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Friends who helped me laugh again

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I built this lens to support Modest Needs, an award-winning charity that works to stop the cycle of poverty before it starts for low-income workers struggling to afford emergency expenses like those we've all encountered before: the unexpected auto repair, the unanticipated trip to the doctor, the unusually large winter heating bill.


Want to help Modest Needs stop the cycle of poverty before it begins? Make a web page (about anything!) at the Modest Needs Headquarters on Squidoo, or visit ModestNeeds.org and make a secure monthly pledge of any size.

Your pledge will be matched dollar-for-dollar all year long, and you'll help Modest Needs to claim 100% of this remarkable matching grant! 

Yay! This lens won the Friendship Month Lens Contest!

Thanks to GypsyOwl for running a Fun competition!

Thanks for being there when I needed you . . .

Thanks to Lester and Esther, I was able to laugh again.....

Hello there!

Taking the time to take care of a friend in need is a noble thing.

Several years back I went through a "rough patch", when I was robbed, then my washer pipe broke and flooded my house, and I totaled my car.

My friend Lester took me shopping to replace some of the items that were stolen, and loaned me his vehicle while I was waiting on the insurance check.

Esther, another friend and co-worker, took up a collection at work and got my washer replaced.

I was touched so much more by their kindness than I was hurt by the robbery and mechanical breakdown.

It means more to me than any physical item could ever mean.

Esther Walking at "Light the Night"

Fundraiser for the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society

What's on the "Laugh Again" Page?

  1. Yay! This lens won the Friendship Month Lens Contest!
  2. Thanks for being there when I needed you . . .
  3. Esther Walking at "Light the Night"
  4. Lester and his beautiful kids at recent Hondurus Medical Mission Trip
  5. Great Charity Places on the Web
  6. Loving friends.
  7. Pay it Forward
  8. Allison Janney discusses Modest Needs
  9. Helping others every day
  10. Thanks to my friends I don't have to go to the laundromat
  11. The art of giving
  12. Blogs Paying it Forward
  13. The brains behind http://tweetsgiving.org
  14. My friend Lester loves his hot tub. This one's for him!
  15. Contribute directly to Modest Needs
  16. Jeff Power of Global Hope Network
  17. Things to do today
  18. How do you pay it forward?
  19. To inspire and show gratitude

Lester and his beautiful kids at recent Hondurus Medical Mission Trip 

Great Charity Places on the Web

Poverty - Meeting the needs of vulnerable children and families
How We Can End Global Hunger and Poverty by 2012 - Introduction to the End ... The End Poverty Campaign Platform - The most ambitious, innovative and ...
Network for Good :: End Poverty in Africa
Use the links below to help end poverty and disease in Africa. Consider Network for Good's monthly giving option because the fight is long and organizations ...
End Poverty Blog | Joining Bloggers Against Poverty
The End Poverty Blog is a daily log of experts from around the world promoting the Millennium Development Goals and the global fight against poverty. ...
Working and Poor
What's more, other traditional buffers don't help low-end workers as much anymore. While labor unions were largely responsible for creating the broad middle ...
Making Work Pay and Ending Child Poverty for One-Parent Families
available in 2006 to help tackle child and family poverty" (p.45) and .... Available at http://www.oneparent.ie/pdfs/7_Do%20the%20Poor%20Pay%20More.pdf ...
Striking It Poor: In the Third World, Oil Fields Can Be a Curse
The bank was created in 1944, along with the International Monetary Fund, to help finance the postwar reconstruction of Europe. The bank was conceived as a ...

Loving friends.

A tribute to those who would go beyond friendship to help someone

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Pay it Forward

Generosity goes much further than your pocketbook

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Allison Janney discusses Modest Needs

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Thanks to my friends I don't have to go to the laundromat

But these guys have a good time anyway!

The art of giving

Might be a gift to yourself

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Blogs Paying it Forward

And about giving to those who need a little help?

Recycled flowers spread joy to needy
With advice from an event-planner friend at White Lotus Productions, she test-marketed her floral recycling idea in 2008 after having heard of something similar in New York City. ?The response was great,? says Barthel. ?Flowers didn't have to be thrown ...
Community Calendar
Arlington Kids' Kloset: Looking for volunteers to work weekly, three-hour shifts helping needy families shop for school clothing. Weekly hours are 9 am to noon and 4 to 8 pm Tuesdays, 9 am to noon and 5:30 to 8 pm Wednesdays.
Fed-Up North Carolina Father Shoots Daughter's Laptop
I'm gonna hate to see the day when you get too old to wipe your a**, and you call me asking for help. I won't be there.? Jordan's lengthy response to his daughter, in which he reveals he is an IT worker who stumbled on to her Facebook post, ...
Poverty, Homelessness Rising Sharply Among Florida Students
Students considered homeless by the US Department of Education include those who have experienced loss of housing and are currently staying with a relative, neighbor or friend. It also includes students living in motels, hotels, Federal Emergency ...
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My friend Lester loves his hot tub. This one's for him! 

Contribute directly to Modest Needs

Some folks just need a little help sometimes

When my friends helped me, I was a single mom, but otherwise doing okay person. I had a decent job and a modest home, but a series of circumstances all at once put me in a real pinch. This was during pretty good economic times. Couple that kind of situation with today's economy, and, well, you get the picture!

Dedicated to helping people with unexpected financial emergencies. Modest Needs work to stop the cycle of poverty BEFORE it starts for the low-income workers whom conventional philanthropy has forgotten.

Things to do today

Laundry
Pick up dry cleaning
Dog to vet
Give to charity
Groceries
Help a friend
Dinner
Pay it forward

How do you pay it forward?

What are some really creative things you can do to help others?

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    karen550 Apr 22, 2009 @ 8:07 am | delete
    I read through your lens, then was reading the comments and realized your name is like mine...Karen Kay...great name. Anyway, thank you so much for this lens. Its is awesome. You are a diamond. All the best.
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    seedplanter Apr 2, 2009 @ 10:36 am | delete
    Karen, your story made me smile, because you're proof that we can rise above hardship and tragedy with the help of a few good friends. You've created something special here. Thank you.
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    OhMe Mar 24, 2009 @ 11:34 pm | delete
    Congratulations on being a first place winner in the International Friendship Month Contest
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    mukunda22 Mar 24, 2009 @ 3:39 pm | delete
    Congrats on winning the International Friendship Contest!! Happy to celebrate with you!!
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    GypsyOwl Mar 24, 2009 @ 11:54 am | delete
    Congratulations! This Lens won 1st Place in category in the International Friendship Month Lens Contest! www.squidoo.com/Lens-Contest Be sure to visit the contest lens and retrieve your badge. Prizes have also been posted and you will be contacted about retrieval of your prize. Brightest Blessings! Thank you for entering!
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To inspire and show gratitude

Where I find the love, I share it!

Starting this list out with a song gifted to his friends by Musician Mark Shepard
Mark Shepard Songs
A Life In Song: 30 Years of Sparkling Original Words & Music
Coming Home | Mark Shepard Songs
a song about healing by Mark Shepard

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Several years back, while attending the Saturday night Easter Vigil, my home was robbed. 
I was single and living alone, on a very modest budget... more »

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