Everyone Deserves a Home

Monday, October 5, 2009 is World Habitat Day.

I have never had the opportunity to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity. However, my husband has and he said it is an amazing opportunity. He would volunteer again in a heartbeat.

With the recent flooding in the Philippines, the tsunami in American Samoa, help is needed desperately. Please take a moment to visit the World Habitat Day website and if you can help in way I encourage you to do so.

World Habitat Day

Because...

I heard an answer to a question the other day that has stuck with me. The question was "Why do people buy online but not give online?" The answer, that won't leave me, was this, "What do I get out of it?". It was a very honest answer, one most people won't admit to thinking. In fact, I've even thought it before. I found this on You tube..it's why I blog. It's why I give. What do I get out of it? Nothing..tangible, that is. I don't even know if what I do helps.

I want to share this video with you, because I have been close to this. I have been a paycheck away from the street. I have had to walk into the government office to ask for food stamps. As a kid I remember my mom, so stressed out because she had to use food stamps in our little town where everyone knew everyone and everyone would know. Millions of children and families are homeless right now, right here in America.