Blanket Drive!

My Dojo has started up a new program called  Karma Kids and my Sensei asked me to help out if I had some spare time... well I saw an episode of Pit Boss on t.v. about a balnket drive for the local animal shelter and immideatly fell in love with the idea! I thought that a blanket drive is so easy to do, and so involving that it would be the PERFECT first Karma Kids activity! We will collecting used/new blankets and bath towels for our friends down at the Clagary Humane Society at our Second Annual New Years Kick Off. So far we have heard back from a ton of Dojo families who have already dug through thier clossets for a donation! Hurray! Did you know that shelter animals who have a blanket/ towel to lay are are more calm and relaxed bacause they can nest? This relaxed behaviour makes the animals more likely to be adopted! Which means more animals find fur-ever homes, and less are euthinized! Every animal deserves a loving home <3 If you have any old blankets or towels lying around your house, the perfect place to donate them to is your local animal shelter!

Kelsey

Love Bomb





  "Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.

Without them humanity cannot survive." 

Dalai Lama

      

       For the the past 5 months I have been volunteering, along with hundreds of other people around the world on with a website called dropalovebomb.com. Every thurdsay the Love Bomb crew (volunteers) recieve an email about someone who is down on their luck, struggling through death, illness, debt and the crew will visit this persons blog and leave encouraging comments to show there are people everywhere wishing them hope. The stories of these poor people always hits home. At a time when someone is at their lowest low its heartwarming to see so many people jump to the oppourtunity to say a few words to make that persons day.

         

             The blog post from the recipients are hard to forget... like Vee, a mother of 2 (and one on the way) who's husband passed away from a heart attack in his early thirties. This Valetines Day, the day "bean" is due to arrive,  I will be thinking about her and wish her to keep strong as she welcomes her third child into the world. http://veronking2003.blogspot.com/2010/12/bittersweet.html

         Or the Blogger "Lovlie Lupie" who recently passed away from a long struggle with Lupus. Her husband, now raising their two young children by himself still ocasionally blogs on her site, writing her letters about his life now that shes gone, his struggles as a single parent... I cry every time I read the posts. http://lovelylupie.blogspot.com/2010/11/andys-update.html

        ... or Lehua, who lost her father and her grandfather within the short span of a few months, and is now dealing with the reality that her other grandfather is very ill and may not get better. Her creativity and passion for her family are expressed on beautiful scrapbook pages she makes. Her strength and expression of love for her life and all things in it inspire me. http://www.thegirlandboy.com/2010/12/on-life.html

             

            These Love Bombs are one of the biggest higlights of my week, every week. I encourage you to join the Love Bomb team and send some hope to people when they need it the most. You dont need to blog to be a volunteer, all you need is an email address and a heart <3 Visit www.dropalovebomb.com to register, and if you are really feeling the love: Love bomb has partnered with Love Drop, which will be accepting donations and giving money raised to 12 families throughout 2011. Anything from a dollar a month to corporate sponsorship is available. Visit www.lovedrop.us to get involved.

 **If you are outside of the US, keep in mind the money donated is in US dollars and goes toward American families. If you are located outside of the USA and like the donation idea, maybe try and create your own way to make a difference for families in your community if you want your money to stay local.**

Please become a member of the Love Bomb Team!

There is nothing more human you can do than be empathetic, express love and show compassion!

Kelsey