Giving To Those Less Fortunate, In Lori's Name

Well, Christmas is coming upon us fast, and as difficult as it will be for people like myself who have recently lost a loved one, the need to help those less fortunate still weighs heavy on my mind.

Those of you who knew Lori will be well aware that she was beyond compassionate––even in her darkest hour she continually found other people to worry about... the homeless, the poor, the sick, the mentally ill.

Anyway, in honoring my wife's truly giving spirit, I have decided to keep up with our recent tradition of helping others around the globe via great organizations such as Heifer International, and Kiva.org.

Most of you will probably know about Heifer––and I'll certainly be making some donations to them in Lori's name this year (and for many years to come, to be honest)––but you may not have heard about Kiva.

Kiva.org is a small non-profit that brings together entrepreneurial-minded people in the third-world with folks like you and me who are happy to make small loans in order to help someone on the other side of the globe get their business up and running.

The idea of microfinance (as it has been termed,) is one that really appealed to Lori and I when we first saw a documentary about it last year, and in keeping with the Holiday spirit, I have set up an account with Kiva.org to make some small loans in Lori's name.

In fact this afternoon I made four small loans in the sum of $25 each (the loans get pooled with the funds of others,) and also built a small memorial page where you can see that the loans were made in memory of Lori.

If you'd like to make a small loan yourself, please do so by following this link––it won't change your loan in any way, but will make it easy for us to track how many people chose to make loans due to this blog post, and in memory of my dear Lori.

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays Everyone!

C.