Tis The Season to Give

Hello dolls-
It's that time of year again---Christmas! It's time to give.  If you need a few suggestions on where to give and make a difference i got you covered. (:

Toys For Tots
You can buy or donate at any TOYS R US store nationwide
and help make a child's christmas the  best ever.
For More: DONATION PLACES

Make a Wish

 http://www.wish.org/help
You can donate any amount to help make a child's wish come true.

Adopt an Angel
through JCP.COM
GO HERE : ADOPT AN ANGEL
and make a someones christmas wish come true.

The Salvation Army
Give whatever you can to those Santa's outside the stores.

You can also help support the many charities that i do fundraising for. 

GO HERE: 

Support my favorite Charities

"I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life."

Happy Holidays 

XX-D

This is OUR generation's defining moment

Every generation has their problems; their successes and their failures. Some may experience more failures than others but i think the way you handle your situation is what defines a generation, a person, and a country. Right now our generation is faced with a challenge. It's a challenge of human rights, and whom deserves what.  Our actions are imperative. This is OUR generations Civil Rights Movement. 

President Obama, this is your time, this is your moment to step up and take action. If you don't someone else will and whoever that person is they will go down in history for making a change; much like President Lincoln.

I do NOT care if you gay, straight, transgender, bi,  white, black, asian... this is our fight. Our moment to show the world we are smart and capable of making a change. Our government should not have control over who we marry. No person should lose their life, or feel like they no hope because of WHO they love. EVER. Acceptance is the key. Do you have to like or agree with everyone's choices? NO but they deserve their right to make their own choices, just like you have your right to make yours. 

Have you ever thought about the words you say?  How they may effect others around you? words like gay, fag, QUEER are offensive, just like their are certain words you don't like... don't believe words have an effect on people?!

MAYBE THIS  WILL SHOW YOU

OR THIS

MAYBE THIS?

HOW ABOUT THIS?

NEED MORE?

This should do it..

This is as BAD as it gets.

"Personally I'm a firm believer that we are all equal, no race, sexual preference, gender or political affiliation makes us better (or worse) than another one. We all deserve respect, love and acceptance. Us being different makes us beautiful. does this make me a liberal? or a republican...i don't know those are just words used to label us and restrict our beliefs- but i do know it DOES make me a compassionate person, and thats a label ill accept any day."

It's OUR turn to change the world, and this is OUR moment. 

xx-D

Want to know how you can help? 

Checkout the THE TREVOR PROJECT  -The Trevor Project is an American non-profit organization founded in 1998 and the leading national organization focused on suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth

It Gets Better -THE PLEDGE: Everyone deserves to be respected for who they are. I pledge to spread this message to my friends, family and neighbors. I'll speak up against hate and intolerance whenever I see it, at school and at work. I'll provide hope for lesbian, gay, bi, trans and other bullied teens by letting them know that "It Gets Better.

NO H8

Honestly- the best way you can help- is to BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE. 

How Green are you?!

Have you ever wondered what kind of affect you have on the world? Or what you can do to change that affect? 


You can calculate your carbon footprint here:
http://www.nature.org/greenliving/carboncalculator/index.htm

What is your carbon footprint?! "Inevitably, in going about our daily lives — commuting, sheltering our families, eating — each of us contributes to the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate change. Yet, there are many things each of us, as individuals, can do to reduce our carbon emissions. The choices we make in our homes, our travel, the food we eat, and what we buy and throw away all influence our carbon footprint and can help ensure a stable climate for future generations." (nature.org) 

Sooo how did you score? I was surprised to find out so how high mine was; it was just below the national average in everything except for driving.  Not happy with your score?! Go to this link below for some tips on how to go green! 
http://www.nature.org/greenliving/gogreen/index.htm

Together we CAN make a change! 

XX- DJ

BE THE CHANGE

You know there's something wrong in this world when malicious people can succeed and be called "wonderful".. (yeah i don't think so.)
When people go hungry...
When we are more eager to help other countries before our own..
When people stop caring about others around them.
When people clearly choose to hurt others.
When a death becomes a joking matter...
When we think we have the right to tell someone they can't marry someone?
When we feel that we have the right to judge others?
what gives you the right to tell me your better than me?
 -did your read it in your precious book?
because I've read that book too and I'm pretty sure that's NOT what it says....

let me share with you what i've learned...
the world isn't what i thought it was growing up but i DO KNOW
No one person is better than anyone else
Some of us just make better choices....

Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left. ~Hubert Humphrey
 ♥

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ~Mark Twain 

Let's make a change....
Love Is Louder than Negativity

XX-D 

The Evil's of the ZOO.

Did you know that Zoos Breed and Kill Animals for "Enrichment"?

"At a bear park in Bern, Switzerland, two European brown bear cubs may be killed if no other zoo will take them in. They're being evicted in 18 months because, at the age of two, their mom will reject them. That's normally when they'd wander off to find their own territory, but being captive-bred, new territory just means another enclosure or cage where people will buy tickets to gawk at them. But if none of those are available, they'll be put down." 

let's put this into prospective for you:  Humans playing with life and death isn't being "responsible." We're not talking about animals who are suffering and need to be euthanized, these are healthy animals who are being brought into the unnatural world of zoos as a form of "enrichment" for other captive animals, and then discarded when no longer needed. Can you imagine if humans did this? Imagine high school Home Economics, if teens were given real babies instead of eggs or sacks of flour to take care of, and then the babies were just dumped or "put down" when the lesson was over. It's absurd.

and this is just one example....

At the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, you can see three for the price of one in their elephant exhibit. Bamboo, Chai and Watoto suffer from chronic foot and joint injuries, and display neurotic behavior like swaying, bobbing their heads, and pacing.All three elephants were born in the wild, but now they're confined to prison cells. I'm not saying that to be dramatic — now that we've hit the cold weather months, the elephants will spend 16 to 17 hours a day locked up in their indoor stalls, which are the equivalent of less space than the prisoners of Alcatraz had.

This raises the question of what's the point of zoos? With ongoing behavioral problems among zoo animals and breeding programs that just lead to death, the arguments for education and conservation have followed logic out the window.

I have never been a fan of Zoo's. The animals always look unhappy and hot but this just adds to my frustration. It absolutely drives me crazy that people treat animal this way, and think its okay. Its OUR JOB to use OUR voices to protect them. People need to not be ignorant to these subjects and education themselves before making their own decisions. I can only hope you take this issue seriously and think twice before heading to the zoo.

XX-D 

How can you Help? GO TO: http://www.helpelephants.com/whatyoucando.html

MORE INFORMATION: 

http://news.change.org/stories/zoos-breed-and-kill-animals-for-enrichment

http://news.change.org/stories/zoo-celebrates-birth-of-endangered-piglets-then-kills-them

http://news.change.org/stories/spaceless-in-seattle-making-the-case-for-woodland-park-zoos-elephants

http://news.change.org/stories/in-defense-of-animals-ranks-10-worst-zoos-for-elephants