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This Thanksgivukkah (ThanksGiveACow), Heifer International is offering life-changing gifts that help end hunger and poverty while caring for the earth.

The Winter Reading Program at the Seaside Public Library kicked off Nov. 12. This year, kids and teens can help earn a llama for a deserving family living in the Andes Mountains of South America through Heifer International.

This holiday giving season, I’d like to encourage you to give your neighbor half the cash in your savings account.

Sounds absurd, right?

wo international non-government organizations have offered to help government agencies address poverty in one of the poorest regions in the country. Heifer International Philippines (HIP) and International Association for Transformation (IAT) offered to help promote livelihood projects, reforestation, and milk production.

“The international humanitarian aid community and charitable organizations in the U.S. applaud the introduction of the Humanitarian Assistance Facilitation Act of 2013 (HAFA) (H.R. 3526) and thank Representatives Chris Smith (R-NJ), Jim McGovern (D-MA), and Randy Weber (R-TX) for their leadership on this critical issue.

Simplifying gifts for family and friends not only means less stress for us, but it means more time and money can be spent on people who are really in need.

It’s almost that time of the year. That magnificent day we get to sit around a table, cram as much turkey and mashed potatoes into our tummies as possible and sit back with that top button unlatched chatting with family and friends. All the while pondering what we’re most thankful for, namely the people surrounding your table.

An assessment team from Heifer Philippines made contact with Heifer farmers in Ormoc, Calubian and Leyte reporting no loss of life from project families but significant or complete damage to homes and crops, and loss of livestock.

Last year, in response to creeping commercialization of Thanksgiving as the beginning of Christmas sales, New York’s 92nd Street Y started #GivingTuesday.

When people care about one another’s well being, and do not exploit one another, people don’t go hungry. This is true even where people have little money. The challenge, then, is to find ways to increase the caring.