October 23, 2007 at 5:11 pm · Filed under outreach, thought bubbles and tagged: hunger, outreach, sharing, volunteerism
My cousin, Lauren, has informed me about a wonderful opportunity to help families in need. Spread the Sharing, an initiative created by Country Crock, is an effort to motivate Americans to share their personal stories of volunteerism,or other acts of sharing,in order that other families are fed.
Country Crock will donate a meal to America’s Second Harvest, the nation’s largest charitable hunger-relief organization, for each story you share. There is no limit. So far, 332,760 meals have been donated to families around the country.
Hunger remains the greatest humanitarian crisis on earth. Take a few minutes and share your story. And feel free to look mine up, called “Sharing Memories” (which should appear in a couple of days).
October 19, 2007 at 4:59 pm · Filed under education, human behavior, tae kwon do, thought bubbles and tagged: Benetton, social marketing, TKD
I am going through TKD-withdrawal. I blame that as the reason for why I have not written in for-ehhhhhhh-ver. I have been writing a case study paper on Benetton’s social marketing initiatives and my brain feels fried. A flu shot earlier in the week didn’t help. My left arm is still sore and I’m so glad I thought it best to get poked in my weakest limb. (I could have starved without access to my right arm – my feeding arm!) Now it’s my loudest complainer-of-a-limb. And I am a complaining mess. (This is me failing at balancing my thoughts and feeling zen-like. Which reminds me: Serenity now!!)
It’s amazing how exhausting the body can feel after days of living. It may appear a silly observation, but it truly is. And the hyperbolic nature of the exhaustion syndrome has been spreading around the office. Everyone feels it. It’s near past the midpoint of October and it’s freakin’ 80 degrees outside and humid, eww, humid. Why doesn’t it just be Fall, already?
I have been feeling complain-atory a lot this week. Perhaps it was the paper. Maybe it was my inability to catch up on sleep. Whatever it is, I know what I must do. Get back to kicking arse and feeling tough. This syndrome is officially overdone.
