We try to find specific groups of people who are in need of financial aid (it's certainly not that hard). We regularly support an
orphanage in Gucha Village, Kenya,
and an organization called the
Tropical Health Alliance
that sends volunteer physicians to Ethiopia to remove cataracts from villagers who cannot afford the surgery any other way. These villagers are given their life back again with the ability to
see
. It's so little for us to provide the surgery ($50 per surgery). As a matter of perspective, did you know that there are actual Californians who spend $9,000 to provide cataract surgery for their
dog?
Now I'm not at all belittling the love we have for our pets -- I certainly love my little Henry, a part Jack Russell terrier and who knows what else -- but when you consider the number of surgeries on people that $9,000 would pay for, it's humbling to say the least.
This month we will be sending the Jeans Day donations to
ADRA
for the specific purpose of helping the
victims of Hurricane Dorian
in the Bahamas. There are still over 1,000 people missing, and livelihoods totally disrupted.
If you explored the link above, you would have seen that your gift on Friday will be
doubled
by an anonymous donor to help those affected by Hurricane Dorian!
Your $5 Jeans Day donation will become $10 through this matching program
that will provide urgent immediate assistance to the victims, and will also support rebuilding and healing in communities well into the future.
We hope you will consider contributing
more than the required $5
for the "privilege" of your student wearing blue jeans. If you send $20, it will become $40, and $50 will become $100. Where else can your contributions do so much?
