November 22, 2004

Strengthen the Good

Strengthening The Good: You, By Helping Build An English Library For Teenagers In Bratislava, Slovakia
And there's the opportunity: to help Douglas and the CS Lewis school bring English--which the students call "the language of freedom"--and a bit of genuine America--which is still widely misunderstood in the former East Block--to the teenagers of Petrzalka. Together, with just a bit of time and energy, we can build an English-language library right in the center of a former Soviet-era apartment complex.

October 4, 2004

STG.

Strengthen The Good: Strengthening the Good: Debi Faris And The Garden Of Angels

In 1996, while I had one eye on dinner and the other on the evening news, I heard a story that would change my life. I stood frozen as I listened to the reporter's account of the tragedy ... a newborn baby boy had been stuffed into a duffel bag and tossed from a speeding car along a freeway. I couldn't move, I just kept thinking about this child and wondering how we could have become a society that just throws their babies away as if they were a piece of trash.

I contacted the authorities and with the blessing of my family, I asked the Coroner's office to release the baby to us for burial. While waiting for the investigation to end on this child, I learned that there was another newborn baby boy that had been found in a dumpster, and a little girl about two years of age, who was found washed up on a beach.
On August 26, 1996, we had our first burial service for the three children. They were given the names of Matthew, Nathan and Dora.

September 13, 2004

Strengthen the Good.

The Brent Woodall Foundation For Exceptional Children.

August 23, 2004

Strengthen the Good

This house was the only house destroyed on a street we drove down. What makes a storm choose one house over another.
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Strentghen the Good has chosen it's first micro-charity, Gulf Coast Community foundation of Venice, to help out Charleys victims.
You can donate online by several ways. The Gulf Coast site using your credit card and don't forget to use the pull down menu for Charley, or you can mail it in, address is on the site, or you can pay pal it to Strengthen the Good. Instructions are in the post.
Thank you.