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Dogsit!

January 14, 2009 Neighbours

Instead of complaining about the dog next door barking while the owner is gone, you can offer to dogsit! Submitted by: Grisha Ahimsa Dog Training http://DoggieZen.com

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Seven Ways To Help Your Community From Susan Banitt

January 14, 2009 General Advice

1) Buy locally 2) Hire as often as you can for odd jobs 3) Build community by having parties, potlucks, celebrating holidays, block parties, movie nights etc 4) Check in on your elderly, disabled neighbors 5) Do one good thing for a stranger every day (if only a friendly smile and longer than usual conversation) […]

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How I Survived During My Times of Poverty

January 14, 2009 Inspiration

I lived in an apartment complex where all of us were enduring the struggles to survive hard times. We came together and helped each other by putting what little we had together as a community. We cooked breakfast for all of the children and walked them to school. Breakfast was prepared for the mothers who […]

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Help Community -Based Organizations

January 14, 2009 Web Sites

A positive idea I have seen already at work is to approach whatever community-based organizations you have an affiliation with – your church, your kid’s school, a civic organization – and find out who in the community is in need. My son’s pre-school has always had a “policy” of posting info on the school’s bulletin […]

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Opportunity Knocks in Loss

January 14, 2009 General Advice

The word crisis in Chinese is written as two ideograms (symbols) meaning Danger and Opportunity. Facing layoff and losing a job certainly fit that category. While the dangers, challenges, and the grieving/letting go process are important, here I focus on the opportunities of the situation: · opportunity for a fresh start · opportunity to re-evaluate […]

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Train To Become An Automotive Repair Technician

January 14, 2009 Jobs

Here is a program that Marcus Simmons is setting up in Southfield and maybe something that others can set up in their home towns. We are currently constructing a school to train socially and economically deprived young adults in the skills to become an automotive repair technician. The mission of the school is to provide […]

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Challenge Your Own Perceptions About Money

January 14, 2009 Financial

In these challenging times in the economy, people think their feelings are strictly here and now. But I can tell you a huge part of people’s feelings, particularly their fear, is from long ago in their childhoods. As a result, we need, now more than ever, to examine our relationships with money, and to see […]

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Let The Women Step In…

January 13, 2009 Success Stories

When women were tired of the effects of polio, they started going door to door to collect dimes for research. This is how the March of Dimes started. When a vaccine was developed, the question became “How do we treat the entire United States?” This happened when I was in third grade in 1963, I […]

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Karen Kalisek's Top 20 Things To Help (16-20)

January 13, 2009 At Home

16.If your friend and neighbor has lost their home and are forced to move, invite everyone on the block to participate in a garage sale, host a party that night and tell stories, show pictures, and express how much joy they have brought into your lives. As they are leaving, hand them an envelope with […]

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Karen Kalisek's Top 20 Things To Help (11-15)

January 13, 2009 At Home

11. Save your cans. When you take them to a redemption center, hand the money earned to someone you see there that is obviously trying to make ends meet. 12. Invite those struggling over for dinner and a movie. They need to be around people who love them. Pack up all the left overs (make […]

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