Here is information on PSI, a great charity that I personally vouch for, and some footage of Molly Sims in Haiti trying to help.
We have a link and a way to easily donate to this most worthy cause. Click here for more information and thank you. Give til it feels good.
One of the best causes in town is having a major event and is honoring some terrific folks like Sheila Johnson and me as well. Anytime you can be in the company of a Maya Angelou or a Quincy Jones, it is a special day indeed. Details here.
The Shriver family is very special. Mr. and Mrs. Shriver have helped more people via founding the Special Olympics and the Peace Corps than perhaps any other couple in US history. Their son, Anthony Shriver, founded and still leads Best Buddies, a charity we have supported for a long time. I also have a long standing relationship with Big Ken Holden, my e-Buddy. We email and talk every single day courtesy of Best Buddies.
Tim Shriver runs Special Olympics. Bobby Shriver founded RED with Bono.
Maria Shriver is the first lady of California and a best-selling author and journalist. We were classmates at Georgetown University together. I remain friendly with the entire family. There is no family I respect more than the Shriver’s.
You can imagine the collective groan we all made when our President made a joke - at the expense of people with special needs - last week on the Jay Leno show.
I know the President called the Shriver family afterwards to offer his apologies and to also re-commit to spending stimulus dollars to help drive better educational programs in public schools for families with these one of a kind needs. For all of that, we are grateful.
Words matter. Words can hurt and I bet any one of a dozen Special Olympians could beat our President at bowling to boot. :-) Check out how you can help Special Olympics today. Click this link.
Check this out. What a great gesture by our reigning Miss Virginia and former hockey goalie, Tara Wheeler. Tara is a big Caps fan and someone who represents the best in all of us.
She will shave her head to raise money and awareness for pediatric cancer research. Details here. Don’t be shy. Click on the link; learn more; and donate some money to this great cause. We are proud of you Tara.
As noted a couple of weeks ago, my family and I decided to NOT exchange gifts with one another this holiday season and to NOT give some of our partners and friends gift baskets or little trinkets as holiday presents. Instead we decided to make a gift in their names to the D.C. Central Kitchen, an anti-hunger initiative that is doing truly great work here in Washington, DC. Click here to learn more about them. And don’t be shy about helping them as well this holiday season. Rather than being a consumerist, help the neediest in our city and your neighbors here in DC during the holidays.
That is my suggestion to everyone. At times like this, the neediest need help the most!
Get America volunteering again. Check out this petition and sign up today.
Check this one out too.
Playpumps International is one of my favorite causes. Check it out and if you have the chance, be generous and help them out. Instead of holiday gifts last year, my family installed two pumps in two different towns to help villages get clean and safe water to drink, bathe in and cook. We take clean water for granted here in America. Clean, safe water is a necessity for people. Playpumps International is a perfect solution. Learn more here. This is a perfect charity that is well run and doing well.
