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1. Eat So They Can! Eat a Meal. Invite Friends. Change Lives! Do you love entertaining? Having friends over for a meal, drinks and nibbles, or a barbecue? Now you can combine your time with friends or family with raising funds to provide help stop poverty in Africa. Eat So They Can is an international fundrais...
2. Homeless In America This photo essay is about the homeless in America. Once you've seen these black and white images of homeless people, from the documentary photographer, Tom Stone, you'll never forget them. Look into the eyes of your brothers and sisters in the images...
3. Feed the Homeless During the Holidays What's the first thing you think of when you think about the holidays? If you're like most people, you probably think of food! Huge meals are so common at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Have you ever eaten until you were way too stuffed to be co...
4. What I Learned While Being Homeless About twenty years ago I was homeless. I have Asperger's Syndrome which was both a contributing factor to my situation and a barrier to escaping it. During my homeless experience I was badly injured both physically and emotionally. I'd like...
5. An Ode To People Who Help The Homeless In this lens, we will pay tribute to some remarkable people who tirelessly help the people who have no place to call home. As the french say "les sans abris". We obviously can not mention all  the volunteers but we will try to profile...
6. Help End World Hunger More than one billion people - approximately 1/6 of the world's population are hungry. And every day nearly 16,000 children die from hunger and related causes. We have the resources to feed the world. We just need the will. Learn about global hunger...
7. Save The Children Organization | International Charity Alliance | Compassion and Giving The Save the Children Fund is the leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children in need in the United States and around the world. Recognized for our commitment to accountability, innovation and collaboration, our...
8. Richland Recycling Center | Recycle Washington | Tri City Wa Waste Management | Paper Aluminum Computer and Plastic Recycling Recycling, brought to you by real estate agents, Joe and Colleen Lane of The Lane Real Estate Team. Recycled issues and recycle news, and ways you can contribute positively to the environment in Richland Washington specifically, and a lens on recycli...
9. Hungry In America Bringing attention to the children who go hungry in America. Encouraging your support through the many choices available — such as donations, sponsorship of a child in the US, and volunteerism. Feed a hungry child today.  
10. Children Charities: Salaries of the Executives You have often seen the advertisements on television, with photos of childen in dire poverty, requesting you to sponsor a child. The truth is that there are many children around the world that need urgent help and there are many excellent organizatio...
11. Make Do and Mend - From the 1940s It's seventy years since Britain declared war on Germany after Hitler's troops invaded Poland in 1939. It quickly became apparent that Germany's u-boats were going to threaten Britain's ability to import enough vital supplies for its people, industri...
12. Millennium Promise - A Proven Way To End Extreme Poverty Millennium Promise is the brain child of Professor Jeffrey Sachs - a leading world economist whose mission is to end extreme poverty in the world by 2025. Extreme poverty is defined as people trying to live on less than $1 a day, which currently repr...
13. A Christmas Story I wrote this story back in the early 1990's. It was written after I went from being a family of two to a family of four over night, literally. Having a family increase like that meant there would have to be a lot of changes in our lifestyle and espe...
14. World Vision | Humanitarian Organization | Ending Poverty | Helping Children | HIV ~ AIDS | Health Care World Vision is a relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty.
15. The Book of Proverbs, Chapter Ten 1 The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother. 2 Ill-gotten treasures are of no value, but righteousness delivers from death. 3 The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry but he thwarts the...
16. The Book of Proverbs, Chapter Six 1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge for another, 2 if you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth, 3 then do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fall...
17. From Your Hand to the Homeless In an often uncaring world it's important that we reach out to each other. You can give to the homeless in an indirect way (and you should) but giving and caring directly gives homeless people something beyond price - human contact and recognitio...
18. Feed The Children Feed The Children is a Christian, international, nonprofit relief organization with headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials...
19. Community Aid Elk River (CAER) Food Shelf Community Aid Elk River (CAER) is a community based, Christian, non-profit organization whose mission is to provide emergency food, clothing, furniture/household items, special assistance, and limited financial assistance to Sherburne County MN famil...
20. Love The Homeless One of the greatest needs of the Homeless is love. People see them and walk away. Others cross the street to avoid them. This often leaves them feeling like they are throw away people. This lens is my experience about working with the homeless and l...