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Len Peralta, Monster by Mail, has the following campaign going on for Japan relief:

For a limited time, when you order a Flipface avatar from me, $5.00 of the order will be donated to the Japanese Relief efforts. This goes for Original Flipfaces, Black and White and Zombie Flipfaces. I will also (by request) draw it in an anime style. All you need to do is go to Flipface.me, type in the words “HELP JAPAN” in the special instructions. That’s it. It may not seem like much, but it’s a small way to reach out and help in this time of suffering.

Visit FlipFace today and get your manga style avatar and provide relief to our Japanese brethren.

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The United Nations has designated the first Monday in October as annual World Habitat Day.

On Oct. 4, 2010, in recognition of World Habitat Day, Habitat for Humanity will raise awareness of the need for improved shelter and highlight Habitat’s priorities: the worldwide connection between human health and housing, and, in the United States, neighborhood revitalization. These themes echo the United Nations’ chosen theme for 2010 for events in the host city of Shanghai, China and the rest of the world: “Better City, Better Life.”

Bloggers across the world are taking part in World Habitat Day by linking and drawing attention to the cause. Habitat for Humanity recommends three actions you can take:

• Advocate
• Fundraise
• Educate

Today I’m working the educate angle.  Here are a few facts from World Habitat Day:

• Children younger than 5 living in Habitat for Humanity houses in Malawi showed a 44 percent reduction in malaria, respiratory or gastrointestinal diseases compared with children living in traditional houses.
• Children who live in poor housing have lower educational attainment and a greater likelihood of being impoverished and unemployed as adults. (Harker: 2006)
• Resident ownership is strongly related to better building security and quality, and to lower levels of crime. (Saegert and Winkel: 1998)

The numbers are bleak in areas without homes. Poverty is not only a root cause, but is caused by the lack of homes to build a community upon.

So what are some things you can do?

Ask leaders in Washington: What will you build?

In recognition of World Habitat Day, Habitat for Humanity is collecting photos to display in a Photo Wall. Submit your photo to remind decision makers in Washington, D.C., to make housing a priority.

Getting involved is easy. All supporters need to do is:
1. Write “What will you build?” on a piece of paper.
2. Take a photo holding the message.
3. Upload the picture to Habitat’s Photo Wall.
4. Share the photo with friends and family.

To participate or learn more, click here.Questions can be sent to worldhabitatday@habitat.org.

Another, share a video such as this one:

Poverty and homelessness won’t fix themselves. Governments in these nations are often unable or unwilling to move the needle. Let’s do our part.

Don’t wait till poverty takes another life.

Go.Give.House.

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TEDx Puget Sound speaker – Simon Sinek – Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Action

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Dueling pianos, open bar, and tasty appetizers – now that’s  a party. In this case it was a fundraiser for The Gifted Wedding at the Jive and Wail.

The Gifted Wedding is an organization dedicated to giving couples with a terminal illness, disability, or a unique financial situation the wedding or vow renewal of their dreams.

The Gifted Wedding team provided the first dream wedding to Anna and Manuel Jimenez. Anna is struggling with ALS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. The Jive and Wail event was both fundraiser and a celebration of the recent wedding.

Jive and Wail provided the right size venue. Their staff was eager and engaged. The bartenders were friendly and kept the drinks flowing.  Topping it off was the dueling piano team.

Dueling Pianos at Jive and Wail by Tojosan, on Flickr

Sharon and I enjoyed our time there, meeting both old and new friends. Elisabeth Cutshall gets the real credit for that though. She publicized this event on Twitter, Facebook, and in person.

Know someone that could use this help? Apply at the Gifted Wedding.

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The Gifted Wedding

Jive and Wail

Elizabeth Cutshall

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Glenda Watson Hyatt is The One Thumbed Blogger and she’s bringing in the new year with another Accessibility 100 series.  Kicking it off, Glenda has a project for us.

In launching the 2010 edition of Accessibility 100 – a series of 100 easy-to-implement, free and inexpensive tips for improving accessibility for people with disabilities, I am borrowing a powerful idea from blogger extraordinaire Liz Strauss.

You are invited to share exactly 25 words on:

What does accessibility means to you?

I encourage you to give this a try.  Glenda shares the rules on her post. Here’s my stab at at.

Accessibility, more than a ramp or wide door, is a thoughtfulness in approaching design, considering people not wheelchairs, souls over boundaries, and vision beyond blindness.

It’s rough but I’m thinking I’m going to be dreaming up more of these.

What’s your 25 words?

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With chapters in New York, Philadelphia, Nashville and Miami, Musicians on Call bring live and recorded music to the bedsides of healthcare facilities. This helps complement the healing process for patients, families and caregivers. This is provided in a number of ways.

Bedside Performance Program

Volunteer artists give live performances in-room for patients that are too ill to leave their beds. To date, Musicians on Call have played for more than 150,000 individuals and their families. They also have 32 regular scheduled weekly performances at 27 facilities throughout the four cities they currently cover.

CD Pharmacy Program

Musicians on Call also provide hospitals with complete CD libraries, as well as personal CD players for the patients to use – all free of charge. Thanks to this, there are currently 310 CD Pharmacies throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and Dublin in Ireland.

Project Playback Program

As well as the volunteer artists who help Musicians on Call achieve their aim, the charity also has a program that gives patients the chance to have their own music recorded and produced. By using special software, patients can compose their own songs and work with volunteer professionals – artists, producers and more – and get help in the writing an recording process.

View from House Tojosan

Music has been a part of my life from my earliest years.  My parents used music to help get me to sleep. Memories of joy were highlighted by those where I sang along with the music surrounding me. Still today I enjoy this.

Music makes a long drive short, a tough bit of programming less challenging, and a sour mood not quite so sad.  I’ve already thought about music I’d like played at my funeral.  This charity makes me mindful how I’d miss music if I was stuck in the hospital with illness or old age.

Take time out to visit Musicians on Call. Your donation will bring peace, joy and remembrance to someone stuck alone in a hospital bed.

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Disclaimer: not a Slider Inc sponsored contest.

Hi,
Glad you took your time to drop in to see what this is about.
We (a group of friends and relatives that live and ride motorcycles and horses here in Texas) have a few male and female friends that have had or have breast cancer.

Well, October is BREAST CANCER AWARENESSMonth and we have decided to hold a contest.
This is an independent contest and it is not run by Slide, Inc.

Rules:
1. Create a habitat that is in good taste for BCA.
2. Tell us a story about the habitat and if it is dedicated to anyone.
3. We will not ask for your real name, however you can use it if you like. But we would like your age so we can have a child’s level **(ages 13-18 ) and an adult level(ages 19 & up.)**
4. Your entry is allowed 1 time and 1 time only! If there are any repeats this will disqualify you. So plan it carefully before you hit that POST Button.
5. This contest RUNS FROM 02am EST. on 09-23-2009 UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST 10-31-2009!
Any post after that time will not be considered.

WINNERS:A Post will be made no later than November 5th,2009 Stating the WINNERS. (I, hope we can go through all of the entries before then. LOL )

There will be a team of 6 judges. Each of us will go through all the entries and make a decision and then we vote on the final 6 from each category.

PRIZES: They will be awarded to each level. (Child’s level & Adult level)
1st Place:3 gold items!
2nd Place: 2 gold items!
3rd Place: 1 gold item and 1 of the oldest items from our treasure boxes.
3 Honorable Mentions: 1 of the oldest items from our treasure boxes.

Note**
Eligibility Criteria and Representations. You hereby represent that the following are all true:
a. You are at least 13 years old, and if You are less than 18 years old, You have the permission of Your parents or legal guardian to use the Slide Service. (Please be aware that Slide may create certain areas on the Slide Site that contain adult or mature content. You must be at least 18 years of age to access and view such areas.) If You are not at least 13 years old, please discontinue using the Slide Site and the Slide Services immediately.

We are looking forward to all the creations. If you are just dropping in to take a look, PLEASE GIVE US A BUMP!!
Send this on to your friends too.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
LOVE, LIFE, HOPE
And remember:
“BOOBS ROCK”
Angy, Chante, Trey, Lori, Willow & Brian

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Let's Fight This Together by nmfinfan of Flickr

The photographer and Boobithon.com contributor explains this picture:

I have known so many people in my life who have been affected by cancer.

When I was a senior in high school, a friend of mine was diagnosed with cancer. They amputated his leg, but he died a year after we graduated. My sister-in-law, Jana, lost her father to a long, terrible battle with this disease. This past August, an old friend of mine lost his seven year old daughter to cancer.

My dad had a cousin and his wife, JoAnn, was like a mother to me when I was a kid. She died of breast cancer approximately 20 years ago.

I loved my grandma Una with all my heart. I spent almost everyday with her when I was a child. In August of 1993, she died of breast cancer. It still makes me cry to this day.

My aunt Eva had breast cancer when I was a kid and she had to have a mastectomy. She was a breast cancer survivor though. She lived for another 20+ years before she died of other causes about five years ago.

My very best friend in the world is Kirsten. Her mother, Donna, had breast cancer and a mastectomy in 1998. She was in remission for 10 years but was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2008. She had her bladder removed earlier in 2009 and is currently feeling great.

My friend, Kristine, has gone through breast cancer with her mother, Pat. She had a lumpectomy and approximately eight months of chemo afterward. Pat is currently doing beautifully and has been cancer free for about 3 years.

My friend, Roxanne, has been battling breast cancer with her mother, Susan, since last November. I have never met her mother, but Roxanne is fabulous and one of the strongest people I have ever met. Susan is having a very difficult time and my heart just breaks for my friend and her mom.

I had a lump removed from my breast approximately 3 years ago. After the lumpectomy, they finally determined that it was a non-cancerous, Phyllodes tumor. To this day, I feel very lucky, but all of the waiting was very frightening.

My heart aches for people dealing with this horrible disease.

In Memory of:
Joann M.
(Grandma) Una F.

In honor of:
(aunt) Eva D.
Donna C.
Pat G.
Susan Y.

www.boobiethon.com

Wow. Cheers to a great shot and sharing.

NOTE: This photograph was  created by nmfinfan. It is shown here with her permission.

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