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I wrote an article about my 30-year journey to get Christmas gift-giving "right" for the December issue of Lutheran Woman Today magazine. This article won't be featured on the LWT Web site until December, but you can get a sneak peak. The online version (http://tinyurl.com/susiesays) doesn't include the picture, so I'm sharing it here. My dad took this picture of me with my mom, my first book of prayers, and my beloved stuffed cat [un]creatively named "Kitty." NW Washington couple take the ELCA Food Stamp Challenge
Jason Mendoza and his girlfriend Krista Oppie worship at
When presented with this challenge I looked at it like a vulture looks at fresh meat. I had plans, I had recipes and I was determined. I went to culinary school and know how took price food as well as cook.
Ashamedly on the second to last day of the experiment unable to weather anymore quiche or peanut butter curry we called it quits for health and sanity's sake. So was this experiment accurate? yes and no. A lot of people can and
must live like this, the greatest reason we failed is that our bodies were in shock, we had been eating so well in the weeks prior that our bodies couldn't adjust fast enough.
Artiicle submitted by Jason Mendoza * August 2007
Can $1 Curb Your Hunger?
Take the ELCA Food Stamp Challenge and find out!
Each month about 25 million people in the
This fall, Congress will reauthorize or write a new U.S. Farm Bill. The Food Stamp program is part of the Farm Bill so now is our chance to make needed comprehensive reform happen. We can help family farmers and reduce hunger for millions of Americans!
Here's what you can do.
+ Take The Food Stamp Challenge: Can $1 curb your hunger? The challenge before you is to live for one week on the national average Food Stamp benefit of $1 per-person, per-meal. Try serving a Food Stamp Challenge meal for your congregation or community. What will you eat? How will you feel? Is it healthy? Are you hungry?
+ Make Your Voice Heard: Call or write your member of Congress and ask her/him to make sure that the per-meal benefit for the Food Stamp program is raised so low-income families can purchase healthy foods like fresh fruits and vegetables. This can help local farmers, too! More and more farmers markets are accepting payment with Food Stamps.
+ Share Your Gifts: Help hungry neighbors around the world and close to home by giving generously to the ELCA World Hunger Appeal. Consider sharing the money you saved in food costs by participating in the Food Stamp Challenge. Give online at www.elca.org/giving or call 1-800-638-3522
Millennium Campaign Update:
U.S. Activities around the Millennium Development Goals
August 1, 2007
A few weeks ago July 7th marked the symbolic "halfway" point between the signing of the historic Millennium Declaration and the 2015 deadline for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Groups around the world held a variety of actions to mark the date and to take stock of where we are in meeting the MDGs. The picture is certainly mixed as we not halfway to the targets. However, since 2000 there have been much greater rates of progress in many areas as compared to the previous decade, signaling that the MDGs are sparking a greater seriousness of effort to address extreme poverty.
Unfortunately, as evidenced by last week's vote in the House on the Farm Bill, we are not seeing enough effort from political leaders to build on this momentum and seize the opportunity. The 2007 Farm Bill passed by the House largely continues the status quo of channeling most farm support in commodity payments that distort production and trade, harming small farmers at home and in poor nations, and thwarting efforts to meet the MDGs. Action in the Senate provides another opportunity for reformers, however.
The NGO community is also working hard to show the 2008 Presidential candidates that it is worth their while to seize the opportunity and take on challenges like extreme poverty. Impact 08, launched last week, is the latest effort to engage candidates on questions of global engagement, and at its launch already succeeded in fostering debate about the MDGs and other issues.
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