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• HELP THE HOMELESS FOR THE HOLIDAYS

• Christmas brings enjoyment and fun to many but for some it can be the most difficult time of the year.

• Please remember those in need of shelter and comfort during this Season of Giving.

• Here is a true story about a kid in need from Covenant House:• “Jeremiah came to us on Christmas Eve. It was just after dark, and

the shelter was warm and bright with Christmas festivities. As a group of staff, kids and friends gathered together to sing carols, someone noticed a shadow outside the window. It was Jeremiah — cold, hungry and homeless.

• Jeremiah was hesitant to come inside when we invited him. Like many homeless kids, he had learned that many people couldn't be trusted. "How much you charge?" he asked, his face filled with skepticism. "I only have $26 on me and I need it. I have to find a place to stay and something to eat, and I need my money.“

• "I only have $26 on me and I need it. Here," he said. "Take this. They need it more than I do.“

• At first, he didn't believe that we were offering food and shelter without charging him anything. But when he saw our group — filled with kids like him — singing Silent Night together, he gave us a chance. "My momma used to sing that song on Christmas," he said. We found out that Jeremiah’s mother had died six years earlier of breast cancer... and Jeremiah and his little brother Ty had been split up by the foster care system.

• Jeremiah was exhausted, sad and deeply lonely. His eyes were full of pain. But after eating some of our Christmas treats and singing carols and hymns with our kids, he began to relax a bit.

• Later that night, we got some unfortunate news. Someone had broken into a shelter in New Jersey — and they'd stolen all of the Christmas presents. As the staff decided what to do, Jeremiah overheard the conversation. He took the $26 — all of his money in the world — out of his wallet and handed it to us.

• "Here," he said. "Take this. They need it more than I do.“

• The incredible generosity of a kid, like Jeremiah — a kid with so little, who had been through so much — was truly a Christmas miracle.”

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If you, or anyone you know, is in need this Holiday Season, here are some people and ways to help:

COVENANT HOUSE :http://www.covenanthouse.org/help-the-homeless/gift-catalog…

LOS ANGELES MISSION:https://donate.losangelesmission.org/…/micro_sites/showpage…|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=(not%20provided)&__utmv=-&__utmk=72462099

ST. JOSEPH CENTER:http://www.stjosephctr.org/index.html

Thank you for all your help and support.

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• HOPE HAS AN ADDRESS•  • Homeboy Industries provides hope, training, and support  to

formerly gang-involved and recently incarcerated men and women, allowing them to redirect their lives and become contributing members of their communities.

•  • Homeboy Industries serves at-risk and gang involved youth

with a continuum of services and programs designed to meet their multiple needs, and runs four businesses that serve as job-training sites.

• Please Visit: www.homeboyindustries.org

GIVE HOPE THIS HOLIDAY

• This year, tell the story of transformed lives at Homeboy Industries with your gift. 

• Whether your friends enjoy cooking, coffee, or just being inspired we have something that will make everyone smile with 4 new gift packages.

• Packages include items from Homeboy's bakery, silkscreen, Homegirl Café, and comes with a special 10% off card explaining the meaning of your gift.

• Please visit to order: http://www.homeboyfoods.com/category-s/1818.htm

• Thank you for all your help and support.

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• A Free Christmas Gift for You.

• We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported DSWF throughout 2014!

• As a token of our thanks we have created this special desktop background featuring a beautiful snow leopard for you to download and enjoy. DSWF supports snow leopard conservation in Mongolia through research, monitoring and anti-poaching programmes and by engaging with local communities to ensure that they benefit directly from their wildlife rather than persecuting it.  

• Thank you to Emmanuel Keller for providing the snow leopard image.

• So download our winter background for your PC, tablet or phone at::

• http://www.davidshepherd.org/news-events/news/a-free-christmas-gift-for-you/

• David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation 

• David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation responds to urgent conservation threats by supporting trusted, reputable individuals and organisations operating in the field.

• The Founder, David Shepherd, is known internationally as an artist and ambassador for wildlife. In 1960 he became a conservationist overnight when he came across 255 zebra lying dead around a poisoned waterhole in Tanzania. Since then, with the help of supporters across the world, the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation (DSWF) has given away over £5million in grants to save critically endangered mammals in their wild habitat and benefit the local people who share their environment.

• Please visit: www.davidshepherd.org

• Thank you for all your help and support.

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• SAVE THE RIVIERA MAYA TODAY: PRESERVE THE SIAN KA’AN•  • Sian Ka’an is “The Birthplace of the Sky” in the ancient Mayan heritage.•  • For over 40,000 years it is has been a pristine land filled with cenotes, lagoons,

petenes, canals, and early Mayan temples.•  • Home to jaguars, monkeys, manatees, endangered sea turtles, dolphins, unique

birds, and thousands of other rare animal species; all existing together in tranquility and harmony until the recent encroachment of human population and global pollution.

•  • Please view Our Way is Our Destiny at ALTRUISTICA 90sec silent clip h • ATRUISTICA 90sec H264 NO Audio Oct 28th•   • SAVE THE RIVIERA MAYA TODAY:• SIAN KA’AN BEACH RECLAMATION PROJECT•  • The beautiful coastline of the Sian Ka’an,”The Birthplace of the Sky“, Biosphere

Reserve  has been polluted by local and global waste.•  • The 64 km stretch of once virgin beachfront is home to dolphins, manatees,

endangered sea turtles, and 339 unique bird species.•  • Your contribution will initiate clean up of the beaches, coordinate local

organizations, and raise global awareness.•   • Our project will make an immediate and crucial impact in the following ways:•  • Reduce the plastic and other non-biodegradable garbage on the beaches• Create responsibility for local and global polluters• Foster effective collaborative efforts between local stakeholders• Reduce the amount of animals with dangerous toxicity levels and animal deaths• Increase the survival rate of newborn sea turtles, marine birds, manatees, and

dolphins•  • As part of Altruistica’s larger media campaign, 

SAVE THE RIVIERA MAYA TODAY: PRESERVE THE SIAN KA’AN, these impacts will be leveraged for the present and future well being of these species and their environment.

•  • Please DONATE now by clicking the DONATIONS Box on our Home Page.•  •  • Thank you for your consideration and support.

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