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International Day of Compassion in honor of Dr. Patch Adams

Posted by AngieAlaniz on April 27, 2011
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On May 15th of 2011

           “Sharing IS Caring”

Can you remember how many times you’ve heard that little phrase as a kid? As an adult? I would guess a good dozen times and each time it was said, it brought a smile to your face, simply because of a simple little memory that’s stowed away deep in your heart. Yet, today we live our lives day after day forgetting about “who or why” it was that shared a special moment with us that expressed some kind of an act of love with us.
NOT !
Scratch that, the reason we remember it no matter how long it was or how little of a moment it was, is because its stowed away in our hearts forever. We might live our lives day after day not dwelling on them, but when times are rough or we’re feeling sad, or simply need a self picker upper, its these moments that keep us alive and moving forward.

*One very special man who’s created a ton of special moments in more ways then one is Dr. Patch Adams. His name might ring a bell as Hollywood did create a movie in his honor. Robin Williams played the good doctor on the big screen.
Dr. Adams unbelievable success rate in healing the body, mind and spirit along with laughter goes a long way with two main ingredients. Love & compassion.

His story began right after medical school in 1971. His dream was to open his own hospital that would help people with all types of health care issues, all at the same facility. Since a diploma doesn’t come with advanced funds he along with three of his friends who happen to be doctors and his children moved into a 6 bedroom house and soon right after a few nurses joined them and they started to help people in every sense of the word. No exception, if you needed care, you received it, and if you couldn’t pay, then you didn’t have to. His message was clear from the start. “If you need us, we’re here with any kind of health issues you might need. We treat anything from birth to death. If you’ve been told your going to die, I’m your man, come and stay with us”.

Donations started coming in after 12 years of serving his community. The amount received was very limited and Dr. Adams and his staff took on second jobs to help pay for basic requirements that were needed to keep operating. Today 40 years later and more then 15,000 patients treated, his work has spread though out the world. The unbelievable rate of his success with his one on one special TLC treatment is well to be desired by more then just the needy.

Please watch the video below and tell me if its not hard to give freely to his organization.
Every little bit helps, and keep in mind those three little words.
“Sharing is Caring”


Yes, indeed.

Please visit his website and click here to donate.

Watch this video and learn more.

Bloggers Unite Together In Writing To Make A Difference!

Posted by AngieAlaniz on April 14, 2009
Posted in: BloggersUnite.org Making a difference!. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , . 13 Comments

Bloggers all around the world are coming together as “one” community on April 29th 2009 in hopes to make a difference with those who are less fortunate than others.  Our goal as “bloggers” is to make people from all backgrounds aware of just how fortunate most of us are and just how bad some people have it by not having enough to eat.

The numbers are quite shocking.  Today there are more than 500 million people without homes and more than 15 million children are suffering of starvation each year.
In the US alone there are 46% of African-American children and 49% of Latino children suffering from malnourishment.  These kids live all around us and most of us aren’t  even aware of it as we become too wrapped up in our own everyday lives.

Perhaps somewhere in the back of our minds we are thinking someone else is out there taking care of these people and someone else is making a difference.  But the sad truth is, there is a very small amount of people who actually take the time to care.
Please take a moment to view this video and not only open your eyes and ears to it, but your heart as “we the people” can make a difference.

SO WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT?

world-hunger

oLearn more about the issue of hunger so you can take more effective action.

oVolunteer at a local soup kitchen or food bank by offering prepare or deliver foods.

oAsk your favorite restaurant to donate extra food and kitchen equipment to local hunger-relief agencies.

oDonations are always good but make sure it’s a worthy hunger-related organizations.

oStart a canned food drives at your place of employment or church group or even start one of your own by charging admission of a can food to your next social event. After the party, make sure your catered extra food goes to local hunger-relief agencies.

oShare your strength. Donate your professional skills to a hunger relief group by designing flyers, doing their accounting, or organizing a fund-raiser.

oObtain a “wish-list” from a local hunger relief group of items they need such as pots and pans, dishes, kitchen equipment, etc., and circulate it amongst your friends and co-workers to try to obtain some of the materials.