The Spirit of Giving Thanks

Since tomorrow is a day for giving thanks and we are entering the season of joyous giving, I wanted to share a few websites that provide easy opportunities to change lives throughout the world, if God has given you a heart for helping those primarily outside our country.


The first one, Soles for Souls is one that I recently came across. This organization collects new and gently used shoes and distributes them to those in need around the world. The effort started after a tsunami hit Southeast Asia in 2004 but really took off after Hurricane Katrina a year later - an event that hit somewhat close to home for us! Right now they're trying to get 50,000 shoes donated in 50 days. If you want to learn more, visit, http://www.50000shoes.com/. I learned of this effort, through a blog I read...here's the entry if you want to check it out: http://audreycaroline.blogspot.com/2008/11/50000.html.

The other two sites that I've come across are www.worldvision.org and www.heifer.org. Both Heifer and World Vision provide opportunities to donate livestock and trees/seeds to people in need around the world as an income and food source. World Vision also has additional donation opportunities for things like clean water sources, food, clothing, training, healthcare provision among others.


Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Submitted by: Andrea