This Weekend…
June 17, 2011 by thegreenchildrenfoundation · View Comments
1. Take a slow bike ride.
2. Get a good deal at a yard sale.
3. Make healthful but tasty cookies.
4. Watch a classic black and white flick you’ve never seen.
5. Leave a hand-written note on a friend’s windshield or door.
6. Fake laughter for one minute. Notice the difference.
7. Kiss a friend on the lips. Or at least the cheeks!
8. Turn the TV off.
9. Don’t check your email for one day.
10. Listen to the different bird calls and imagine what they’re saying.
I’m hungry. Where’s my food. You can’t have it. It’s sunny. I’m warm. I’m happy. Where’s my girlfriend? I miss her.
Beth
“We’ve Got Time to Help”
October 20, 2009 by admin · View Comments
The current recession is creating more than stress - it provides us with time. Here’s an example of a couple who took advantage of their spare time and put it back into the community:
After Portland, Oregon man Seth Reams lost his job in December, he spent all his time searching want ads and sending out resumés with no luck. But rather than getting down about his situation, he decided to start doing something useful with all his extra time until he could find a new job. He and his girlfriend, Michelle King, decided to create a blog, We’ve Got Time to Help, which would compile community volunteer opportunities for everyone who had a few extra hours to pitch in.
There are so many people out there who are willing to help, willing to step out of their lives and their homes to help their neighbors, their community and their city.
Since launching the website in January, Reams’ group has grown to more than 100 volunteers, including fellow laid-off employees, retirees, and stay-at-home moms, who have together tackled more than 60 local volunteer projects for Portland residents in need. Even though Reams is still looking for work, his new project has taught him that “there are so many people out there who are willing to help, willing to step out of their lives and their homes to help their neighbors, their community and their city,” he told Seattle’s KOMO News. “I think that’s probably the most positive lesson that I’ve learned.”
Source: Gimundo
Seth Reams, co-founder of We’ve Got Time To Help, digs a hole for a fence for someone in need.
Beth
Off Duty Fireman makes Daring Train Track Rescue
August 25, 2009 by admin · View Comments
What do you do when you see others in distress? Are you the type to stand and stare or roll up your sleeves and get to work?
Well for this off-duty NYC fireman, the answer was easy:
Adam Rivera, 30, pulled an unconscious man from subway tracks as a train was barreling into the Manhattan station.
“This is my job,” Rivera, who works for Engine 10 in lower Manhattan, thought to himself. “I’m a New York City firefighter - I’m not going to stand there and do nothing!”
Around 10 p.m., Rivera had just finished celebrating his seventh anniversary with his girlfriend when he noticed the man lying unconscious below the opposite platform of the Union Square station.
Rivera shot across the tracks - leaping over two third rails (loaded with 600 deadly volts of electricity) and through a divider - to drag the victim out of harm’s way. Two good Samaritans helped lift the man to safety before a Q train pulled two-thirds of the way into the station.
“There was no time to be afraid,” Rivera said. “You can’t waste time hesitating. You just move, and the thinking stops.”
The victim, Marco Delemo, 45, was in the intensive care unit at St. Vincent’s Hospital with head injuries. It was unclear how he ended up on the tracks.
Rivera, meanwhile, was lauded as a hero by his co-workers.
“He put his own life in danger,” said Battalion Chief Kevin Woods, a 19-year veteran.
“He saved that man’s life.”
Source: NY Daily News
Beth
