An All Faiths update
All Faiths let me know that they won’t have the final tallies on donations until possibly just before New Year’s. Sorry! I’m going to wait until then to do the drawing and finalize that column. It’s a good thing, though, because they said they’re so busy, they just haven’t caught up with all the donations […]
All Faiths update
Hey, anyone who might be looking for news about the results of the MC Reality Reader/All Faiths Food Bank fundraising drive — sorry! All Faiths didn’t have a chance to get the numbers to me yesterday, so unfortunately, I can’t give you an update. I’m going to hold off on the drawing until I get […]
All Faiths drive ends tomorrow! Still time to donate …
Hey, just a reminder that the MC Reality Reader/All Faiths Food Bank fundraising drive ends tomorrow — Thursday, December 18th at 5 p.m.! If you’d like to donate, there’s still time — just go to the All Faiths website and make a donation online (and be sure to enter “MC Reality Drive” in the special […]
MC on the radio tomorrow chatting up the All Faiths/Reality Reader fundraising drive
Emily Berno, one of the hosts of the popular local radio program — Truly Sustainable Sarasota — which airs Thursday mornings from 9 to 10 am, heard about the All Faiths/Reality Readers fundraising drive and has invited me on air tomorrow to chat the drive up and hopefully encourage listeners to chip in with their […]
Pricking our hearts … giving pelican-style
I heard from All Faiths today, and in just one week, Reality readers have donated $612 to help feed the needy and hungry folks in our community. That’s the equivalent of 970 meals if you can believe it! Isn’t that amazing? I’m really blessed (and I don’t say that lightly) and very grateful for the […]
Wake up, MC, there really is a Santa Claus!
After yesterday’s blog posting, It’s About Love, a reader wrote to me and encouraged me to find some way to do my annual fundraising drive for All Faiths Food Bank despite the fact that I don’t have an in-print column. The thought hadn’t occurred to me, really, and I’m really thankful (in the spirit of […]
It’s about love
When you share what you have with someone else, no matter what word you throw at it – charity, compassion, philanthropy, kindness, generosity – really, it’s all about love.
A Season for Believing
As published in the Tampa Tribune November 21, 2007. Years ago, late on a Sunday afternoon, I found myself sitting in my favorite café in the North End of Boston, calculating whether to buy another cappuccino or save the few dollars I had in my pocket for subway tokens to get back and forth to […]
Thankful for what matters
Originally published October 2007. Newspapers – good ones — help foster connections and compassion within a community, and I’m grateful to be a small part of that through the Pelican Press. But without readers, newspapers (not to mention moi) would be out of business.