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Category Archives: International
Dining for Good with Dining for Women
According to MasterCard, last year I spent nearly $2500 on dining out. That’s just over $200 each month. What if I took one week’s cost of dining out and instead had my girlfriends over for dinner and we each donated … Continue reading
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Happy Father’s Day
My Dad passed away a week before Christmas in 2007, and this is the first year I can walk past a rack of Father’s Day cards without getting weepy. Most of you don’t know my Dad but I wish you … Continue reading
Posted in Faith-based, Family, Humanity, International, Other, People
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Computer C.O.R.E. – Core Competencies
Computer C.O.R.E.’s graduating class of June, 2010 JOB WANTED: Master’s degree in economics from prestigious university. Hard working. Ambitious. Motivated. Prior government experience. Given the current high unemployment rate, a “job wanted” ad written by someone that qualified is not … Continue reading
Empowered Women International – The Artist’s Way
Volunteer Dianna Lorenz (left) advises Nadia Janjua on how to start her nonprofit for Muslim women. Do you remember that personality quiz where you walk into an imaginary cocktail party and there are six groups of people? One group is … Continue reading
In the Bag
My secret guilty pleasure, aside from watching “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” is to own a Chanel handbag. It will be big, bright red and have those quilted, interlocking C’s. Every once in awhile I see one at a … Continue reading
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Don’t ‘Contact’ Me
It took a trip to Italy to realize the value of human connection. Generally speaking, Italians are very family-focused, and over the course of our time there it gave me a chance to think about how I do business–literally … Continue reading
Posted in Family, In the Neighborhood, International
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May I Help You?
The older I get, the more I spend money in places where the staff is nice to me. Maybe it’s because I’m not living hand-to-mouth like I did when I just got out of college, maybe it’s because … Continue reading
Each September
It’s now a few days after Sept. 11. Every single one of you remembers what you were doing that day seven years ago. I was in India teaching English to Hindu orphans. Here’s what I remember: The … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Faith-based, Humanity, International
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Win Win
by Tina Smith Houchin (guest writer) A few years ago, I began reflecting on my life and my place in this world. I had always lived in Logan County, Ohio, and wished I had experienced more of the … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Guest Writers, International, Literacy
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A Few Good Men
The world needs more good daddies. And so I convinced my husband to join me on a two-week service vacation at a children’s orphanage in Peru this past March with the ulterior motive of providing the kids with the chance … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Family, International
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Clueless
I almost didn?t write this story because I?m too embarrassed. But, here it is. The worst part about our vacation to Cuzco, Peru, last month was being hounded by dozens of impoverished street vendors who pestered us … Continue reading
Posted in Humanity, International
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Day Labor
On my way to work each morning, I pass a group of Latino day laborers standing outside a 7-Eleven. I never gave them much thought aside from a vague hope that they all found work that day and would … Continue reading
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South of the Border – by Pat Bushway
(Pat Bushway, a dear friend, went to Nicaragua in an effort to build a partnership between her church and the people of San Isidro parish) Prior to our first trip in mid June, my expectations were wildly varied, and, as … Continue reading
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The Buddha Moment
Voluntary suffering never appealed to me. That changed one summer day in 2001 at an orphanage in southern India where I was volunteering with Global Volunteers (GV) (http://www.globalvolunteers.org) One very hot day we walked maybe a quarter mile to a … Continue reading
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Volunteering – It’s All About You
Done right, volunteering is one of the most self-centered activities you can do for yourself. Now wait! Just because a word starts with “self” doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing. Think about it. Imagine how awesome your life will be … Continue reading
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