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Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan received the representatives of Heifer International, which is a global nonprofit charitable organization. Sargsyan noted that the organization’s activities in Armenia have given positive results.

As Super Typhoon Haiyan makes landfall over the Philippines, government authorities and locals are bracing for the worst. With a storm diameter of 500 miles, there are at least 18 million people in Haiyan’s path.

Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received the representatives of “Heifer Project International” non-profit charitable organization. Tigran Sargsyan gave great importance to the organization’s activities in Armenia and noted that it has achieved positive results.

I can feel it all ready. The “I wants” are in full swing, thanks to the toy catalogs. They’ve been making loooong lists. “Can we go to Toys-r-us??” “Can we look at Target?” “I saw a commercial for…” So, how do you keep Christmas simple in a world of excess?

This Chanukah/Thanskgukkah, Heifer International is offering life-changing gifts that help end hunger and poverty while caring for the Earth.

Heifer International is a charitable organization that funds gifts to help families achieve self-reliance. They do this by providing them the tools they need to sustain themselves, and it’s thanks to the generosity of donors like you.

One could be forgiven, considering the blanket of snow we saw outside Tuesday morning, for thinking about Christmas already. But there are times during the holidays when Linus’ sister Lucy’s cynical comment that “Christmas is a big commercial racket … run by a big Eastern syndicate” feels more true than ever. So what can you and I do to stem that tide? Here are some ideas:

Once a week, the Halls family has a meal of just rice and water, donating the money saved on food to Heifer International — an organization that helps undernourished families fight their way out of hunger and poverty.

A man with a pet rabbit at a Heifer International booth at Keystone United Church of Christ in Seattle, Wash., changed Eliza Penick’s life. His presence at the church’s Festival of Hope Alternative Gift Fair inspired a calling that Penick has been answering for more than 25 years, first as a young volunteer, and now as a regional community engagement coordinator for the nonprofit organization.

It’s time for the annual Upper Cape Cod Alternative Gift Market! Different charitable organizations are represented at the gift market from year to year but a few organizations are included every year, including the food pantries of Falmouth, Bourne, Sandwich and Mashpee as well as the Cape Cod Center for Women and Heifer International.