Comments on: Now what? http://notfainthearted.com/2009/10/15/now-what/ Thoughts, rants, prayers, sermons I'll never give and other stuff gathered as I make my way through this life. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:06:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: This Journey » crazy friday: fail http://notfainthearted.com/2009/10/15/now-what/comment-page-1/#comment-13936 This Journey » crazy friday: fail Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:29:59 +0000 http://notfainthearted.com/?p=2777#comment-13936 [...] Just a reminder that I’m in the midst of the No New Groceries challenge. I expect to save about $1000 this month and have donated $100 to Lutheran World Hunger. I’ll donate another $1 for every $1 one of you donates to a hunger cause – local, national or international – up to another $100. [...] [...] Just a reminder that I’m in the midst of the No New Groceries challenge. I expect to save about $1000 this month and have donated $100 to Lutheran World Hunger. I’ll donate another $1 for every $1 one of you donates to a hunger cause – local, national or international – up to another $100. [...]

]]> By: This Journey » Theater prefigures Life http://notfainthearted.com/2009/10/15/now-what/comment-page-1/#comment-13896 This Journey » Theater prefigures Life Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:17:07 +0000 http://notfainthearted.com/?p=2777#comment-13896 [...] Just a reminder that I’m in the midst of the No New Groceries challenge. I expect to save about $1000 this month and have donated $100 to Lutheran World Hunger. I’ll donate another $1 for every $1 one of you donates to a hunger cause – local, national or international – up to another $100. [...] [...] Just a reminder that I’m in the midst of the No New Groceries challenge. I expect to save about $1000 this month and have donated $100 to Lutheran World Hunger. I’ll donate another $1 for every $1 one of you donates to a hunger cause – local, national or international – up to another $100. [...]

]]> By: renn http://notfainthearted.com/2009/10/15/now-what/comment-page-1/#comment-13669 renn Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:47:47 +0000 http://notfainthearted.com/?p=2777#comment-13669 Our church is actively involved with Global Action (http://www.global-act.org/web/guest/home). We are working on the Blanket Ministry this year, and are hoping to supply northern India with as many blankets as we can now that winter is hitting. (As a family, we're planning on purchasing at least 2. They are $5 each.) The pre-teen group is collecting canned goods for the local Food Pantry. We live in a farming community, and a LOT of people are struggling right now. (I don't know the $ of this yet. I plan to find good, inexpensive, EDIBLE stuff to send. No one wants a 2 year old can of beets.) A local radio station has a donation called "Blanket Bundles" where you fill a blanket with non perishable foods and deliver it to a drop zone. It goes to the people that need it most in the community...and gives them food and warmth all in one. I'd supply a link, but the annual donation isn't listed yet. [We make our own blankets. I haven't purchased the fleece yet, so it's a TBD. The canned goods cost/estimate is around $5-$6.] Our church is actively involved with Global Action (http://www.global-act.org/web/guest/home). We are working on the Blanket Ministry this year, and are hoping to supply northern India with as many blankets as we can now that winter is hitting. (As a family, we’re planning on purchasing at least 2. They are $5 each.)

The pre-teen group is collecting canned goods for the local Food Pantry. We live in a farming community, and a LOT of people are struggling right now. (I don’t know the $ of this yet. I plan to find good, inexpensive, EDIBLE stuff to send. No one wants a 2 year old can of beets.)

A local radio station has a donation called “Blanket Bundles” where you fill a blanket with non perishable foods and deliver it to a drop zone. It goes to the people that need it most in the community…and gives them food and warmth all in one. I’d supply a link, but the annual donation isn’t listed yet. [We make our own blankets. I haven't purchased the fleece yet, so it's a TBD. The canned goods cost/estimate is around $5-$6.]

]]> By: Not Fainthearted http://notfainthearted.com/2009/10/15/now-what/comment-page-1/#comment-13528 Not Fainthearted Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:41:52 +0000 http://notfainthearted.com/?p=2777#comment-13528 Thanks, DL! There will be a lot of time for conversation on this trip. Should have some juicy info when I return. Just a side note: the army DL refers to is not the US Army. Thanks, DL! There will be a lot of time for conversation on this trip. Should have some juicy info when I return.

Just a side note: the army DL refers to is not the US Army.

]]> By: Discerning Life http://notfainthearted.com/2009/10/15/now-what/comment-page-1/#comment-13527 Discerning Life Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:25:44 +0000 http://notfainthearted.com/?p=2777#comment-13527 I am so glad that you have decided to tithe your savings - what a great opportunity it is to help those that don't have the option of "stocking up". Although we will not be sending money off anywhere - the DH and I will be making a food donation to the army this weekend. It is their annual food drive where they go door to door and collect food for the poor - pray that it gets to the poor. Continue to keep track of what you are eating everyday and you will be able to keep saving money when you head back to the grocery store. Have a great weekend in Fargo! *hugs* I am so glad that you have decided to tithe your savings – what a great opportunity it is to help those that don’t have the option of “stocking up”. Although we will not be sending money off anywhere – the DH and I will be making a food donation to the army this weekend. It is their annual food drive where they go door to door and collect food for the poor – pray that it gets to the poor.
Continue to keep track of what you are eating everyday and you will be able to keep saving money when you head back to the grocery store. Have a great weekend in Fargo!
*hugs*

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