Raising Awareness..

Christmas is a funny(weird?) time of year. Its always been a good time for me, however many people I know don’t seem to like it at all, as many associate it with bad things that have happened to them at this time of the year and some people even say that more bad things happen at this time of year… I don’t want to try and belittle these folks, as some of the people especially close to me have had terrible incidents occur around Christmas. However I think that it’s merely easier to remember(or harder to forget) things that coincide with christmas moreso than any other holiday because it is an especially happy time for so many people.

This year is an especially good year for me… I’m in the middle of buying a new house with my girlfriend, just got a new puppy yesterday, and got relatively good job news from a couple of people in the family. Unfortunately not everyone is as lucky as me or most of you. And this time of year can be especially hard as its supposed to be a good time of the year. And the people that feel it the hardest? It’s the children. This is where the Save the Children organisation comes into play.

Save the Children

A Global aid organisation, its aim is to create “real and lasting change for children in need in the United States and around the world”. The organisation spans 28 national organisations and works in 110 different countries. You can read more about the organisation and its mission here. A worthy goal, no doubt about it.

What can I do?

You can donate over here of course, or if Christmas is hard for you financially, you can give to the community and let the community donate for you. The good people over at tutorial9 are running the Gift of Knowledge Giveaway where the technical, witty, and excellent writers and bloggers among you can submit entries, and give to the community, and in turn a very, very, worthy cause. It could be a very easy and excellent way to maybe help your good karma at this time of year! Their aim is to give $5,000 dollars away to this excellent charity, and I think that everyone should help, in any way that they can. Remember, it doesn’t have to be monetary, and everything helps! Even if you don’t have enough or don’t want to help in this way, there are many other charitable organisations or ways to help and in the end it will all, hopefully, help someone who needs it, especially at Christmas.

So there you go, to all those that read this - a very Happy Christmas to you and yours.

Thanks, Dan.

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