Saving the World at Home and Abroad...with a Basket
(ContentDesk) November 24 2003--Can a basket save the world?
"No, but it's a start." says Christine Ansorge, owner of Button Aprons.
Button Aprons has challenged itself to sell 500 Homekeeping Baskets by Christmas in order to raise the 5,000 dollars necessary to donate a gift ark of animals through Heifer International.
Heifer International take a unique approach to solving the problem of world hunger, instead of milk they give the hungry a cow or a goat or a water buffalo, and with the animal comes training in the best care of the animal and the environment to ensure long-term success.
This simple approach has successfully lifted people out of poverty in 115 countries for more than 50 years.
???The Homekeeping Basket is willow basket filled with goodies for making a house homey.
One of the "Cheryl" style aprons turns ordinary women into domestic goddesses with its cheery red and white check and its detachable bib.
Mrs. Dunwoody offers her "Excellent Instructions for Homekeeping" in a hard back, first-edition book, and Emily's Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix and a scoop guarantee that if nothing else goes right the cookies will taste good.
For every basket sold Button Aprons will donate 10.00 dollars to Heifer International so purchasers will be improving their home and helping to feed someone in need.
The Homekeeping Basket can be purchased online at www.buttonaprons.com.???Button Aprons is a small company in Ravenna, Michigan.
The company is dedicated to serving others, first by providing women with distinctly feminine aprons that celebrate the nurturing spirit, secondly, by supporting charitable organizations and thirdly, by offering glimpses of wisdom through its web site and online newsletter. An apron, after all, is a humble garment worn by those who get messy taking care of others.
???Christine Ansorge, owner of Button Aprons, is no stranger to taking care of others.
As a mother of four children, taking care of others is what fills her day.
Recently though, taking care of her own has not seemed like enough.
"I saw a picture of a mother collecting grain, kernel by kernel, after an aid truck had driven through the area.
Here I sit in a house full of food, and this woman is hunting dirty grain from the road to feed her children.
I needed to do more with my life than just take care of my own.
Button Aprons is my chance to do that." ???Purchasing a basket won't save the world, but it is a start toward making a difference.
It's often said and worth repeating that if we all do a little a lot gets done.
For more information about Heifer International look up their web site at heifer.org..
Free Gas with a Two-Night Stay at Paramount Hotel New York
New York, NY (ContentDesk) May 21, 2006 -- As gas prices soar to over $3 per gallon for the summer travel season, the Paramount Hotel New York helps take the bite out of high prices by putting free gas in your tank. Guests need simply to show their gasoline receiptdated within 24 hours of hotel arrivalupon check-in and the hotel will refund their bill up to $30. For reservations, call the hotel directly at 212-764-5500 and ask for the "gasoline" package. This offer is based on availability and cannot be combined with any other specials or packages. It is available seven days a week from June 29 through Labor Day (September 4, 2006) and requires a two-night minimum stay.
Rates start at $215 for standard accommodations.With a prime location in Times Square and the Theater District, the Paramount Hotel...
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Organize-It Partners With SLI For Improved Site Search
Shelby Township, MI August 14, 2006 - There is nothing worse than being on a web site and not being able to find what you are looking for.
Internet shoppers on www.organizes-it.com will not have that trouble. Organize-It, the web sites owner, has announced a partnership with SLI Systems Inc. where SLI will power Organize-Its site search. The SLI solution uses a learning search technology explains Nick Panas, IT Manager for Organize-It.
The search results get better over time as the SLI program learns which products customers are looking for when they enter a search phrase. We are working hard to make the customer experience as good as it can be when people visit our site says Panas. The SLI search solution is a major step in completing this goal . In addition to the learning technology, the SLI solution also allows customers to sort their search by category and price in addition to providing alternative search...
Organize-It Partners With SLI For Improved Site Search
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I stopped eating gluten and the weight just fell off
Ever wondered why low-carb diets work really well for 6 months, and then quite often, with no change in eating pattern, the weight piles back on again? Seems we may be missing something here. One fact that may be relevant about low-carb is that in the process of cutting out the carbs, most people end up drastically reducing their gluten intake.
Gluten intolerance, when ignored, can end up preventing certain nutrients from being absorbed, leading to that feeling of needing to eat, even though you just had a meal. The body knows it's missing something, so it triggers a craving for more food, even though it's not calories (energy) it needs.
When someone who is gluten intolerant stops eating gluten, their ability to absorb the nutrients in food gradually improves. In general, by cutting out gluten you will also end up eating more of the types of food that have a high nutrient value - it's well known that you don't get much goodness from a cake or a biscuit...
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Food for Good Health
For good health you need from healthy food. British food has bad name. People seem to eat nothing, but boring plain meat and chips with everything. Only the cakes and puddings are good even if they are fattening For some time now things have been changing. British people have become much more interested in food.
They discover that eating can be fun. The large number of foreign restaurants in British helps this mini- revolution along. Every town has a Chinese restaurant and many have an Indian, Greek, Italian and French one as well. The English family still has roast beef on Sunday. But they might have Italian spaghetti on Monday and American hamburgers on Tuesday.
Most people buy their foreign food as takeaway meals. But more and more people are leaning to cook it themselves. Every bookshop has a cookery section and new books come out each week. One popular new subject is health food. People...
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