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Around the Web: Gifts, an Inspired Book, and Some Cool Cows

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Every Sunday we highlight some of the people who are funding our work creatively or helping us spread the word of our mission online. If you spot Heifer International while you’re surfing the web or know of a fun or creative fundraising effort, please share it with us here in the comments.

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Nicholas Kristof says you can look to Heifer International for an unusual holiday gift in his recent post on the New York Times, Gifts That Change Lives.

For more unique gift ideas for the person who has everything, check out this blog post on Nanny Babysitter, 10 Alternative Gifts for the Person Who Has Everything.

Photo credit: Hartford Courant

Teresa Pelham bought a sheep (through Heifer International, of course) instead of “Large Plastic Items We Do Not Need,” and writes about it in the very entertaining Mommy Minute.

DJ Maht Wuyts will be playing music for 26.2 hours straight December 8 & 9 in this unique Mahrathon fundraiser for Heifer International. Rock on, Maht!

Moment magazine highlights our new Heifer at Hanukkah campaign with a post that starts simply: If you are still looking for an interesting Hanukkah gift this year, consider a goat.

Catholic San Francisco lists Heifer among the options in their story, A goat for Christmas? Options for non-consumerist gifts.

Photo credit: Iowa City Press-Citizen

Artist Marcia Wegman recently finished a book that includes paintings and stories inspired by a trip to Latvia to see Heifer International projects. “I hope (the book) raises an awareness about what Heifer does and what a difference they make in the lives of people in these countries,” she said. “And also shows people what a wonderful, beautiful part of the world it is.”

The Face of Malawi tells the story of Yohane Machira, a farmer who has a life full of optimism since he started raising goats he received from Heifer, despite his being HIV positive.

Photo credit: Abby Fortney, courtesy of vitamintalent.com

Vitamin T bought a few cows to help families send their kids to school, buy medicine and clothes, and improve their land. Read their entertaining post here.

Here’s some advice from Janet Bodnar on teaching kids to budget this season: Money Power: Kids can get financial education from holidays.

Heifer was also listed first in Forbes’ The A-List: What’s Hot for December 2012!

 

Around the Web: Beatrice’s Goat, Cow Puja, Effective Giving

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Every Sunday we highlight some of the people who are funding our work creatively or helping us spread the word of our mission online. If you spot Heifer International while you’re surfing the web or know of a fun or creative fundraising effort, please share it with us here in the comments.

Building Faith online Christian Ed community mentions Beatrice’s Goat, a book by Page McBrier, among a list of several great Stewardship Books for Children. This book tells story of a girl and the difference the gift of an animal from Heifer makes in the life of a community.

Cow Puja Cookies

Photo credit: Squash Blossom Farm

The 2nd Annual Cow Puja and Farm Fair was held September 30 at Squash Blossom Farm, and the awesome cookies pictured here were up for grabs in exchange for a donation to Heifer International. Thanks to the cooks, Bethany and Brendan! See more pics from this fun and festive day!

Diane Lane, a longtime supporter, talks about filming the PBS documentary “Half the Sky” and a bit about her experience with Heifer International.

You may want to check out this blog on the Provident Planning blog, What’s the Most Effective Way to Give? The blogger and his wife, who have donated to Heifer, outline their priorities on deciding where a donation will make the biggest difference.

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School students in Dunedin, Florida, raised more than $1,000 during its “moo” service learning initiative to buy two cows for hungry families and communities in developing countries through Heifer International. To raise the money, students sold cookies and milk during snack time and after Mass in September, and made and sold cow-print hair bows and awareness ribbons.

Around the Web: More Creative Types Donate Profits to Heifer; Pumpkins, Teachers, and Fair Trade

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Every Sunday we highlight some of the people who are funding our work creatively or helping us spread the word of our mission online. If you spot Heifer International while you’re surfing the web or know of a fun or creative fundraising effort, please share it with us here in the comments.

Photo credit: Kara McGraw

Thanks to Mother Moment for the blog post Caring Causes: Heifer International, which featrues an introduction to Sarah the Goat, our online interactive giving experience for children.

Singer/songwriter Kara McGraw is donating profits from her song, “Miss Comfortable,” to Heifer International. Check out her music.

Sugar Valley Church of the Brethren youth group held a spaghetti and meatball dinner yesterday in Eastville, Pennsylvania, and accepted donations to benefit Heifer International.

Earth Diva’s Blog has a very interesting post on fair trade and how it “alleviates poverty, and becomes a powerful, transformational force of good in struggling communities.” In it she talks about Heifer International’s model and its similarities to fair trade.

Pumpkins for sale

Photo credit: connectionsnewspapers.com

If you are in Virginia and find yourself pumpkin shopping, consider the 19th Annual Pumpkin Sale at Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. daily Oct. 7-31. The sale benefits many of Alexandria’s charities and international charities including Heifer International and the Haiti Micah Project.

The Caldwell Retired Teachers Association in Saline County, Arkansas, are organizing a fundraiser for Heifer International as a memorial for Alice Glover, a former 2nd grade teacher at Caldwell Elementary School who died in May. The money collected will be presented on Nov. 20 at the school gym.

We’ve discovered another author who is giving proceeds from each book sale to Heifer. Read this blogger’s review of the book, Thorn, by Intisar Khanani.

El Pollo y el Gusano on Cinco de Mayo

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Once a week we will be featuring a fun and/or educational activity you can try at home or in the classroom. This week we are celebrating Cinco de Mayo with a Spanish lesson.

Today is Cinco de Mayo, the perfect day to share the Spanish version of The Chicken and the Worm, or El Pollo y el Gusano, written by Page McBrier, New York Times Best-Selling author. She drew from her own experiences with Heifer project partners to write books for Heifer International, inlcuding this one.

The book will introduce your child to chickens and worms and what they do for the Earth. And, if your child doesn’t speak Spanish, It’s a great opportunity to introduce him or her to a foreign language in a fun way.The Chicken and the Worm

In the book, the chicken and the worm, along with you and your child, learn about everything they have in common, and how they both care for the Earth in their own special ways.

You can use the Google translator and figure out the words as you go, or you can view the English version for comparison.

If you enjoyed this activity, you can find several lesson plans related to this book in the Classroom Resources section of our website in Spanish or English (look under Pre-K & Kindergarten), as well as other books and activities in Spanish.

¡Buena suerte y diviértete!