she asked me some time later: "Why do you keep a wooden shoe in the fridge in the garage?"
"Uhh.... there is a wooden shoe in there? Oh yes, I remember, one day I cleaned out that fridge as it had a bad smell. I wanted to leave the door open so it could breath, and the first thing that I could find that would do the trick was that wooden shoe. Somehow it must have gotten in there, and been forgotten".
A creative Dutch girl can use her clogs for all kinds of things, it works!
Tanja
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
Free Rice
Freerice.com is a nonprofit organization that donates rice to many different countries including
Bangladesh, Cambodia, Uganda, Nepal, Bhutan, and Myanmar. How it works is that you learn vocabulary and they give rice. Each time you match a word with a definition you have donated 20 grains of rice. Since this is a nonprofit organization the banners at the bottem with organizations on it will donate the rice you earned and give it directly to WFP. While 20 grains of rice might not seem like a big donation, if you play a while you will have fed quite a few people. Remember, you are not the only one playing. In the first month, Freerice.com fed over a million people. The goal of this company is to stop world hunger. It is so easy to help. I personally have been playing for 5 months. I try to play every day, if not every week. You're being educated and other families get food. Not a bad trade of. :)
Have fun playing!
Habitat For Humanity
I think this is one of the greatest causes in the world to support. This cause effects MILLIONS. Lost families that don't have homes, families that were displaced in Hurricane Katrina, and for many other people. Habitat For Humanity builds low-income homes for many families in different parts of the USA and other places. I just read an article about Habitat For Humanity and them working together with the NCAA to build homes in Houston, Texas.
"BIG RAPIDS - Rachel Wade, like many of her fellow Ferris State University student-athletes, swelled with a sense of pride as she joined hundreds of her peers in a concerted effort to create homes and hope for families in need.
Last week, the National Collegiate Athletic Association joined with Habitat for Humanity International as part of the week long Division II Spring Championships Festival in Houston. With roughly 800 student-athletes taking part in various national championship sporting events in Houston, including Ferris' softball team, the opportunity to give something back to a local community was too good to pass up. The NCAA and Habitat for Humanity teamed up to help build 10 houses in south Houston during teams' breaks in competition.
For Wade, a redshirt freshman student-athlete from Canton, having the opportunity to lend a helping hand to people in need was a major highlight of Ferris' five-day stay in Texas for the national softball championships. Some of the recipients of the new homes were victims of Hurricane Katrina who evacuated New Orleans and ended up in places like Houston and elsewhere around the United States.
"It's great for us not only to be able to come down here to compete in the softball nationals, but also to be able to do something for families and to just, in general, help others," said Wade, a Bulldog outfielder who helped lead the Bulldog softball team to a fifth-place finish at the championships in Houston's Memorial Park. "It's a great feeling to know so many student-athletes came from all over the country and were able to help make a better way of life for families here in Houston."
This springs effort was the largest building project in the collaboration between the NCAA and Habitat for Humanity since 2005. The two organizations have worked together to construct low-income houses for families in Houston, Pensacola, Fla., and Indianapolis.
"It's very fulfilling to help others who are in need and it's really a small thing we can do to help other people get back on their feet," said sophomore Rhea Flores, a Dearborn Heights native, who is a pitcher and designated hitter for the Bulldogs. "Being down at the festival was one of the best times of my life and being able to do something like this, for Habitat for Humanity, was definitely a part of the great time I had."
In addition to the Bulldog softball team, athletes from all across the country in sports like lacrosse, tennis and golf were involved in the effort as they traded in their bats, rackets and athletic helmets for saws, hammers and hard hats.
"It's a great feeling knowing you're doing something to help others who really need it," said sophomore second baseman Amanda Harrington, a native of St. Joseph. "Sometimes we can take a lot of things for granted and this is good because it helps us get out and do something to help other people."
Important lessons can be learned by this partnership between the NCAA and Habitat for Humanity, according to Ferris Athletics Director Tom Kirinovic.
"These are important and valuable lessons for our student-athletes being down in Houston and taking part in this effort by the NCAA and Habitat for Humanity," he said. "There are so many times in life where we spend so much time worrying about what's going on with ourselves and we don't spend enough time doing things to help others. It was really rewarding to listen to a husband and wife of one of the homes built speak about how much it meant to them to have a place to live. The NCAA's work with Habitat for Humanity has been a tremendous and worthwhile cause that teaches lessons beyond athletics that I think will serve our student-athletes for the rest of their lives." "
I think its wonderful that all these kids would help such an organization. It shows that people and children care about the future and helping people. Amanda Harrington is right, we do take items for granted and therefore it is important to give back.
"BIG RAPIDS - Rachel Wade, like many of her fellow Ferris State University student-athletes, swelled with a sense of pride as she joined hundreds of her peers in a concerted effort to create homes and hope for families in need.
Last week, the National Collegiate Athletic Association joined with Habitat for Humanity International as part of the week long Division II Spring Championships Festival in Houston. With roughly 800 student-athletes taking part in various national championship sporting events in Houston, including Ferris' softball team, the opportunity to give something back to a local community was too good to pass up. The NCAA and Habitat for Humanity teamed up to help build 10 houses in south Houston during teams' breaks in competition.
For Wade, a redshirt freshman student-athlete from Canton, having the opportunity to lend a helping hand to people in need was a major highlight of Ferris' five-day stay in Texas for the national softball championships. Some of the recipients of the new homes were victims of Hurricane Katrina who evacuated New Orleans and ended up in places like Houston and elsewhere around the United States.
"It's great for us not only to be able to come down here to compete in the softball nationals, but also to be able to do something for families and to just, in general, help others," said Wade, a Bulldog outfielder who helped lead the Bulldog softball team to a fifth-place finish at the championships in Houston's Memorial Park. "It's a great feeling to know so many student-athletes came from all over the country and were able to help make a better way of life for families here in Houston."
This springs effort was the largest building project in the collaboration between the NCAA and Habitat for Humanity since 2005. The two organizations have worked together to construct low-income houses for families in Houston, Pensacola, Fla., and Indianapolis.
"It's very fulfilling to help others who are in need and it's really a small thing we can do to help other people get back on their feet," said sophomore Rhea Flores, a Dearborn Heights native, who is a pitcher and designated hitter for the Bulldogs. "Being down at the festival was one of the best times of my life and being able to do something like this, for Habitat for Humanity, was definitely a part of the great time I had."
In addition to the Bulldog softball team, athletes from all across the country in sports like lacrosse, tennis and golf were involved in the effort as they traded in their bats, rackets and athletic helmets for saws, hammers and hard hats.
"It's a great feeling knowing you're doing something to help others who really need it," said sophomore second baseman Amanda Harrington, a native of St. Joseph. "Sometimes we can take a lot of things for granted and this is good because it helps us get out and do something to help other people."
Important lessons can be learned by this partnership between the NCAA and Habitat for Humanity, according to Ferris Athletics Director Tom Kirinovic.
"These are important and valuable lessons for our student-athletes being down in Houston and taking part in this effort by the NCAA and Habitat for Humanity," he said. "There are so many times in life where we spend so much time worrying about what's going on with ourselves and we don't spend enough time doing things to help others. It was really rewarding to listen to a husband and wife of one of the homes built speak about how much it meant to them to have a place to live. The NCAA's work with Habitat for Humanity has been a tremendous and worthwhile cause that teaches lessons beyond athletics that I think will serve our student-athletes for the rest of their lives." "
I think its wonderful that all these kids would help such an organization. It shows that people and children care about the future and helping people. Amanda Harrington is right, we do take items for granted and therefore it is important to give back.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
So what do I support?
I support everything, it can be a big or small organization or cause. It can only effect a small number or people or it can effect millions of people. I will do my best to post everything I believe in on this blog. Spread the word on new causes and old. If you want to send me a link or a name of an organization or cause. I will do my best to make notice of it in future posts or I'll write whole articles on it.
Thankyou
Thankyou
How To Write Love On Her Arms has touched me
TWLOHA has touched me in many ways. I used to cut a lot. TWLOHA made me feel like I was not alone. It made me realize that there are better ways to express pain or anger. I actually called the hot line that they have on their page and it helped me in soooo many ways. In ways that I cant even express. Basically, it saved my life.
To express my support I read all their blogs and I also joined their street team. So come on and join with all the other members.
And show some support and do their orders. Spread the word
You don't even know who will be touched by their message.
To express my support I read all their blogs and I also joined their street team. So come on and join with all the other members.
And show some support and do their orders. Spread the word
You don't even know who will be touched by their message.
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