Day of Harmony: Day of Service September 21, 2017

SamThift wrote: Curious...not to detract from the call to service...

But what are the "Days of Significance"...and why?

I had wondered about this a bit...if there were or should be days of significance...so would actually appreciate any info/thoughts here...

Here ya go: https://www.templeofthejediorder.org/faq#DaysofSignificance

MadHatter wrote:

SamThift wrote: Curious...not to detract from the call to service...

But what are the "Days of Significance"...and why?

I had wondered about this a bit...if there were or should be days of significance...so would actually appreciate any info/thoughts here...

Here ya go: https://www.templeofthejediorder.org/faq#DaysofSignificance

BLAST! I knew I had seen that before...and searched the forums for the reference...but being a little narrow-minded, didn't think to look at the FAQ...although I imagine it is quite a bit of an FAQ...

THANKS...Hatter!

I find that my local stores offer me many opportunities for charity that requires little effort and low cost. Which I think is a key to getting people to be more charitable on a regular basis. To give a list of regular ways I donate that are easy that might be useful if done in your area:

I am an avid Amazon shopper so I ensure I use Amazon smile

The Cabela's near me has a feature where you can round up your purchase amount to the nearest dollar and I use it every time I go. ( this donates to the fish and forest service a vital and under funded program )

The local dollar store has a box out for you to donate items purchased at the store many times a year including back to school or the holidays. If I am under budget any time the box is there I push my purchases up to my budget limit to add a few items

The local PetsMart has a donate feature on their touch pad to donate to local shelters I believe ( or a pet based charity ) and I use it anytime I am not over my pet food/toy budget for the month ( Yes sometimes I do not donate because I am spoiling the furry kids )

Finally, for around ten dollars you can put together a bag of essentials for any homeless person that might ask for money. That way you can give them something useful even if you don't have the cash to give at the time. I try to keep one in my car on a regular basis but sometimes it gets left at home due to me not wanting it left to bake in the summer heat.

Yay bump. Getting closer

Woot!!!!

Daily bump

This entire week is solid work for me, so unfortunately I'm unavailable to do any volunteering. I've decided to donate any tips I make this week to a fund set up to help employees from my chain in Texas / Florida get back on their feet. Work for those who need help while I work for my boss xD

I'll be doing yard work for many of the elderly in my neighborhood. Particularly raking leaves.

It took awhile for me to figure out what I will do for this day of service. Yesterday I signed up to volunteer at my local food bank. Something that I do quite regularly. But I didn't remember that I had another event to go to during those hours. Now I have decided I will spend 1-2 hours before work cleaning up trash in El Cajon. El Cajon is a poor part of San Diego with the considerable homeless population. Additionally ourbhomeless population is suffering from hepatitis A in large numbers Naturally trash makes its way onto the grounds and into the trees and bushes. I'm hoping my work will inspire others in the city of El Cajon and those around the place in which I work to keep the city cleaner and stop the spread of disease

Happy harmony day everyone!

Here's a sermon for you: https://www.templeofthejediorder.org/sermons/2398-cultivating-harmony-from-the-inside-out

Also, I am looking forward to hearing what you are able to do today to cultivate harmony in your community

Today i start my work for a voluntairy organisation as a follow up contact person for people who adopt stray kittens , this organisation is working with 5 volunteers in that office and its way too busy , so i applied for the work and i got it :love: This is the kind of voluntary work where i combine my love for strays and can be of service , win- win lol
http://www.zwerfkat.com/
Also tomorrow night i am doing my monthly barshift at the youthcentre's gamenight , its a board game night and they are playing Dungeuns and Dragons , never played that so i am very curious , so if they dont order drinks all the time maybe i can have a peek hehe http://www.bunkergemert.nl/programma.php?id=1827
The fitness buddy project is going slow , the people that we are trying to get to the gym all back out , but i am not one to give up !! So i will be there waiting , and when they are ready to get to the gym , i will be there to accompagny them :woot:
http://www.levgroep.nl/vacaturebank.asp

Happy Harmony day to you all , may it be glorious and be of service and may you do it out of love

Greetings everyone,
Yesterday I spent an hour picking up trash, but I wasn't able to do it in El Cajon. There was so much commute time on my way to work and on my way home that I didn't have any space. But I did it in my neighborhood. Actually I ended up having to do it outside of the resident gate in my apartment. There are a considerable amount of cigarette butts on the sidewalk right outside my apartment. The funny thing is there's an ashtray right there. Literally 2 feet away. Ever since I picked up trash on a weekend with San Diego Parks and Rec, I've been really attentive too cigarette butts as litter. Those items go into are streets and are washed into our water ways and they destroy our wildlife and environment.
So though I didn't end up with a full bag as I was hoping, I like to think I did some good in my community.
As I was picking up the cigarette butts another gentleman named Kellen was smoking and we talked for a bit about the environment and about the propensity of people to litter. What I noticed is that he also begin to pick up cigarette butts and place them in my trash can. Talk about " where there is Darkness, light".

Edit: Harmony day is today...oops

I just finished writing my letter, with a decent paragraph on how inspiring I find my friend's volunteer work, and how she keeps going through thick and thin. I also got a chance to be charitable, giving a guy a 2 Euro piece as he was short for his train ticket at the station I'll donate my day travel card when I'm done with it too.

Today starts Art club and my sponsorship of it. I am super excited, passionate and impulsive about making this awesome for the students; (this is all volunteer on my side and the school gave me a 0$ budget. I went out and bought 45 sketch books, 45 basic pencil sets and some awesome erasers. So now we see where this goes! I also am getting them to start an Art for Recovery project but we have to brainstorm and discuss that as we start tonight!!!!!!!!!! wooooo whooooo! and Good job everyone on getting out and doing something for the community.