177 posts tagged charity work

Wesak (Vesak) is an annual holiday at Malaysia, in Chinese we called it “Buddha Birthday”, it actually encompasses the birth, enlightenment Nirvana, and passing away of Gautama Buhhda. As a Buddhism I celebrate my celebrate by participating the charity sales held at the Sarawak Buddhist Association, it start around 7am.

I received an announcement from a friend that CARITAS and OPERATION SMILE are sponsoring free surgery for persons with cleft lip and children with cleft palate (till 12 years old). Actual operation is on May 28-30, 2008.

Press Release Nine intrepid members of Cornwall’s business community have put their running shoes on and started building up the miles as they begin training to tackle the New York Marathon. Members of Worldwide Financial Planning, mpad, Atlantic FM, Morris Pasties and Rick Stein’s Seafood Restaurant, have joined forces to tackle one of the world’s most iconic races on 2 November.

Save Our Nation On the afternoon of May 12, 2008, an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale hit Sichuan Province, a mountainous region in Western China. By the next day, the death toll stood at 12,000, with another 18,000 still missing. Over 15 million people live in the affected area, including almost 4 million in the city of Chengdu.

After the devastating earthquakes in China, I’ve heard that Yao has been catching some flack about the insane proposition that he hasn’t donated enough money to relief efforts. Yao is too classy of a guy to speak out and defend himself, but I will (as have others).

In America, where food has been historically inexpensive and even people on Welfare have cable television and a car, the contrasts between rich and poor haven’t been great enough to satisfy many radicals. Allen Levite, in his book Guilt, Blame and Politics, discusses political guilt in wealthy people, from Siddartha/Buddha to Plato, the son of wealth whose Republic rejected private property.

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Three reasons to support the Irish Hospice Foundation - our latest campaign for the Irish Hospice Foundation. 1. So seriously ill children receive the best palliative care available, at home with their families. 2. To encourage all Irish hospitals to take on the Hospice approach to end of life care.

On Thursday, Yao recorded a public service announcement to encourage people to donate to the Red Cross to help fund relief efforts in China. Click here for a video from the shoot for the PSA. I’m almost speechless about this disaster and the Myanmarr cyclone destruction, which makes almost everything else seem so trivial in the world.

Gas prices got you down? Join Zipcar for Bike to Work Day on Friday, May 16! Leave the car at home and use clean, healthy, old-fashioned pedal power to propel yourself to work, stopping at one of 26 pit stops for breakfast and entertainment along the way.