Our hearts are with the folks of Ukraine during this difficult and tragic time. We'd like to list 3 charities for your consideration.
The first is Ukraine Take Shelter
UkraineTakeShelter.com is an independent platform helping to connect Ukrainian refugees with potential hosts and housing.
This website is a public bulletin. We encourage everyone with spare space to post a listing and to mark their listing as filled once they have successfully taken in refugees.
The second is How to Help Ukraine?
How to Help Ukraine is constantly evolving with ways to support the Ukrainian people and their government. Our colleagues and our friends, for some of you, your families needs international support.
Donate what you can here: whttps://savelife.in.ua/en/donate/
And the third is Airbnb's Help Ukraine
Airbnb.org is funding short term housing for up to 100,000 people fleeing Ukraine. We support our refugee guests regardless of nationality, race, ethnicity, or how they identify.
You can help by offering temporary stays for free or at a discount through Airbnb.org, or donating to fund stays.
Please consider donating to any of these wonderful causes.
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Join us in donating to FeedtheChildren!
Every little bit counts and a child could use your donation as well :)
https://www.feedthechildren.org/
Spark Conference 2021 - Thrive Justice School
Thrive Justice School is a global, faith-based training for those who want to fight social injustice.
We are having our first Thrive Justice School Spark Conference in Rancho Cucamonga, California!
It will be 3 days packed full of great educators, practical knowledge, spiritual impartation and some great surprises, as we dive into the different aspects of human trafficking and how to conquer this epidemic!
Join us on Friday, August 27- Sunday, August 29th!
Become a partner today for $35/month or more and save your spot!
Seating is limited!
Register today by joining our RESCUE TEAM!
Become equipped to eradicate injustice!
https://thrivejusticeschool.org/
Charity Event - RIDE, Dance To End Hunger
RIDE is a 501C3 charity organization created by Pro-Am ballroom couple Robyn Shreiber and Italo Elgueta. RIDE’s mission is to create one-of-a-kind dance events for difference-making charities.
Given their backgrounds, RIDE is Robyn and Italo’s creation and their way to give back by combining their complementary business and dance backgrounds for a greater cause.
So EXCITED to be able to announce RIDE Dance to end Hunger Charity event!
November 6th, City Market Social House!
Tickets available now - Ridevents.org or call
(310) 201-5033 ext 2
UN to launch funding appeal for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines following volcano eruption
Didier Trebucq, UN Resident Coordinator for Barbados and the
Caribbean, briefed journalists on response to the growing humanitarian
crisis sparked after long-dormant La Soufrière volcano erupted last week, displacing some 20,000 people, or roughly one-fifth of the population.
Around 6,000 are considered vulnerable.
“We are about to initiate the UN funding appeal and response plan to
support the humanitarian response, but also the early recovery for the
next six months”, he said, speaking via video link from Barbados.
“This is a crisis that is going to last certainly more than six months in the
sub-region, in Saint Vincent, and other islands.”
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, located in the southern Caribbean, consists of more than 30 islands and cays, nine of which are inhabited.
At 4,000 feet tall, La Soufrière dominates the largest island, Saint Vincent.
The volcano had been silent since 1979, but began spewing smoke and rumbling in December, before erupting on Friday.
“We are facing regular eruptions of the volcano, including up to last night”, Mr. Trebucq reported.
There are multiple ways to donate here through
CanadaHelps.org to support one or multiple campaigns to assist with disaster relief.
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/donate-to-st-vincent-volcano-crisis/
Unstoppable Foundation: Celebration of Courage
April 21st, 2021
This time last year, we were making final preparations for our Unstoppable Gala, and then the global pandemic struck and the in-person Gala to benefit children and communities in Kenya was canceled. But I’ve got great news! We are having a “Celebration of Courage” event on April 21, 2021. While this year’s event will be held virtually, it won’t be any less inspiring.
We’ll be celebrating the courage it’s taken for so many Kenyans to keep going this last year and honoring those who have continued to support others who needed a helping hand. With wonderful entertainment including The Tenors, David Foster and Katharine McPhee, and more.
General Admission tickets start at just $62. For more info about the event and to get your tickets, go to https://unstoppablecelebration.org/. This is going to be an inspiring and life-giving event and your presence will mean the world to me and to the families your generosity will be impacting.
It will be an inspiring and fun evening and you don’t want to miss it!
We hope to “see” you there!
https://unstoppablecelebration.org/
4:30pm PT – VIP Networking
5:00pm PT – Main Event
6:00pm PT – VIP After-Party Thought-leader Session
Israel's Vaccine Rollout Offers Hope for Countries Lagging Behind
Israel's fastest-in-the world vaccine campaign, which reached half its citizens as of Sunday, is offering other countries the first real-life look at how mass inoculation can bend the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic.
A rush of Israeli medical research — some emerging too fast for academic journals to keep up — reveals that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is even more effective than hoped at preventing serious disease and death, safe for nearly all adults, and almost completely free of serious side effects.
Israel’s scientific results have allowed health officials to open the inoculation program to pregnant women and nursing mothers, while the findings also showed that it was safe for those with food allergies and autoimmune diseases.
And the vaccine has proved so good at protecting the elderly, who are especially vulnerable, that hospital administrators here say it has all but eliminated the risk that covid-19 cases would collapse their critical care systems. Almost 90 percent of Israelis over 50 have been fully vaccinated.
Same Technology Behind Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine is Leading Researchers to Possible MS Breakthrough
Both jabs use a piece of genetic material called mRNA which trains your genes to encode for proteins optimally designed to fight against whichever disease they are programed to fight.
In the case of MS, which is not a virus but rather a disorder of the autonomic immune system, the auto-antigen encoded within the mRNA helped the immune system tolerate specific MS-related proteins without compromising normal immune function.
This halted the progression of the disease, and even restored lost motor function in mice.
BioNTech, the German firm which together with Pfizer created one of the COVID-19 vaccines, says they have used the same technology to create a vaccine which delayed the onset and reduced the severity of multiple sclerosis (MS) in mice.
DreamLife Foundation
International Emergency Relief
April 23rd - April 27th 2021
Munich, Germany
Nicole Brandon and the DreamLife Team will be traveling to Munich, Germany on April 23-27 to provide relief to the city of Munich.
International Emergency Relief
January 3rd - January 11th 2021
Barcelona, Spain
Nicole Brandon and the DreamLife Team will be traveling to Barcelona on January 3rd to provide relief to the city of Barcelona.
View Nicole's recent presentation to the UN
Pink Donates $500,000 to Fire Services Battling Australia Bushfires
In light of the recent fires in Australia, Pink took up support of Australia's brave fireservices combating the blaze. “I am pledging a donation of $500,000 directly to the local fire services that are battling so hard on the frontlines. My heart goes out to our friends and family in Oz.”
Pink also listed local fire services in Australia for her 32 million followers looking to help
Kids Read To Shelter Dogs At The Humane Society of Missouri
At the Humane Society of Missouri, kids celebrated Read Across America Day, a nationwide reading celebration that takes place annually on March 2nd in honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday, by reading their favorite Dr. Seuss books to shelter animals.
The Humane Society of Missouri holds the reading sessions through its Shelter Buddies Reading Program, which was designed to help shelter dogs become more adoptable.
