http://strengthenthegood.com/index.php Using the power of weblogs for open-source charity. Don't just fight evil: Strengthen the good. Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:48:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been some time since the last profile at STG. Frankly, I'm looking for a way to better manage the time constraints administration of STG requires given that it has a staff of one (me), and that staff is otherwise gainfully employed the remainder of his week. It may be ... http://strengthenthegood.com/index.php/?p=46 For those who have visited Strengthen The Good before, it should be obvious that we've got a new look. I plan to re-launch the site in the future, but in the meantime, please understand that things 'round here are a work in progress. I'd welcome any feedback. http://strengthenthegood.com/index.php/?p=45 In the past STG has featured Susan Tom[1], a remarkable woman who over the past decade or so has made it her mission to adopt and care for 11 special needs children. Some have had physical disabilities, some have had learning disabilities, some have had terrible illnesses. Three have died ... http://strengthenthegood.com/index.php/?p=29 Just a quick update on matching the good for Katrina: All the checks have come in and cleared, and I've begun making the donations. Oddly, the Red Cross wouldn't accept donations online this afternoon, but I did make donations to the following groups per Mary's request with her $1,000 match ... http://strengthenthegood.com/index.php/?p=28 UPDATE: 6:23 AM EDT, Friday, Sept 9, 2005: The deadline has passed and I have the totals. * We have matching fund pledges that total $5,000.00 * We have donations that totoal $4,846.38 * We have $171.86 in PayPal transaction fees, which gives us a final donation amount of $4,674.52 * I'm going to ... http://strengthenthegood.com/index.php/?p=27 With our last profile I recieved several emails from network members noting that their trackbacks were being rejected. It seems to be the result of my MT-Blacklist settings; I'll try to resolve it, but thanks for linking, regardless. http://strengthenthegood.com/index.php/?p=26 The books keep coming in Bratislava. Douglas has been kind enough to forward some photos -- one which I've posted below and the others of which I've posted in the extended entry -- so you may see some of the good you've strengthened (I particularly like the shot of the ... http://strengthenthegood.com/index.php/?p=25 Update (11/6/05): For those coming here for the first time (and after seeing the Extreme Makeover Home Edition about Susan), please visit this latest update after reading the post below, and please note that we're currently accepting donations for the Red Cross Katrina Relief fund, not Susan's education trust. If ... http://strengthenthegood.com/index.php/?p=24 It's been several months since I've profiled a microcharity, but the support for the Petrzalka library kept coming in, so I kept the profile up as long as I could. I am about to move on to our next microcharity, but before I do, I wanted to pass along this ... http://strengthenthegood.com/index.php/?p=23 This today from Douglas in Bratislava: I want to share with you a bit of delight I enjoyed the other day, even more than getting books in the mail. We have received enough books that my desk was getting a bit cluttered, so I moved the stacks to a table at ... http://strengthenthegood.com/index.php/?p=22