I am Alexis, World Traveler and I would love for you to join me on my many travels to different countries. Together we will learn about the children and families of these lands. We will learn it is ok to be different, that we are all God's Children.
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Alexis's mother and I feel it is important to teach Alexis about diversity and cultural awareness. We want Alexis to know that people of different cultures may be different from us but that it is ok to be different. We want her to know that if we understand their culture that the differences are not really that great. From the time Alexis was born we have been talking to her about world events, and racial tolerance. She has never heard a racial slur in her six years of life. The foundations for racial attitudes are laid as infants and toddlers and after the age of nine their racial attitudes tend to stay the same. That is why it is so important that we never let our children hear or see any form of racial intolerance. When you live in rural Indiana it makes it more challenging to teach about diversity and different cultures. We came up with the idea to have her study about a different country each month and we will do fun activities such as eating at restaurants, playing games, visiting museums, dressing , and listening to music depicting the country we are studying. Follow Alexis on her many travels around the world and feel free to join her as she learns about the many different cultures.

~Mamaw~

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Read To Feed Program

Posted in | 10:24 AM | by Diana

Throughout life we wish for Alexis to practice both philanthropy and charity. Philanthropy is distinctly different from charity. Charity usually concentrates on short-term relief, while philanthropy focuses on long term solutions.


This week Alexis sent a care package to a local homeless shelter containing personal hygiene products and socks. She is also going to collect products to send to Stepping Stones a homeless shelter for teenagers located in Bloomington, Indiana. I would like to have her volunteer to work in a soup kitchen for a few hours but am not sure we will get be able to work it in since there are none close by. These are examples of small things we can all do to relieve peoples immediate needs.

The biggest project Alexis is going to be involved in is the Read To Feed program. We are very excited about this because it will allow Alexis to really get involved. She will be asking family and friends to sponsor her for 25¢ to $1 for each book she reads in one month. Her goal is to read 20 books and raise $100. The money raised will provide the gift of livestock to a family in extreme poverty. She will begin reading on November 6 and she has until November 5 to get her pledges.

The Read to Feed program is through Heifer International. Heifer International give families in poverty a gift of livestock such a cow, goat, pig, rabbits, or chickens. In many parts of the world a families health and way of life can be improved with the gift of just one farm animal. Heifer International give the family receiving the animal training in how to care for it and also how to use it to bring their family out of poverty. Families who recieve an animal then give one of their animal's offspring to another family in need. It is called Passing on the Gift so each gift you give will multiply many times to bring change throughout a community. Together we can change the World for the better.


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