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ON THIS PAGE:  Housing, Health and Hunger donations; Locate a Lions Club in Your Area; Humanitarian Hike donations

HUMANITARIAN CAUSES

The 5,000+ mile, year-long American Discovery Trail Humanitarian Hike helps out global causes related to Housing, Health and Hunger.  A penny a mile pledged to your chosen cause means a donation of $50; ten cents a mile pledged means a donation of $500, and you will receive all the products produced from this journey, at the least two books and a video.  Our goal is $25,000 for each of the three causes.  To choose a cause for your donation, and to see how those donations will be applied, please refer to the descriptions below.

HOUSING: Habitat for Humanity, Northwest Connecticut Affiliate

Donate to Habitat for Humanity, Northwest Connecticut Affiliate

I’m glad to be serving on the our region’s board for Habitat for Humanity.  This is a difficult area of the country for young families to find homes, even if they grew up here all their lives.  Median housing costs for Litchfield County surpass $300,000.  In contrast, we can make our homes available for $150,000 with no interest due, only sweat equity, thanks to the support we get from the tri-state region.  If you are from this area please consider a donation that provides affordable housing for families in need.  For more information about Habitat’s goals and strategies visit the Habitat for Humanity International web site.

HEALTH: Doctors without Borders

Donate to Doctors Without Borders

Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international independent medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural and man-made disasters, and exclusion from health care in nearly 70 countries. A private, non-profit organization, Doctors Without Borders was founded in 1971 as the first non-governmental organization to both provide emergency medical assistance and bear witness publicly to the plight of people it assists.  For more information visit the Doctors Without Borders web site.

HUNGER: Church World Service

Donate to Church World Service.

Donations to Church World Service will go to their various Food Security programs around the world.  These include:

-  Eastern Europe Integrated Development
-  Small Farmers Support and Advocacy Program- Pakistan
-  Nutrition/Food Security Program- West Timor, Indonesia
-  CWS East Africa Food Security Program
-  Chaco Program- Land Rights

For more information on these and other humanitarian programs visit the Church World Service web site.

LOCAL CAUSES: Lions Club International

The American Discovery Trail passes through San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Washington, DC, and small town America in between.  This provides the opportunity for collaborating with Lions Clubs to increase involvement in Housing, Health and Hunger across the country.  Our goal is encourage Lions Clubs to do things WITH communities as well as FOR communities.

Lions Club International is the umbrella organization for the more than 45,000 local Lions Clubs spread out across the globe.  While they have a focus on diabetes and health at the global level, the total spectrum of local humanitarian causes are as varied as the local Lions Club chapters themselves.  For more information visit Lions Club International web site or use their Lions Club locator to find the nearest chapter.

HUMANITARIAN HIKE

We cashed in a retirement account in order to pursue this journey. Our total expenses will range from $15,000 – $20,000. If you would like to help offset these costs for us we would be most grateful. You can donate to our PayPal account with the button found at the lower left corner of each page.