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HELP: Join Slow Food USA and Help School Lunch

Steve — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:00:28 +0000

I have posted before about school lunch, but here is an opportunity to help!

For the month of September a donation of any amount will not only go towards their Slow Food in School Program, but also gets you member in Slow Food USA (usually $60).

Use this as an opportunity to our schools where too many students get their only real meals of the day and the only nutrition instruction of their lifetimes.

Join/Donate today!

HELP: Donating $10 could save 33 lives

Steve — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:17:06 +0000

While I increasingly believe that it will be the growth of markets in Africa that will help them turn the corner, some diasters are so awful and treatments so cheap that it seems impossible not to want to help.

A recent Times article, and accompanying photo essay, tell the story of cheap 20mg zinc tablets, when combined with oral rehydration therapy, has proven very effective in lessening instances of diarrhea among children. Diarrhea claims the lives of more children than AIDS or malaria.

Save the Children has been the primary provider of zinc tablets. They are a reputable organization, with 92% of your money going to treatment.

Click here to donate $10 to Save the Children and make this $0.30, life-or-death treatment available to many children.

HELP: History and Implications of School Lunch

Steve — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:56:43 +0000

Yesterday Amy and I used our date-afternoon (Thanks for babysitting, Mom!) to see Food Inc. at the Broadway Theater. We both went in skeptical,which is kind of ironic as we are both near-vegetarians and eat very little processed food, etc.

To cut to the chase: the movie was breathtaking, and I highly recommend it for everyone!

Anyway, there is way more about the movie I have time to blog about here, but there is one way you can get involved now. School lunches in most school are a travesty and certainly not helping America’s obesity epidemic. This is not a criticism of the amazing men and women who staff our school lunch rooms, but of a system historically based of cheap, unhealthy commodity food (you can read about the history of school lunch in a grad paper I wrote last summer – Google Doc Link).

I encourage all of you��to sign this petition to help reauthorize the Child Nutrition Act.

HELP: A new way to give globally

Steve — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:40:15 +0000

Ever heard of Kiva.org? After being made famous by President Clinton��s book and the ubiquitous Lady Oprah, Kiva is often completely out of business is give loans to. Should you find yourself in this predicament, or looking for another flavor of grassroots, specific giving, check out GlobalGiving.com:

HELP: Add your name to those concerned about homeless youth

Steve — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:31:23 +0000

Enter your name and help convince Congress to support homeless youth. Once we have 1 million names, we’ll take the list to Washington to lobby for legislation that helps homeless young people.

HELP: Soon-to-be-homeless single mom needs help

Steve — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:54:47 +0000

On January 7th, Jennifer and her two children (ages 3 and 6) will be homeless. Recently abandoned by her husband she was left with bills she could not pay. With no family, a two year waiting list for local social services, and full shelters, she is facing homelessness.

To contribute, send checks payable to The Salvation Army Holiday Fund to 32 Dunham Road, Beverly, MA 01915. Contributions will be recorded and recognized in the newspaper in your name, or as indicated on your enclosed check.

The Salvation Army is willing to take calls from anyone who is able to help Jennifer and her family by calling (978) 465-0883.