With the season approaching us quickly one thing we must keep in mind is giving. By definition:disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return. Now lets put that into terms we can understand. Giving is to do or give someone something with looking for anything in return.Do something for another person is a small way we can impact on their life. Now most people think that you have to be a philanthropist such as Oprah, granted it would be nice to have her money .The truth is even donating five or ten minutes of your time can be just as valuable.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if that drop was not in the ocean, I think the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. I do not agree with the big way of doing things.
Mother Teresa

During the process of catching of with my tweets I happended to come across Alicia Keys tweets. She was talking about keepachildalive.org and how they raised 2.4 million at their Black Ball event . (KCA) Keep a Child Alive is dedicated to providing life-saving anti-retroviral treatment, care and support services to children and families whose lives have been affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India by directly engaging the global public in the fight against AIDS. We all know how talented , beautiful and stylish Ms. Keys is now to add to that list she is the global Ambassador of the organization and co founder. I bought this up to say if celebrities have time to giving their time so can we.

Heading the organization as president and founder is Leigh Blake .Leigh Blake for more than 30yrs has been involved with the art from music and film to fashion to visual arts Name sound familiar , you might have heard her name in 2001 being mentioned in connection with the star studded remake of Marvin Gaye’s classic song ” Whats Going On”. Included in the remake were 40 plus stars including names such as Britney Spears, Diddy, Nas Jenifer Lopez ,Alicia Keys, Fred Durst, Nelly just to name a few.The keepachildlive organization is just one of the many ways that celebrities are taking their influence to help benefit the goodness of man kind a has a great website where can band as a community and help out in our own way . Please visit the site http://community.keepachildalive.org/ and see how you can benefit someone.

As women we are often expected to cook, clean, be mothers ,wives and be happy all the time as well as look good at the same time. The truth is life has us often juggling several things at once.It seems like if we were to add one more thing to our to do list we will explode.This is not the case finding a way to volunteer during the season can leave a lasting image for years to come. Keeping in mind we may not be as well known as some of these celebrities, it doesn’t mean that we can’t help influence the good of man kind. There are plenty of charities and volunteer related organizations throughout the US that we shouldn’t have a problem with finding one in your backyard.