Tag Archives: Charity

Fight Hunger in Fresno

Alright folks, this is the real deal. WalMart is giving away a million dollars to help communities that have a high number of people who can’t afford regular meals. For all the things that are awesome about Fresno, the fact … Continue reading

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Step Up

We had a guest speaker at Clovis Hills yesterday. I can’t remember the guy’s name now, but he’s a pastor who spent years working in East L.A. and for the past 8 years has lived in India. This guy understands … Continue reading

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Volunteering: Just Show Up

There is an incredible shortage of volunteers in our community. If I did a poll right now of the hundred or so people in my office who volunteer for any charitable cause on a regular basis, I would put good … Continue reading

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Charitable Giving

Mint.com posted an interesting infographic on charitable giving. I found a few things especially interesting. US citizens give 3 times the amount of the French and 14 times the amount of the Italians. Conservatives give more than Liberals. The poor … Continue reading

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Race for the Cure 2008

Today was the Komen Race For the Cure. It’s an annual event that’s held in many different cities across the U.S. and was created to help raise money and awareness to fight breast cancer. This was my second time actually … Continue reading

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Finally Starting To Get It

Last night we had our annual Clovis Hills sponsored Christmas party for the Fresno Emergency Family Shelter. It was a great time as always. Alan Yerxa and I provided the tunes, we had Santa show up, a bunch of Clovis … Continue reading

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Give a Laptop for Christmas

Today is the official start of the OLPC project. OLPC stands for One Laptop Per Child, and it’s a program to put specially built laptops into the hands of children in developing countries. Now why on earth would poor children … Continue reading

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Africa Blog #4

Wow two posts in one day! It’s a miracle! Usually I wait until our Africa meetings every other Tuesday to post an offical Africa Blog entry. However, this morning I was just hit with several Africa related stories as I … Continue reading

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