~September's Charity Spotlight: UNICEF~

Happy Wednesday you all!!!

Ok so . . . it's my once a month serious talk . . . (back to fun and cute tomorrow:-)

August's Charity Spotlight was Oceanic Preservation Organization and "The Cove"

(if you missed it chk it out here)

Now that August has come and gone (wow!)

I JUST donated my 5% of Memory Bean Design's August sales to "The Cove" cause,

and wanted to say a BIG thank you to the ladies who told me they donated last month, you rock and thank you!

Now on to a new cause:

This one is near and dear to my heart.

~Children~

Children are not able to fend for themselves. 

They are just born into the situation they are in and don't know any different.

~About UNICEF~

"UNICEF has saved more children's lives than any other humanitarian organization in the world. Working in over 150 countries, UNICEF provides children with health care, clean water, nutrition, education, emergency relief, and more. The U.S. Fund for UNICEF supports UNICEF's work through fundraising, advocacy, and education in the United States."

"UNICEF is at the forefront of efforts to reduce child mortality worldwide. There has been substantial progress the annual number of under-five deaths dropped from 13 million in 1990 to 8.8 million in 2008. But still, 24,000 children die each day from preventable causes. Our mission is to do whatever it takes to make that number zero by giving children the essentials for a safe and healthy childhood. For more information, visit www.unicefusa.org."

(source)

Unicef is currently helping out a ton in Pakistan:

(I know you have all seen the flooding devastation of Pakistan on the news)

"More than 8.5 million children have been left vulnerable by the unprecedented flooding in Pakistan.

Homes, schools and crops are destroyed as 1/5 of the country has been inundated. UNICEF is providing clean water, immunizations and therapeutic food to stave off malnutrition, but there are millions of women and children still in need.

(source)

Help us provide urgently needed:

150,000 hygiene kits;

1.5 million vaccinations for children under 5;

3 million packets of ORS salts; and

support for 1 million school children."

(source)

"You must be the change you want to see in the world."

~Mahatma Gandhi

Ok I tear up just writing this!

So what can we do to help:

1) Donate: click here to find the donation form.  We all know anything helps right?!

2) Text "FLOOD" to 27722 from your mobile phone to donate $10.

(this is found on CBS news and is legit-chk article here)

~Just did this to make sure it works~

3) Raise awareness: Maybe do a blog post (all you lovely bloggers)?

Twitter, FB, what have you . . . just spread the word and help save lives:-)

 

4) Volunteer: ok I know we all have our lives and aren't going to fly there to help, BUT through Unicef there are many many ways you can volunteer your time to help. 

Chk it all out here

So for the month of September I will continue to donate 5% of my sales to Unicef, although it may not be a huge amount anything helps right?!

Thank you all for hanging in there for this!

Sometimes in life all we want to see are happy things . . . butterflies and rainbows . . .

we are so blessed and with that we should show soem gratitude by helping those who can't help themselves:-)

Ok I'm done, promise!

For tomorrow:

European Vaca 2010 Day 4!

Come chk back for a ton of pics from our last day in Rome on our vaca

. . . then finally off to other European destinations!

Hope you all have a lovely day!!!

Happy birthday to Rishi Kapoor.

Happy birthday to Rishi Kapoor.

The viewers of bollywood films wish happy birthday to Rishi Kapoor on 4th September 2010. He had remained as one of the most romantic actors that bollywood had ever produced.

He started his career as a child artist in Raj Kapoor’s film Mera Naam Joker in 1971. He stormed bollywood films with his romantic performance in the film Bobby in 1973. The film did great business and Rishi Kapoor received the filmfare award for the best actor for his performance in Bobby. Raj Kapoor as producer and director started a new innings with a new team of Laxmikant Pyarellal as against Shankar Jaikishan after the death of Jaikishan in 1971. LP had huge contribution in the music of the films of Rishi Kapoor for the next ten years.

From that time onwards Rishi Kapoor remained one the most romantic actors in bollywood films. His films Amar Akbar Anthony in 1977, Laila Majnu in 1977 and Sargam in 1978 were the greatest musical blockbusters of the 70s. The songs composed by Laxmikant Pyarellal, Jaidev and Madanmohan in these films became everlasting hits. The notable songs of Rafi and Lata in this film included “koel boli”, “parda hai parda”, “dafliwale”, “barbad muhobbat ki dua”, “is reshmi pazeeb”, to name a few. LP received the filmfare award for the best composer for 3 Rishi Kapoor’s films namely Amar Akbar Anthony, Sargam and Karz from 1978 to 1980.

Rishi Kapoor’s extraordinary capability of giving lips in these songs separated him from other actors of that era. His films Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai, Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahi and Karz created history. He showed his dancing skills in every type of songs of Rafi and Kishore including “hai aga dushman zamana”, “bacchna aye haseeno”, “dared dil”, “om shanty om”, “puchona yaar kya hua”, to name a few. RD Burman and Laxmikant Pyarellal probably gave their best music to Rishi Kapoor in the 70s and 80s.

In the 80s, Rishi Kapoor’s films Duniya, Sitamgar, Saagar, Chandni, Cooli, Naseeb, did fantastic business. He got the opportunity of acting opposite stalwarts in the industry namely Dilip Kumar in Duniya, Dharmender in Sitamgar, Kamal Hassan in Saagar, to name a few. In fact due to presence of Rishi Kapoor, producers and directors created romantic stories during an era when Big B, Vinod Khanna, Shatrughun Sinha dominated bollywood with action films. Even in the 90s, Rishi Kapoor’s films Bol Radha Bol, Damini, etc., were appreciated by the audience. He was successful opposite young actresses like Juhi Chawla, Meenakshi Sheshadri, who were one generation younger than him.

After the debut of his son Ranbir Kapoor in the film Sawaariya, Rishi Kapoor switched to character roles. In 2009 also Rishi Kapoor did well in films like Dilli 6, Pyar Me Twist, Luck By Chance. He received Star Screen award for the best supporting actor in 2010 for his performance in the film Love Aaj Kal. In 2010 he is busy with the films Chintuji and Sadiyaan.

The viewers expect him to continue the high standard of acting in the years to come and continue the legacy created by Prithviraj Kapoor and Raj Kapoor.