Good things come in threes

Sometime ago I was apparently contacted by a representative from “The Fresh Air Fund”, who wanted me to promote their fund raising event for this year's New York City Half-Marathon on August 16th 2009 to help Fresh Air Fund children.

I say apparently because I don’t remember getting it in the first place. It was either that or not knowing them from a bar of soap, I hit the old delete button thinking it was most probably suspect. Heaven knows where they got my email address from!

Then a few days ago, I was contacted again! So I looked into the site and low and behold, I found it to be fair dinkum!

”The Fresh Air Fund is an independent, not-for-profit agency that provides free summer vacations to New York City children from low-income communities.

More than 1.7 million children have been helped since 1877 and nearly 10,000 New York City children now enjoy free Fresh Air Fund programs annually. In 2008, 5,000 children visited volunteer host families in suburbs and small town communities across 13 states from Virginia to Maine and Canada; 3,000 children attended five summer camps on a 2,300-acre site in Fishkill, New York; and the fund’s year-round camping program serves an additional 2,000 young people each year.”

So, if you’re from New York or just visiting for a couple of days, I’d say you’d better pull your finger out and help them out on Aug 16 by joining the Fresh Air Fund Racers team. If your not inclined to run their half-marathon check out their site to give a continuing helping hand for kids in need.

Another surprise lay waiting for me in another welcomed email. A new Australian nursing site called “NURSE UNCUT” has just been put up that is endorsed and supported by New South Wales Nurses' Association.

It has been created to provide a platform for nurses to share their stories of challenge and strength, experience and opinion on topics that are close to their hearts. Already a great many nurses have joined the site, including me. Doesn’t surprise you, does it?

Another great benefit is that the wider community can also share their experiences working with the nurses in order to give them an opportunity to show their support for nurses who work tirelessly to look after them and their family.

So give it a go and visit “NURSE UNCUT”

Last but not least, is an interesting Australian Blog that has come to my attention. Titled the “PM’s Blog”, it is written by none other than our own Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd.

His first post, “Focus on Climate Change”, having been put up the other day, has already attracted 734 replies. Just goes to show that us Aussies are not afraid to speak out minds.

Taking a leaf out of President Barack Obama’s book, who has a plethora of social networking sites, Kevin Rudd is following suit by having not one but several sites of his own where he opens the doorway for us Aussies and the like to have our say and be heard!

If you’re interested or should I say game enough, Mr Kevin Rudd PM can be found by clicking on the links below:

1. PM’s Blog
2. Facebook
3. Twitter
4. MySpace
5. Flickr
6. YouTube
7. KEVINPM
8. Australian Labor Party Website

Well, that’s all folks!

To be continued…