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Each year since returning to Canada full-time in 2007, I have counted the poppies I see people wearing from the day the poppy campaign begins until 11am on November 11th. I'd tally up the count, donate 0.10$ per poppy, and send a cheque to a local veterans organization.
It used to be a sizeable donation.
In recent years, I've noticed my poppy count decreasing. I worry sometimes that people have begun to forget the past. I worry that we will soon relive their horrors in our future.
I don't base my donation on poppy counts anymore. And I no longer wait until Remembrance day arrives to make them.
I am changing too. Hopefully, for the better.
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 Posted in Save Us From Evil, Where No Flan Has Gone Before | 2 Comments »
From Tweetsgiving to terrorism. So go the days of our lives. This morning I woke up excited about the use of Twitter as a tool for advertising a charitable campaign. As ... Read more..Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 Posted in Random Burbling | 1 Comment »
I like bricks. I spent years donating to the Juno Beach Centre fundraiser to buy my dad a brick. As a child, I loved Lego. Ok, I'm not kidding anyone, ... Read more..Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Random Burbling | No Comments »
Today in a phenomenal example of the power of social media, Epic Change launched a Twitter campaign outlined at http://tweetsgiving.org. Asking people to Twitter about what they are thankful for ... Read more..Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Random Burbling | 2 Comments »
I'm not a fan of getting up in the morning, looking outside, and seeing nothing but darkness. I'm even less thrilled when I leave my windowless office each evening and ... Read more..Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 Posted in Learning & Education, Reading Begets Enlightenment, Those Who Volunteered | 1 Comment »
Back in the dungeon working on Enviro Chem papers. At this rate I'll soon be able to bore my enemies to death with facts and figures. For the moment I ... Read more..