The goal? Create 500 bowls for a fundraiser to help feed the hungry. Rev. John Adams, president of So Others Might Eat indicates that there are huge numbers of homeless and hungry people in Washington.

So Others Might Eat serves over a thousand meals a day. Their ‘Empty Bowls’ event is a fundraiser where guests give a $20 donation for a soup dinner and receive a handmade clay bowl. The bowls are ’symbols of hunger.

The annual event raises thousands for the program.

Today I joined Greenwala. Greenwala is a green social network. When you join – they plant a tree!

People sharing green solutions for a greener lifestyle, sharing knowledge and experiences. There are articles, blogs, groups and green friends.

Their name, Greenwala, comes from ‘green’ and ‘wala’. Wala is a slang term from Asia and India that means a person with answers. Greenwala was created as a positive place to support a greener, cleaner Earth with like minded people.

Join me, make friends with other green minded folks, read, post, participate and shop for green products.

Greenwala’s Plant a Tree program for new memberships is coordinated with Trees for the Future. Trees for the Future

You can also merge Greenwala into your Facebook account.

I just made a loan to someone in Peru using a revolutionary new website called Kiva (www.kiva.org).

You can go to Kiva’s website and lend to someone across the globe who needs a loan for their business – like raising goats, selling vegetables at market or making bricks. Each loan has a picture of the entrepreneur, a description of their business and how they plan to use the loan so you know exactly how your money is being spent – and you get updates letting you know how the entrepreneur is going.

The best part is, when the entrepreneur pays back their loan you get your money back – and Kiva’s loans are managed by microfinance institutions on the ground who have a lot of experience doing this, so you can trust that your money is being handled responsibly.

I just made a loan to an entrepreneur named Jehova Jireh Group in Peru. They still need another $2,000.00 to complete their loan request of $3,200.00 (you can loan as little as $25.00!). Help me get this entrepreneur off the ground by clicking on the link below to make a loan to Jehova Jireh Group too:

http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=146321

It’s finally easy to actually do something about poverty – using Kiva I know exactly who my money is loaned to and what they’re using it for. And most of all, I know that I’m helping them build a
sustainable business that will provide income to feed, clothe, house and educate their family long after my loan is paid back.

Join me in changing the world – one loan at a time.

Thanks!

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What others are saying about www.Kiva.org:

‘Revolutionising how donors and lenders in the US are connecting with small entrepreneurs in developing countries.’
– BBC

‘If you’ve got 25 bucks, a PC and a PayPal account, you’ve now got the wherewithal to be an international financier.’
– CNN Money

‘Smaller investors can make loans of as little as $25 to specific individual entrepreneurs through a service launched last fall by Kiva.org.’
– The Wall Street Journal

‘An inexpensive feel-good investment opportunity…All loaned funds go directly to the applicants, and most loans are repaid in full.’
– Entrepreneur Magazine

I stumbled across a website today where people help other people by answering their wishes.  The wishes might range from help with flea medications, to food for the holidays, to help moving a trailer for some disabled folks.  It ’ s people helping people.

It’s Wish Upon A Hero.  The site was created by Dave Girgenti in the aftermath of 9-11.  He watched people post photos of missing loved ones and decided there was a better way to connect people in need with people who could help, with that thought WishUponAHero.com was born.

The site is free to use and registrants can request up to three wishes at a time. It’s a good place to check in your daily pursuit of sharing the good.