Peace to all.
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Peace to all.
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Here are a couple of people doing practical things to assist disadvantaged indigenous children. At the moment Young and Free are collecting items that many of us take as a given - clothes, toiletries, nappies, shoes, sporting equipment, books, stationery, school bags, basic household items....use your creativity. You could even make up a pack suitable for a child of a particular age - get together with some friends, pool resources and put some together.
My office decided to direct funds from this month's casual days to theMotor Neurone Disease Association. MND is a degenerative desease of the nerve cells which control the muscles we use to function - breath, speak, move. MND progresses quickly and is a death sentence, with survival after diagnosis averaging less than 3 years. The MNDASA has various ways that it provides support to sufferers and carers. You may also consider donation to research in this are via the MND Research Institute of Australia.
It's Fair Trade Fortnight. Your small change will be life changing for someone else.
Tea Coffee Chocolate Bananas Sugar Cotton Artisan products Sports balls Fair Trade Association Australia & New Zealand Mothers' Day, on the second Sunday in May in Australia, has reminded me. I look at all the pressure retailers place on families for days like this and would love to see it stripped back to basics. It's not to everyone's taste, but consider buying mum something that could mean a whole lot more.
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