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December 2006
 Web Women Giving Circle Founder Joeann Fossland has commenced holiday posting on our "other" blog, Inspiring Woman. Click the photo for Joeann's tribute to her daughter, visit the blog for inspiration, and make a post of your own. The $10 donation fare is donated to CARE, of course! An excerpt from the post:
"You are sharing your magic touch with everyone who is lucky enough to get a massage or facial....
"You awed me when you combined work, school and mothering, because you didn't let the pressure get to you and took care of Lily so she always knew she was surrounded by love!
"I Love you!!!!"
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Web Women Giving Circle.
2:31 PM - Dec. 24, 2006 - {0} -
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It's been a busy week for Web Women Giving Circle Founder Joeann Fossland, who has been traveling through the blogosphere to talk about CARE and philanthropy.
 Beverly Hills: Philanthropic lifestyles of the rich and the realty professionals who serve them was the theme of the interview at Bernice Ross' Luxury Clues earlier this week.
 Maryland: Beltway Artist Tammy Vitale's Women, Art, Life: Weaving It All Together took Joeann back to her roots and into the artsy neighborhood of the blogosphere for an interview and some creative meanderings. There's a lot of nice color and art on this stop! Surf around this blog for some creative fun.
 Southern California: Michael Trust has some questions and answers about real estate, CARE, and humanitarian outreach in his Michael Trust Realty, Your San Francisco Real Estate Professionals blog.
 Las Vegas: Nevada Blog REALTOR Chris Shouse welcomed her bloggy guest with a perfectly chilled bottle of Virtual Moet & Chandon Dom Perignon Rose Vintage 1996, served in an Orefors crystal flute, with FRESH Pacific Oysters and Shrimp flown in for the occasion!!! Additionally, she had a bath be drawn for her prior to her arrival, with champagne caress bubbles and bath oil. "How much better can it get????", asked the bloggy diva.
 Amissville, VA: Joeann's whirlwind transcontinental travel brought her back to Northern VA Real Estate Notes with host Julie Emery. They talked about CARE and philanthropy in a discussion about how REALTORS can "give back" to their communities.
 West Valley, CA: Joeann is back across the country to Southern California today for a nice chat with REALTOR Shelly Slovin. They talk about real estate "community" and the role that members play in helping to make the world a better place.
12:17 PM - Dec. 22, 2006 - {0} -
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©2006 CARE/Josh Estey
Hansaben, 16, (shown above) is the daughter of a salt-pan worker and a student at Ganatar, a CARE-sponsored boarding school. Her mom works in a salt pan.
Salt is made in salt pans. Each pan is about half the size of an Olympic swimming pool. Bare human feet work in salt water atop sharp, hard salt crystals. Most workers can't afford boots. Women work in the blazing sun for 10 hours a days. They also prepare their family meals, fetch water, and tend the children, who help in the salt pan.
Next time I am tempted to say, "My feet hurt," I'm going to think about the ladies in the salt pans. I am also going to think about the abundant love for their families that drives women to work there.
Next time I season my food I will think about the enormous capacity for love that brought this salt to my table.
 Help the salt pan workers buy boots and send more of their kids to school!. Donate here.
7:34 AM - Dec. 9, 2006 - {0} -
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Copyright 2006 CARE
as told to Myat Lwin Lwin Aung
In late 2002, I was not well and had to go to hospital. There I found out I had HIV. After about three months, I was bedridden. I didn't get well for a long time
AIDS: In my village, people call it simply "A." They say only bad people, immoral people, have it. There is no cure. I was going to die. I didn't dare tell anyone. How could I tell my family?
Finally, the headmistress of the primary school in Inn Ywar New Village had a talk with my mother. She told my mother I had AIDS, and offered to introduce me to some groups that could help. Mother told her to do whatever seemed right. That was how I came into contact with CARE, where I got medicine and treatment.
Now my whole family knew I had HIV. They didn't know anything about it and were frightened. They told me, "Don't touch this!" and "Don't touch that!" After I had taken a drink, they washed the cup at once. I sat somewhere and they washed the place. Eating together was out of the question.
I earned a living for this family. I earned money to send my younger sisters and brothers to school, for them to graduate and live like other young people do. Now I was the one bringing shame on the family, humiliating my younger sisters. Why did I get this? Was it my fault? Whatever it was, they called me "the AIDS woman." And they said it like a new swear word. Read the rest of "The Aids Woman" here.
Support more AIDS women here!. Donate here.
3:14 AM - Dec. 7, 2006 - {0} -
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Copyright 2003 Valenda Campbell/CARE
There is abundant hope in 25 countries on the African continent. According to UNICEF, an estimated one million children and pregnant women in the southern African nation of Malawi are ready to receive the bounty of love that will put food on their tables.
Help us help CARE help find fortune for these children. Donate here.
4:01 AM - Dec. 6, 2006 - {0} -
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Last year Web Women Giving Circle Founder and Master Coach Joeann Fossland introduced me to the concept of The Law of Attraction. I read Michael Lozier's Law of Attraction book and started to work with the principle in many areas of my life. I recently saw The Secret movie and had another thought about how to apply LOA to our philanthropic blog. We have added the words Love, Hope, and Abundance to our Categories.
Starting today, we will substitute words of deficit with words of plenty, we will endeavor to use words of hope to replace words of despair. And we will attract abundance for millions of hopeful children on the planet. And, by the way, that little word "we" means you and me 8-) What do you say? "Yes" is the most attractive word I know! -- Frances Flynn Thorsen
Say "Yes" here!. Donate here.
3:53 AM - Dec. 6, 2006 - {2} -
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Copyright CARE 2006
 "Empowering women is not extraneous to the fight against HIV and AIDS — it is central to it. The sooner we rally our actions around that reality, the better our chances of winning this battle." Dr. Helene Gayle, CARE president In a recent article, Empowering Women To Battle HIV/AIDS.
"In our decades of work to alleviate poverty around the world, CARE has consistently deepened our understanding of why entire groups of people live in chronic want and despair. As our understanding grows, our approach to fighting poverty becomes more effective. Today, at the onset of the 21st century, CARE is committed to uncovering and uprooting the underlying causes of poverty, including the human-made social, political and economic power structures that consistently exclude certain groups of people — and none more consistently and persistently than women in every society on the planet. Globally, poverty wears a woman's face." -- CARE in a White Paper titled "Women's Empowerment."
 The Web Women Giving Circle offers the public a chance to direct consumer dollars to CARE to aid that group in providing humanitarian relief to all corners of the globe. Consider making your Amazon gift purchases here.
2:58 PM - Dec. 5, 2006 - {0} -
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 I've launched my virtual tour for CARE to promote the Real Estate Premiums Package and the Shopping Alliance and Book Club sponsored by the Web Women Giving Circle for CARE. We could use a few more bloggers to participate. In a nutshell, we set a date, I post it on my website as an event with links and love and hugs to you. Then, on the set date, you post an interview (we'll conduct it via email, to keep it easy on everyone) that we call a stop on the CARE tour and everyone clicks through that day to read and love your blog (or web site). Book a date here! -- Joeann Fossland, Founder, Web Women Giving Circle
Joeann's Whistle-Stop Tour Schedule
FRI 12.08.2006 -- Born To Blog (host Frances Flynn Thorsen)
MON 12.11.2006 -- Wynne's Realty Blog (host Wynne Achatz)
TBA -- Get Known Now (host Suzanne Falter-Barnes)
TBA -- Luxury Clues (host, Bernice Ross, Ph.D., MCC)
9:31 AM - Dec. 5, 2006 - {1} -
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Copyright 2006 More Magazine
 San Francisco artist Paulette Long has joined the Web Women Giving Circle. More Magazine recently featured Paulette in an article. She talks about art and philanthropy:
"I've decided to donate 20 of my paintings to raise money for the MORE CARE project in Peru. These paintings were made in sympathy for all the people in the world who are in transition in their lives -- who are in migration to new places from dangerous or unsatisfying lives.
"The paintings are about hope and courage. Through my donation, I want to help the women of Peru to develop their skills and self reliance. I am asking my friends to buy these paintings and to join with our Circle in applauding the courage our our Peruvian sisters."
Paintings below (top to bottom): "3 Swans in Transit," "in transit" 6x6, and "in-transit" 6"x6". Cost of the paintings is $300 each. Contact Paulette Long for more information.
Help your Peruvian sisters. Donate here. All affiliate dollars fromAmazon purchases made here will be donated to CARE.. All monies collected in our Amazon affiliate relationship will be sent to CARE.
4:31 AM - Dec. 4, 2006 - {1} -
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