Change 4 Change Jar

So one of my little projects this year is

A Change 4 Change Jar 

I have been wanting to do one for a long time and finally decided to put my new theme to good use.

I contacted Ashley who runs The Shine Project to get the go ahead to do it here in Australia and she was more than happy to have the help.

If you don't know about The Shine Project then please head over to her blog and check it out!

Essentially it is all about helping students from a particular high school to be able to get partial scholarships towards college. What better way to put lose change to use than helping someone get a higher education.

So as of today, I have officially started my Change 4 Change jar.

My first few coins are already in there...

I may not earn a lot of money but I can put my change towards a change in someone else's life.

Once this baby has $100 I will send it off to Ashley to be added to the next lot of scholarship funds.

So if you ever stop by my house and see this jar, you too can make a change and add your change.

I Have A Dream...

No not the ones we have at night, though I had a weird one last night. 

but...

The most famous speech by Martin Luther King Jr.

He had a dream, I have dreams and so too do each and everyone of us. 

Two people that are going after their dreams are:

Lauren Watson

She is going after her dream to become an actress, photographer, and movie maker.

And needs your help.

Visit her Indie Go Go site to donate and help fund her first independent film

and the other is 

The Shine Project - Ashley LeMieux

A seriously amazing project to help send disadvantage students to college. 

Check out her blog and please donate to the cause. 

On the left hand side column...

Every little bit counts!

Go after your dreams! We only have so long here and need to make the most of it!! 

Dear 16 year old me...

This is so powerful! Please share it with everyone that you know. You could help save someones life and even your own now you've watched it.

My Aunty died of cancer and she couldn't prevent that...we can prevent this cancer.

A little Easter Weekend Retreat

So if you are one of my regulars that takes the time to read the crazy little things I say then you will have noticed I have been missing for almost a week now.

Well that's because...

Thurs 21st - I had some awesome homemade sorbet after Institute and a good old fashion chat with a group of friends. Awesome fun and very insightful.

Fri 22nd - I had a girls night at Kat's house. It is truly amazing there. We watched a movie, used some homemade face masks :D Always fun. Chatted. Squished into one bed...Hello middle girl! and just enjoyed time together. We even played the Game of Life...didn't have the best life that time around...thankful that wasn't reality!

Sat 23rd - Had breakfast with Kat and Jess...homemade waffles :D DELIGHT! Then headed out for the annual YSA camp. Had a flour bomb capture the flag game and dance that night.

Sun 24th - Easter Sunday. Well I had an amazing day. There was church in the morning, followed by an amazing lunch! Thank you Sean and Lisa!! Followed by my favourite fun part of Easter, the egg hunt! Agggghhhh I just love it! Got some good eggs too :D Then we had workshops in the afternoon...after which I was able to duck out and have dinner with 2 of my bros, their wives, my niece and nephew and my brothers in-laws. Then it was back to camp for the Testimony meeting, camp fire style. It's hard to explain spiritual things to people, they have to feel it for themselves to know. So trust me when I say it was amazing.

Mon 25th - bright and early start for Anzac Day dawn services. I like that I have been able to go to these more and more over the years. I really appreciate living in a free country and there are so many people that have fought to provide that for me. Then we cleaned up Mount Nelson Primary School's yard. I got to use the wheelbarrow :D I love it. Then I got to spend the rest of the day with my family. Which is always fun!

Tues 26th - I got my baby car fixed...she is running much better now. Such a blessing!! I also had the opportunity to walk from dropping her off and to pick her up. I think I need to walk more places. I was also able to go to the movies to see Thor...loved it :D

Today - well I think I should do a separate post for that.

So there's my recapped week.

But you may have noticed I didn't do Gratitude Sunday last week...that's because I didn't have internet while at camp...so this week I am going to recap all of the blessings from the two weeks...that's gonna be another big post.

Hope you made it through this :D

The Ultimate Gift

I just finished watching this movie:

WOW. I loved it! It sounds corny but it made me want to change...I saw that it was adapted from a book, so...

I ordered it off Book Depository. I am so excited!

I don't like giving away stories...so I can't say too much...

What I will say is that it has been an interesting contrast. It has made me realise that I need to go after my dreams and to help others as much as possible.

I love when movies or books or quotes etc can really make you think about things...not just skim the thoughts, but REALLY think about my life and what I can achieve.

So go...watch the movie. I can guarantee you'll love it...and if you don't...try watching it again :P

Give a little bit

I have this little thing called a 101 in 1001... if you wanna check it out visit here

As part of my list I want to donate 101 million grains of rice for the hungry through freerice.com.
It is SUPER easy and anyone can do it! Plus you get to learn the meaning of new words or show what skills you already have! Let me know if you try it out (you definitely should!!)

It's such an easy way for me to try and help others. I don't want to be selfish and waste this life doing everything that I want to do and not giving back to others. I want to be selfless not selfish.

So give a girl some help and go over to the sight, donate some rice and help someone else. It is so easy and you are helping out so many people! Even if you only answer one definition and so does everyone else in the world...that is 60 billion grains of rice donated! We can do it :D