I use the http://tippingbucket.org/ to contribute a couple dollars to various causes that I want to support.  I just got this email updating me on the various projects. Great accountability and reporting.  Check out the TippingBucket.

Project Updates! Going Green in Nepal Namaste! We are so excited to share with you that the Chandrapata Youth Club are learning sustainable garbage management technology and helping to change the old habits of their parents and village elders. Now, every household is keeping garbage bins at home and the village has set up collection centers at various corners of the town. They are also working on a "Garbage Collection Centre Program" that can be shared and replicated in surrounding villages.  -Kiran, CHOICE Humanitarian, Nepal Books 4 Hope Our adventure started in the Ereto bookshop in Nukaru. To make sure everything was in order, we went through every single book…hundreds of them! It was a long process, but the excitement of seeing it all become real made the hours feel like just a few minutes. After going through all the textbooks and library books we had ordered we noticed we had some extra funds left. We decided to buy each of our primary schools 3 boxes full of notebooks. We also added a few more supplies for the schools such as: chalks, blackboard mathematical sets, soccer balls & volleyballs. We loaded up the tractor, yes the tractor, with the books and supplies and headed out to the school. We opened the boxes and showed the books and supplies to the whole school and encouraged them to use all of it to their benefit. After all the fun, we had to release them to go home since most of them came from miles away and they all had to walk home. As we were leaving we met a student named Dennis who told us when he grows up he would like to be an Ambassador of America. What a great reminder that even though these students live thousands of miles away they still have bright dreams just like us.  -Moses, Hope4Africa Restoring Sight in Uganda Great news! We've been working with Dr. Tumwesigye at Nakasero hospital to establish the logistics, budget, and time frame and it looks like we will be able to treat even more people than we thought with the money we raised through Tipping Bucket! Our first eye camp will be happening at Kojja Health Center IV on June 22 and 23. We hope to have around 300-400 people attend, treat 30-40 of them for cataracts, and distribute glasses and medication to the rest according to need. This will be the first of 2 or 3 eye camps we do. -Ryan, HELP International Uganda

I use the http://tippingbucket.org/ to contribute a couple dollars to various causes that I want to support.  I just got this email updating me on the various projects. Great accountability and reporting.  Check out the TippingBucket.

Project Updates! Going Green in Nepal Namaste! We are so excited to share with you that the Chandrapata Youth Club are learning sustainable garbage management technology and helping to change the old habits of their parents and village elders. Now, every household is keeping garbage bins at home and the village has set up collection centers at various corners of the town. They are also working on a "Garbage Collection Centre Program" that can be shared and replicated in surrounding villages.  -Kiran, CHOICE Humanitarian, Nepal Books 4 Hope Our adventure started in the Ereto bookshop in Nukaru. To make sure everything was in order, we went through every single book…hundreds of them! It was a long process, but the excitement of seeing it all become real made the hours feel like just a few minutes. After going through all the textbooks and library books we had ordered we noticed we had some extra funds left. We decided to buy each of our primary schools 3 boxes full of notebooks. We also added a few more supplies for the schools such as: chalks, blackboard mathematical sets, soccer balls & volleyballs. We loaded up the tractor, yes the tractor, with the books and supplies and headed out to the school. We opened the boxes and showed the books and supplies to the whole school and encouraged them to use all of it to their benefit. After all the fun, we had to release them to go home since most of them came from miles away and they all had to walk home. As we were leaving we met a student named Dennis who told us when he grows up he would like to be an Ambassador of America. What a great reminder that even though these students live thousands of miles away they still have bright dreams just like us.  -Moses, Hope4Africa Restoring Sight in Uganda Great news! We've been working with Dr. Tumwesigye at Nakasero hospital to establish the logistics, budget, and time frame and it looks like we will be able to treat even more people than we thought with the money we raised through Tipping Bucket! Our first eye camp will be happening at Kojja Health Center IV on June 22 and 23. We hope to have around 300-400 people attend, treat 30-40 of them for cataracts, and distribute glasses and medication to the rest according to need. This will be the first of 2 or 3 eye camps we do. -Ryan, HELP International Uganda

Boise State adds some great competition to the Mountain West Conference.  BYU, Boise State, TCU, Utah.  That is some football power.  

Here is the official release. 

BYU Athletic Communications 

In response to the Mountain West Conference announcement to add Boise State as a member institution beginning in 2011, Brigham Young University has released the following statements from University President Dr. Cecil O. Samuelson and Director of Athletics Tom Holmoe. 

BYU President Cecil O. Samuelson 

BYU is pleased to welcome Boise State University into the Mountain West Conference. Boise State has achieved success academically and athletically. This addition will make the conference stronger and more competitive, as exemplified by Boise State’s recent football success. This certainly strengthens the Mountain West Conference’s standing as one of the top athletic conferences. 

BYU Director of Athletics Tom Holmoe 

I have a great deal of respect for Boise State University and what they have accomplished in a relatively short period of time since becoming a Division I program. They have risen to the upper echelon of college football in recent years and will add to the growing strength of the Mountain West Conference. We warmly welcome athletic director Gene Bleymaier and the Boise State athletic department to the Mountain West. 

MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE RELEASE 

Mountain West Conference Adds Boise State University 

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 11, 2010) – The Mountain West Conference announced today that Boise State University has accepted an invitation to join the MWC as its 10th member institution, effective July 1, 2011. 

"We are pleased and excited to welcome Boise State University to the Mountain West Conference,” said Commissioner Craig Thompson. “Since our inception just 11 short years ago, the Mountain West has experienced tremendous success, and the addition of Boise State will further enhance that strength. The MWC continues to strategize regarding potential membership scenarios and bringing Boise State into the Conference is an important part of that evolution.” 
“The invitation to join the Mountain West Conference reflects the excellence that Boise State University has demonstrated academically and athletically,” said Boise State President Robert Kustra. “It will be a privilege to compete and partner with such a successful group of member institutions. This move is in the best interests of Boise State’s future, and the university is excited to be part of one of the nation’s most outstanding conferences.” 

The Mountain West Conference was founded with eight members in 1998. Boise State is the second institution to join the Mountain West since that time; TCU became a member in 2005.

I decided to take a customer satisfaction survey.  I almost didn't make it through it.  

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Off to Grooveshark I go.  

Off to Grooveshark I go.