Category Archives: Helping Out

How $10 became $1150

  By Shiloh Walker | 25 September, 2010 - 8:00 am |
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Well, technically the math doesn’t add up, but somehow on Thursday $10 became $1150.

Limecello who blogs/reviews over The Good, The Bad and The Unread managed to turn $10 into $1150.  How?  Because the blogging/twitter community rocks.

From Lime’s original blog…

Most of you know about Mashable, which is actually a company/something I know less about. Social media opinions are for another post. (RED) is an organization I’ve kept on my radar for a while, because of my interest in ONE.

(RED) Video

The Global Fund (where all (RED) money goes) invests 100% of (RED) funds into HIV/AIDS programs in Africa. I’m totally cool with giving them my money.

Need or want more reasons to feel good about this?

Why you should feel good about supporting the (RED) cause today:

  • Thirty-three million people in the world have AIDS. Twenty-two million live in Africa.
  • Every day 3,800 people die in sub-Saharan Africa from AIDS.
  • It costs just 40 cents per day for the life-saving medicine someone living with HIV/AIDS in Africa needs to help them live a healthy and productive life.

She was going to donate $10…and things started rolling, it ended up being $1150 donated from various bloggers, authors, reviewers, etc.

Want to read more about it? The original post is here.

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PEDIGREE® Adoption Drive through September 19th

  By Shiloh Walker | 17 September, 2010 - 7:07 pm | ,
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Wow.  This is easy.  Anybody who blogs about dog adoption and the PEDIGREE adoption drive going on thru 9/19 is going to help out dogs.  That’s easy.

We adopted our cocker after we had to put our dog to sleep almost two years ago.  She came from a rescue operation and they’d rescued her from a puppy mill.  Every time I think about the miserable life she’d had, I’m so glad we chose this route.

Adopting a dog is easy and it can save a dog’s life.  Plus, it can make you really happy…

Hey, have you got a blog? Can you take a few minutes and blog about dog adoption?  If you do, and if you do it between now and 9/19, then link back to the sponsor site & add your blogIt helps shelter animals.  For every blog post, PEDIGREE will donate a 20lb bag of dog food.  EASY!!!!!**

**I’m assuming you link back… I did it and you do have to post your link on the page I linked to.  O.o

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Helping out…Marine Unit in Afghanistan

  By Shiloh Walker | 16 September, 2010 - 8:00 am |
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From time to time, I get letters from a friend of mine who stays in contact with various military units overseas.  This is the latest request I got from her and I wanted to pass it on… if anybody feels like reaching out to these guys, I know they’d appreciate it.

All information posted with permission~

Marine unit will be there till March 2011 needs support

name

RCT-2  Unit 73910

APO,AE 09510

SSgt Miguel Perez (contact point)

Sgt Jimenez

Sgt Lehmann

Cpl Behrens

Cpl Alberino

Cpl Perez

Cpl Varela

Cpl Williams

Cpl Baida

LCpl Barros

lCpl Cuyler

LCpl stewart

LCpl Hanson

LCpl Santangelo

LCpl Mott

LCpl Perez

LCpl Palmer

LCpl Mobley

LCpl Rowan

LCpl Rucker

LCpl Floryan

LCpl Reyes

LCpl Nelson

LCpl Alonso

LCpl Inoke

LCpl Dimmer

LCpl Peterson

LCpl Roberts

LCpl Marhefka

LCpl Barbosa

LCpl Guzman

LCpl Wood

LCpl Mejia

LCpl Chapman

LCpl Aldridge

LCpl Bidtah

PFC Laskowski

According to my friend, what these guys need the most is simply most contact…letters, cards, that sort of thing.  If you write them, and are willing, please include an email address, because they will write back.

If you’d like to do more, other information given to me:

this group is in Afghanistan, so things are more rustic there than in Iraq.  A box of snacks is great if they want to add toiletries that is fine too, but zip lock that stuff so it doesn’t leak or absorb into the food items.  (does that make sense)

things I put in my snack boxes
sweet and salty mix
trail mix
chocolate bars (candy bars though nothing that is solid chocolate)
gummy treats, hard candy, gum
poptarts, breakfast bars, muffins, protein bars
themed candy if we are at holiday time
apple sauce, pudding cups, fruit cups
pretzels, chips, crackers, pringles chips
deodorant, shampoo, razor’s, toothbrush, toothpaste…axe body spray
lotion, lip balm
that is a basic list I go by, once I make contact with a soldier I then ask him for his favorites
Anybody willing to reach out to these guys, I’m sure they’d appreciate it.
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Meet Mr. Incredible…

  By shilohwalker | 25 April, 2010 - 8:00 am |
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I heard about him via Katidom‘s blog…

Image via JDRF

He looks like a little heartbreaker, a 4 year old diagnosed with juvenile diabetes.

So… anybody who’s much of a regular visitor to my blog probably knows my soft spot.  It’s kids, above all and before all.  Nope, I don’t know this little guy, but then again, I don’t need to.

He’s a handsome little kid who’s been diagnosed with juvenile diabetes and he has family walking in the Walk to Cure Diabetes, raising money and awareness.  Would you be able to help out?  The info is available at the site here, through the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, a very awesome site.

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About the Book Drive for the Louisville Free Public Library

  By shilohwalker | 6 September, 2009 - 12:00 am |
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There are some awesome people in blogland and in the publishing industry.  Plain and simple.

This is what I’ve got in my garage…

books

The Book Drive

I don’t know if the picture shows very well just how many books came in.  We’re probably looking at between 300-500 books.  I haven’t had the chance to count them recently but trust me, there’s a heck of a lot of books there.

I received donations from:

  • Berkley Publishing
  • Ellora’s Cave Publishing
  • Samhain Publishing

Authors who donated include:

  • Christine Feehan
  • Lori Foster
  • Meg Cabot
  • Mark Henry
  • Bronwyn Jameson
  • (and that list goes on and on… I’ll beg off listing them all because it’s early and my brain is lacking caffeine)

Readers sent in a HUGE amount of books.

There’s one lady in particular who ordered a ton of new books from Amazon to send.  I’ve lost count of how many she bought for this book drive.

All in all… we did pretty damn good, I think.

At this time, the Louisville Library has requested I end the book drive.  It will be a while still before they can take the books.  I’ll continue to store them here and at some point, I will try to go through and do a better count, list the authors who donated, etc.

For everybody that donated and helped spread the word…. Thank you.

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:( Wildlife Waystation

  By shilohwalker | 3 September, 2009 - 12:00 am |
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Grabbed this from Karen’s blog…if you can help, I’m sure they’d appreciate it.

Many of you have been following the progress of the California fires. We have friends or relatives in the area and are naturally concerned about their wellbeing.

I confess that my focus on many natural disasters is quite narrow. The people I know are pretty much it.

One of these people, T.T.Thomas, was very close to the fires over the weekend (scroll down to see how close). Now she and her loved ones and her property seem to be quite safe (and here is hoping they remain so) but she reminded me that there are plenty other areas in direct danger of the fires.

One of the areas in danger is the Wildfire WayStation.

This refuge is in dire danger now–but not only due to the fires. Like many charity organizations, they are perennially in the brink of financial disaster. Worse, they cannot earn money through tours or guided visits because it doesn’t meet certain county regulations.

I know that many of us are already stretched thin during this awful economy, and clearly charity begins at home, but if you can spare a little money, think about throwing it their way.

Thank you.

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Book Drive to help Louisville Free Public Library

  By shilohwalker | 5 August, 2009 - 12:02 pm | ,
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Book Drive

UPDATE…added  9.3.09

At this time, the Louisville Library has requested I end the book drive.  If you have already sent them or were planning to do so shortly, that’s fine.  It will still be a while before they can take the books for processing and I’ll continue to store them until that time.

On August 4, heavy rains caused flooding in Louisville, Kentucky and the surrounding areas.  The Louisville Free Public Library’s main branch was hit hard and the damages are estimated at $1 million $5 million. (per the Courier Journal on 8/6/09)

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