One of the advantages of blogging is the voice it gives us on a worldwide scale. Even if you have only a few readers your words can be spread from blog to blog. We often use this viral characteristic to promote our blogs, and to pass on memes and awards. What really fires me up is the ability to spread the word about good causes, helping those who are also trying to spread the word and those who are putting in time and effort for their causes.
My friend, Renny, tells us about the co-founder of LinkedInNorway, Morten W . Morten ,who is trying to raise money for CARE Norway, recently walked a lap of the Oslo City Hall for every 90 Norwegian Krona (NOK) that had been donated; accompanied by Renny. His next challenge will be when he reaches 20,000 NOK and walks 40 laps which will take approximately 6 hours.
Care Norway “places special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help entire families and communities escape poverty.”
Please read more about Mortens admirable efforts on Renny’s blog at Care for Women Living in Poverty and if you wish to donate you can do so here on the CARE donation page
[...] word with a post on her own blog. 2: Then a very good blog friend Sueblimely from Australia posted CARE For A Walk. What lovely contributions! You might like to do the same!?! care poor woman Click to listen to [...]
Thanks very much Sue, your such a great blog friend and supporter. A great contribution and way to spread the word on a worldwide scale. Both Morten and me are very grateful!
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Thanks for taking the world to a whole new continent…so cool how blogging gets us around the world!! Care is an organisation worth supporting, I have done it for years!!
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Will do, Sue. Thanks for highlighting this cause.
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Thanks all, I do feel strongly about the power of blogging to do good and am working on a new site right now where I hope to be able to highlight this.
Yes, I saw that one too. Funny thing is that I also posted about a good cause at the same time: about the suffering in Darfur!!!
So much unnecessary suffering going on in our cruel world. *sigh*
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