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"Passports With Purpose" supports Heifer International

Online travel bloggers want to give back some joy this holiday season and they made it really easy to support a great cause, Heifer International.  Heifer International is one of my favorite causes ever. Through this non-profit, for just a few dollars, you and I can transform lives and remove them from the worst poverty.  Here is a quick overview from Heifer International–take a few moments to soak in what they want to accomplish, because what they want to do is a good, good thing:

One goat can end hunger for a family

Heifer envisions…
A world of communities living together in peace and equitably sharing the resources of a healthy planet. (just sit for a minute and think about that statement, it is a thing of great beauty)

Heifer International supports hundreds of communities worldwide

Heifer’s mission is…
To work with communities to end hunger and poverty and to care for the earth.   I can embrace this mission with every part of me–the best of humanity in one sentence)

Give a little bit to help in a big way

Heifer’s strategy is…
To “pass on the gift.” As people share their animals’ offspring with others – along with their knowledge, resources, and skills – an expanding network of hope, dignity, and self-reliance is created that reaches around the globe.  (an expanding network of hope…just feels good reading that)

A donation means passing happiness onto hundreds of people across communities

Heifer’s History
This simple idea of giving families a source of food rather than short-term relief caught on and has continued for over 60 years. Today, millions of families in 128 countries have been given the gifts of self-reliance and hope.

So how can you help? Just pull out your credit card and participate in your favorite travel bloggers’ new fundraiser:

What: Passports with Purpose – a fundraiser to benefit Heifer International.
Who: The brainchild of Debbie Dubrow of DeliciousBaby, Pam Mandel of Nerd’s Eye View, Michelle Duffy of WanderMom and Beth Whitman of Wanderlust and Lipstick. And an amazing ensemble of TravelBloggers!
When: December 1st- December 29th
How:

• Browse through the list of prizes
• Choose which ones you’d like to win for you or someone else
• Click on the FirstGiving link
• Buy one or more $10 raffle tickets for each prize you want by December 29th (11:59 pm PST)

I suggest you pull out your credit card (yes, do it now, so you don’t forget, I already reminded you once) and go wild!  Give them away as Hannukah, Kwanzaa and Christmas presents.  It is a  great corporate gift (do you really want that scarf with a company logo or do you want to feed a family this year). How about a stocking stuffer? Or just participate to feel really, really good about something you did this holiday season.

Go ahead, enter, either way you win.

UpTake donated a $100 American Express gift certificate to the event.  You can have a little splurge, have a little more fun on your next trip or finish up  your holiday shopping.  Good luck.

Please pass this on…

All photos courtesy of Heifer International.