Eleven and rising. That�s the number of people who are being sponsored by our readers. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL SOOOOOO VERY MUCH!!!!
I�m now wearing my social worker hat and trying to figure out who will be the chosen ones. It�s really hard, as there are so many people who are in need. So many �Rosa Myrig�s� are out there and their pride is not helping me any to find them. I�ve learned that the ones that come forward to ask me for help are usually the ones that need it the least (though in reality, everyone could use a little help). I�m targeting the people who are hiding in their dilapidated homes, trying to show the world that they are okay, but are not. Those are the real �Rosa Myrig�s�.
Here is a little food for thought for those out there who are thinking of get involve: �Poor nutrition and starvation are horrible no matter who the victim, but with us, even us fat and happy Armenian Americans, word of starving, meat-deprived, elderly Armenian women hits home especially fast and hard. I think every American over 60's first reaction to the new word "Armenian" is that darn phrase, "starving Armenian". What is amazing to me is not that you organized help for Rosa, or that I responded, but that you didn't get hundreds of offers, not just two. I recognize that people in Artsakh are not starving, but neither do I assume that the poorest are getting adequate nutrition.�
So here is a calling to everyone to get involved. This could be a one time gift or it could mean that you �adopt� someone or a family. My goal this year is to secure regular sponsorship for minimum of 100 people. So far we have 11 so all that is left is 89+ people and I don�t care what it takes, I�m going to do it one way or another. If you know someone who does not read our logs and know that they are capable of helping and your not, your job is to lead them to our site and enlighten them. Send them an e-mail now while your sitting at your computer.
Well, I have to go to lunch at the Mayor�s house. I have 6 names already and at lunch we should come up with 3 more. Then it�s off to the bank to open the accounts. Wow, this is almost feeling like work. Thank goodness, I�m enjoying it.
I�m now wearing my social worker hat and trying to figure out who will be the chosen ones. It�s really hard, as there are so many people who are in need. So many �Rosa Myrig�s� are out there and their pride is not helping me any to find them. I�ve learned that the ones that come forward to ask me for help are usually the ones that need it the least (though in reality, everyone could use a little help). I�m targeting the people who are hiding in their dilapidated homes, trying to show the world that they are okay, but are not. Those are the real �Rosa Myrig�s�.
Here is a little food for thought for those out there who are thinking of get involve: �Poor nutrition and starvation are horrible no matter who the victim, but with us, even us fat and happy Armenian Americans, word of starving, meat-deprived, elderly Armenian women hits home especially fast and hard. I think every American over 60's first reaction to the new word "Armenian" is that darn phrase, "starving Armenian". What is amazing to me is not that you organized help for Rosa, or that I responded, but that you didn't get hundreds of offers, not just two. I recognize that people in Artsakh are not starving, but neither do I assume that the poorest are getting adequate nutrition.�
So here is a calling to everyone to get involved. This could be a one time gift or it could mean that you �adopt� someone or a family. My goal this year is to secure regular sponsorship for minimum of 100 people. So far we have 11 so all that is left is 89+ people and I don�t care what it takes, I�m going to do it one way or another. If you know someone who does not read our logs and know that they are capable of helping and your not, your job is to lead them to our site and enlighten them. Send them an e-mail now while your sitting at your computer.
Well, I have to go to lunch at the Mayor�s house. I have 6 names already and at lunch we should come up with 3 more. Then it�s off to the bank to open the accounts. Wow, this is almost feeling like work. Thank goodness, I�m enjoying it.
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