Posts Tagged ‘ireport’
How Cool Is This?
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Remember those lovely girls that I visited up in Bellingham a couple of weeks ago? The ones that did the Heifer International social action project for their school? And then I made a little iReport/Youtube video out of my visit with them?
Well, their minds are blowing up right about now because of this:
The biggest THANK YOU to CNN. I know Quinn, Kelsey and Hazel are THRILLED TO DEATH about being on the news and having their small project turn into something larger than even they had dared to imagine.
It just feels good all around.
Tags: cnn, heifer, ireport, video
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Saying ‘Yes’ To Helping Others
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
In lieu of my weekly weight loss post:
You might remember that this whole weight loss thing started with the New Year’s Resolution of saying ‘yes’ to living a more meaningful life. Part of the resolution was the commitment to saying ‘yes’ to losing weight – but the other part of the resolution was meant to get me to start saying ‘yes’ to new opportunities that presented themselves … instead of running away from them (like I had been).
Several weeks ago I was sifting through my Gmail and out of curiosity I decided to look in my “spam” mail box. Mind you, I NEVER do this and must have been excessively bored. I get hundreds of SPAM emails a day and never give it another thought. For whatever reason, my eyes were drawn to a email with the subject line: “POVERTY IN AFRICA, please read!”
At first I thought it was one of those scams that try and get you to release your bank account information, but it turns out that the email wasn’t SPAM at all. It was written by a middle school student named Quinn. She and her classmates Kelsey & Hazel were doing a social action project focused on Heifer International. She was asking me to help her spread the word about this organization via my blog.
Instead of deleting the email or responding with quick reply of ‘thanks, but no thanks’ – Paige and I decided to help them out (we have a soft spot for middle school girls). We took a road trip to Bellingham, Washington to meet the girls in person to hear what they had to say and then made a little video about it:
If you enjoyed this video or want to spread the word about Heifer International – please Tweet, Buzz, Stumble or post this video on Facebook. Let’s show Quinn, Kelsey and Hazel that their voices can invoke change and even at their age, they can make a difference through their actions.
“In order to move forward, you have to give something back.”
- Oprah Winfrey, Stanford University Commencement Speech, 2008
Tags: cnn, heifer international, ireport, Oprah, video
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Oh Yeah, I Have A Blog
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
Last weekend was so busy that I needed a weekend to recover from my weekend (you might have noticed that I haven’t posted in a week). Time has been flying past me as of late and I am definitely ready to feel the laziness of summer drift into my psyche to slow things down just a bit.
Paige is out on a 5 day backpacking trek to the Olympic Pennisula this week. And me? The visions I had of having a week filled with adult activity is completely lost on me. I wanted to go out to eat every night and sleep in every morning. Instead, I have been having trouble sleeping and feel completely wasted during the day. I am getting over it though. It’s just so quiet in the house without her.
Good news to report though, I’ve lost another 2 lbs and am kind of inspired by it. I actually think that I could be at the 20 lb loss marker by the end of the month. I might do a touchdown dance if that happens.
Er, maybe not.
**Quick update**
I thought it would be nice to remind you (and myself) where I started off this year:
Click here to see all of my weight loss photos on Flickr. Slow and steady wins the race.
Tags: cnn, ireport, Weight Loss, weight loss photos, weight loss stats
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