Email from Obama

I’m feeling important again today.  You guessed it; I got another personal email from Barak Obama.  It’s a pretty fancy message too with a video right in the middle; they must have a cracker jack tech team at the white house.  No invites to a cabinet meeting yet, but I’m on the email list.  I also got a notice that I won the Canadian Lottery, an offer for a free cell phone, and a message from a widow in Africa that needs my help getting her money out of the country and away from all the corrupt people trying to cheat her out of her fortune, it’s so bad she has offered me half her money if I will just help her.  I’ll deal with those other opportunities later, but first I need to tell you what the President wanted in his email. Probably the easiest way to do that is just to share it with you, (notice it starts “Dear Friend”, I must be important to be friends with the president) so here it is: Continue Reading »

A couple of months ago I told you about Hands-On-Sacramento, an organization that will help match you with volunteer opportunities in our Sacramento community.  It seems that Mayor Kevin Johnson and Congress Woman, Doris Matsui, have joined this effort to encourage volunteerism and service in our community, in partnership with Hands-On-Sacramento.

On Friday, March 27, 2009, from 6:00AM to 8:00AM Mayor Kevin Johnson will be on the Good Day Sacramento show to promote this effort to make Sacramento the number one city in California for volunteering, and ask every resident to donate a minimum of 10 hours each year.  Their goal is to have over 350,000 hours of community service logged by the end of 2009, which will translate into an economic contribution of more than $7 million back into our community.  Adults, youth, families and companies will participate in service projects centered on a monthly calendar of volunteer themes.

Click on this link for a video about the Sacramento Volunteer-A-Thon.

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Have you ever felt that “I can save the world” urge, but maybe just don’t know where to start.  We hear all the great things that people do as volunteers to help in their communities or during disasters, but how do they know what to do?  If you want to make a difference in our community but don’t know how to get involved in a project, Hands On Sacramento can help.  They are a full-service volunteer action center that welcomes volunteers of all ages and abilities.  They can help you find a community project that matches your interests and help you get involved.  For more information about how you can get involved in community projects you can go to their website at handsonsacto.org.  So no more excuses, let’s get involved and make Sacramento a better place to live.

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