food for thought

**j10asen** · 04-23-2008, 12:48 PM

There are MANY issues plaguing the world but none more basic than food, drink and shelter. I am sure you do not have to travel too far from where you are right now to find someone in need of the basics, they are all around us, locally and globally.

How many times have you been to a "Convenience store" in the last year and pondered on what you would like to drink? Think about it and go to this link.
More than 1.5m children under five die each year because they lack access to safe water and proper sanitation, says the United Nations children's agency.
Found here
BBC NEWS | Africa | Dirty water 'kills 1.5m children'
images from web

Typical scene inside a Convenience store in USA

third world Convenience watering stations

How many times have you been to a food court, fast food restaurant or buffet in the past year and again pondered on what you would like to eat?
Think about it and go to this link.
About 24,000 people die every day from hunger or hunger-related causes.
Found here
About The Cause @ The Hunger Site

taken from web
Dirt cookies to feed the hungry

We see the images on nightly news, magazines and hear about it in our churches. As a young man I was told never to waste my food because there were staving children somewhere going without. You might even have even heard a comedian poking fun at the typical parent remark saying something like” well send it them I do not want to eat it” and getting a laugh!!!! It is no laughing matter.

Now you do not need to be a Christian to answer this question but it is food for thought.

Judas received 30 pieces of silver to deliver Jesus to his enemies.
What type of impact would we have on the world if every man and woman that pondered what to food to eat and what drink to quench their thirst, would contribute 30 pieces of silver to the world poor?

The next time you dispose of an obsolete or unwanted elctronic device, read this page.

High-Tech Trash - Photo Gallery - National Geographic Magazine

pk · 04-23-2008, 09:55 PM

Excellent post John.

pk · 01-06-2009, 01:38 PM

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How many times have you been to a "Convenience store" in the last year and pondered on what you would like to drink? Think about it and go to this link.

This post really stayed with me over the months since you started it John. Well worth bringing back and having everyone take a look at this. Makes you really think about our lifestyles.

**dgridley** · 01-06-2009, 02:43 PM

I agree.. many of us take so much for granted and this is just one aspect of Life we need to be aware of. It's not just the present generation either.. we need to provide for those that come after us.

**keith** · 01-09-2009, 04:08 AM

I sponsored a child through Chrisitan Childrens Fund for a couple of years back in high school (lost touch when I joined the service).

Groups like that send you a picture and a letter from the child (generally transcribed by a counselor of some sort).

Thinking about sponsoring kids and the web, I've wondered what it would be like for a large group of people to sponsor a large group of children in a single community. The impact on individuals and on that whole community could be great. Transparency might be enhanced. If one of the sponsors ever got to visit, the rest would feel more comfortable that we were all making a difference. Just one of those rambling thoughts this post got me thinking about.

Regards,
Keith

p.s.: Might be a great way for CCF and others to go to market. Get a group...Scouts, Church, Lions, online, etc... to sponsor a whole group of kids.

**j10asen** · 01-09-2009, 06:02 AM

AWESOME idea Mr Keith!!! very AWESOME
so let's get a Bubbler group to do it!!
count me in!!

**keith** · 01-09-2009, 06:08 AM

Glad you like the idea, John.

I'm in too.

How many for our group?

Anyone else care to commit?

Regards,
Keith

**keith** · 01-09-2009, 06:11 AM

https://www.christianchildrensfund.org/default.aspx is the site for CCF. Cost is 80 cents a day. I'll contact them Monday if not today to see about a group sponsorship.

Regards,
Keith

Latina · 01-09-2009, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by keith

Thinking about sponsoring kids and the web, I've wondered what it would be like for a large group of people to sponsor a large group of children in a single community. The impact on individuals and on that whole community could be great. Transparency might be enhanced. If one of the sponsors ever got to visit, the rest would feel more comfortable that we were all making a difference.

p.s.: Might be a great way for CCF and others to go to market. Get a group...Scouts, Church, Lions, online, etc... to sponsor a whole group of kids.

Quote:

Originally Posted by j10asen

AWESOME idea Mr Keith!!! very AWESOME
so let's get a Bubbler group to do it!!
count me in!!

Great Idea!

Quote:

Originally Posted by keith

Glad you like the idea, John.

I'm in too.

How many for our group?

Anyone else care to commit?

Regards,
Keith

What would we be committing to exactly?

Is it a set amount weekly/ monthly (like the 80 cents a day) or whatever we can afford, when we can?

It's hard to commit to much of anything right now financially with the economy & my income recently taking a big hit (lower by a third recently), however i'd like to know more & see if it's something i can do.

**keith** · 01-09-2009, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Latina

Great Idea!

What would we be committing to exactly?

Is it a set amount weekly/ monthly (like the 80 cents a day) or whatever we can afford, when we can?

It's hard to commit to much of anything right now financially with the economy & my income recently taking a big hit (lower by a third recently), however i'd like to know more & see if it's something i can do.

Yes, 80 cents a day is what the sites says. We'd each sponsor an individual child and endeavor to have all our kids be in the same community.

Regards,
Keith

Latina · 01-09-2009, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by keith

Yes, 80 cents a day is what the sites says. We'd each sponsor an individual child and endeavor to have all our kids be in the same community.

Regards,
Keith

so $24-$25 a month commitment... something to consider once i get the new budget under wraps & see just how hard the income cut will effect me.

Thanks for the response.

**dgridley** · 01-09-2009, 11:44 AM

Something to consider also when you get a WisBucks style forum economy going here, Keith as it would make it easy to contribute to charity ribbons, like we do at NamePros. If posts were worth 2 cents each, it'd be a nice incentive to contribute to charity.

**j10asen** · 01-09-2009, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by keith

https://www.christianchildrensfund.org/default.aspx is the site for CCF. Cost is 80 cents a day. I'll contact them Monday if not today to see about a group sponsorship.

Regards,
Keith

Keith
I think we could all contribute as individuals but have the money ear-marked as the Bubbler group to a sister village, in that way a specific group of people would be getting our contribution.
Maybe they could use "TheBubbler" as a code name.

This is in my humble opinion.

**keith** · 01-09-2009, 07:59 PM

Beautiful sentiments.

I ended up being out all day. Will contact CCF on Monday for details and to share ideas. Hope to give them a link back to this thread, and to have it filled.

Any others interested?

Regards,
Keith

**dgridley** · 01-09-2009, 08:24 PM

Christian Children's Fund "Now Eric": Non Profit Charity that helps children allover the world. Christian Children's Fund has over a 1000 projects world wide. Christian Children's Fund has been helping children since 1938 working for the health and well being of children in need. Christian Children's Fund is committed to helping children who live in poverty around the globe. CCF offers help that includes education, clean water, nutritious food and health care that would be impossible to obtain without charitable donations. Christian Children's Fund takes great pride in it ability to insure the money is allocated to children in need of aid.

YouTube - Christian Children's Fund

**keith** · 01-11-2009, 04:22 PM

Hope to make time to contact with CCF tomorrow. If not tomorrow, Tuesday.

Anyone else care to join us?

Regards,
Keith

**keith** · 01-13-2009, 11:59 AM

$24 a month to sponsor a child.

I submitted the question to them via the contact form about sponsoring children in the same community.

Your Question has been Submitted Thank you for allowing us to serve you. The reference number for your question is '090113-000033'. You should receive a response by e-mail from our support department within 5 business hours.
Our office hours are 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. ET from Monday through Thursday and on Fridays, from 9:30 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Our toll-free telephone number is 1-800-776-6767.
If you need to add information to or cancel your question, you can do so by updating the question receipt confirmation e-mail that you will receive shortly.
Thank you for caring about our precious children.

Regards,
Keith

**keith** · 01-13-2009, 12:31 PM

I went ahead and called the 800#.

I'm sponsoring Mesha Carbon, a nine-year old girl (born May 16, 1999).

Project number 453 in Dominica in the Caribbean - Le Plaine Child Development Center project. There were 114 youth waiting for sponsorship there.

If you're interested in joining me, please call 1-800-776-6767 and tell them you want to sponsor a child from the Le Plaine Child Development Center, project number 453.

I hope you'll join me.

Regards,
Keith

**keith** · 01-14-2009, 10:52 PM

La Plaine, Dominica - Google Maps

Been about 35 years since I did this. Feels good to do it again. Seems like it was about $10 a month back then. Still, that was the net on 5 hours pay at $2.35 an hour at a Sears coffee shop at 16 years old. I had plenty to eat. Seemed like a good idea to share that good fortune.

Christian Childrens Fund provided a movie (on a big reel) that I used in a school Social Studies presentation in the little theater at New Berlin West. I called it 'voluntary foreign policy'. We don't individually have a lot of effect on the foreign policy of our country. We can have a tremendous personal effect on a one-to-one basis this way.

Regards,
Keith

**dgridley** · 01-14-2009, 11:06 PM

Thank you, Keith, for being a responsible and caring world citizen.. certainly a worthwhile effort.

My sister in law has seen world starvation first hand in Haiti. Haitians there are eating mud cookies:

YouTube - Mud Cookies in Haiti

YouTube - Chuck Eats Mud Cookie

She travels regularly to this orphanage in Haiti and my brother built this website for the orphanage and hosts it:

http://maisonfortune.com/

**keith** · 01-14-2009, 11:19 PM

http://www.dominica.gov.dm/images/dominica_map.jpg

**keith** · 01-15-2009, 03:02 PM

If 2 or 3 members want to get together to sponsor a child, great!

When one gets the photo and letter, they can share with the others via this thread...and we'll all get to see how the various kids in our adopted community are getting along.

Regards,
Keith

**dgridley** · 01-15-2009, 03:48 PM

If you can't currently afford the $24 a month to sponsor a child on a regular basis, consider going to the site and donating whatever you are capable of contributing, as I did.

From the site:

Right now, there is a wonderful opportunity for you to have your gift matched and to help Christian Children’s Fund protect children at risk or engaged in the most exploitive forms of child labor.

Every dollar you give today to our Learning for Life fund will be quadrupled with $4.43 from the grants we’ve been awarded for our education programs.

https://www.christianchildrensfund.org/

**dgridley** · 01-15-2009, 03:52 PM

Twittered again today:

"food for thought: sponsor a child - theBubbler" food for thought - theBubbler

**dgridley** · 01-16-2009, 12:27 PM

YouTube - Christian Children's Fund (Break)