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It's 5:30 pm eastern standard time and I'm just sitting here writing this article just thinking about how everyone can help the needy. My wife and I donate regularly to food banks and food kitchens. We went into the food kitchen today to give some turkeys, canned goods and other good eating to the kitchen. While we were in the food kitchen it was just a really emotional experience, like always. Their was around 300 people in the line to be served for lunch. Now mind you, we live in a pretty small town with a population of 30,000. This is just the one food kitchen that had over 300 people waiting in line to be served.

So why not give a little to a charity that helps people out. You can stop and think about that cozy, leather computer chair your sitting on with that 20" LCD computer monitor and just think about how good you really got it. Because their are some people out their that don't have anything not even a nice hot meal.

I have fought hunger and homelessness on a personal level. When my wife and I first met I didn't have anything. Not a job, not a car, home or nothing. I was staying with her after awhile at her parents house. I had to find anyway possible to consume a meal. Now mind you I live in a town where at the time there was no work available. 7 factories closed at this time. Their was at least 4000 people that was out of a job and everyone was rushing to find jobs. Sure their was temporary work where you could work a day or two and that was about it. I overcame this fight of hunger and homelessness and have made myself pretty successful with my internet business.

But enough about me. You should really consider how good you really have it and think about what you can do about it.

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Article Submitted On: November 15, 2007



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