For You Last Minute Shoppers
“Are you about ready for Christmas?,” they’ve all asked. This phrase has replaced (for the time being) the typical “how are you today?” or “how ’bout them Cowboys?” etc. Of course, I’ve joined right in and have asked the very same question to most everyone I’ve run across these days. The standard answer would be “not hardly” or “are you kidding me?!?”.
As most of us in the United States ponder over and over what we have left to buy or how many gifts are enough for our loved ones, millions of people wonder if tomorrow will be the last day they take a breath. Global poverty is on a level so freaking huge overwhelming that it will kill thousands of people long before we are settled in to watch Lebron vs. Kobe.
More after the jump…
So, I wanted to offer my assistance in helping you with any last minute shopping you may have. And it is this: One Day’s Wages. ODW means just that….a day’s wages of your annual salary. They even have a calculator on the site for you to get an idea of just how much we’re talking about here. It essentially comes to 0.4% of your annual salary. Of course, you could give less or more, depending on where you’re at. But believe me, anything goes a long way here. One hundred percent of your donation goes directly to organizations making a huge difference in our world. You can even pick where it goes. Any of the projects are extremely worthwhile.
I am extremely excited about joining in with ODW in the fight against global poverty. I think you’ll find that you will be too.
Merry Christmas!
top image: sam
Good Word Brother Man! If you have some people that read this and really want to learn more about this organization, I’d encourage them to check out this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UZ5VA9wexU
It’s the founder giving a clear vision of the WHY behind the WHAT. It’s quite moving and will help solidify the importance of this movement. Thanks for challenging us this Christmas Season!
GP
Good stuff man. So…are you about ready for Christmas?
April and I don’t do the gifting thing, so we’ve been ready since last Christmas.
On a cool note, the church we’ve been visiting will be feeding ~1000 people on Christmas Day at a school in El Mirage, and we’re going to help with that…should be awesome!