The concept of the day is to blog about the topic of the year, in an attempt to reach the most people possible, this years topic is poverty. I think everyone is aware that there are lots of people living in poverty throughout the world, but did you know that 4 out of 10 children in the States face serious economic challenges?
I'm pretty broke right now, I don't feel like I can make any monetary donations to any causes at this time. So I came up with a couple of other things that I could do, some based on the list on the Blog Action Day site 88 Ways to DO something about Poverty.
- I signed the petition "Stand Up, Take Action" at The ONE Campaign
- I played Free Rice and donated rice to the United Nations World Food Program
- I visited The Hunger Site to donate cups of staple food, I also bookmarked it to remind myself to go there every day.
- I added the Women Rock application to Facebook
- I've got a bag of clothes I'm dropping off tomorrow to a Planet Aid box
- I'm teaching Intro. to Sociology this semester and teaching others about poverty and how it effects women and minorities.
What are YOU doing?
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