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Boost Your New Year’s Resolutions with a Little FUNdraising
January is coming to a close! Are your New Year’s resolutions off to a good start? Or are you in need of a jolt of motivation? Well, Blood:Water has a plan… We think you should take your “new year, new you” attempts and turn them into a creative way to help bring clean water to…
Read MoreA New and Improved Recurring Donor Experience
It’s a new year, and Blood:Water has new, exciting changes coming in 2017! First up on our list is moving into a new donor processing system that will make our donor experience more user friendly. We listened to your suggestions in 2016, and because of our new system, monthly donors can now access their own…
Read MoreThe Story We Remember: Last Day of Advent
Thank you for reading along with us this Advent season. We hope the readings in our Advent calendar and original recordings by Hollow // Hum have helped illuminate the richness of the season and ushered in moments of contemplation. On this final day of Advent, we invite you to read this reflection from Steve Garber: “I…
Read MoreWonder: Advent Reflection
We are in the final week of Advent. We hope that as you making the final preparations for Christmas, you are continuing to prepare your heart to celebrate the coming of Christ. We invite you to reflect on the wonder that His coming brings with this poem from Brooke Waggoner: A tangling of trees. Moss…
Read MoreThe Perpetual “Yes”: Fourth Sunday of Advent
On this fourth Sunday of Advent, we invite you to read this reflection from Mike Donehey: In the first chapter of Luke, an angel tells Mary she’s going to give birth to the Messiah, and though confused, distressed, and most likely bewildered, she wonders, “How can this be?” The angel answers her, “The Holy Spirit…
Read MoreCarry Each Other: Third Sunday of Advent
On this third Sunday of Advent, we invite you to read this reflection from Jeremy Cowart: Why do some people who experience success describe still feeling empty inside? Marcus Buckingham said, “Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we’re taking on too much, but because we’re taking on too little of what…
Read MoreFriday Fundraiser Feature!
Happy Friday from Blood:Water! As we move into a new year, we want to highlight a few fundraisers who help fuel our mission to end the HIV/AIDS and water crises with their creativity and hard work. If you don’t know Sally Kuhn, you’re missing out! She’s traveled with us to Zambia and competes in triathlons…
Read MoreSource of Power: Second Sunday of Advent
On this second Sunday of Advent, we invite you to read this reflection from Ron Block: I was writing on my laptop, noticed the power getting low, and thought, I’ll get the power cable after I finish this paragraph. I went for what seemed like two minutes, and the screen went black right in the middle of…
Read MoreGifts: First Sunday of Advent
Today is the first Sunday of Advent. We invite you to share this season of hopeful anticipation with us as we prepare our hearts for Christ by downloading our Advent calendar and original Advent Ambient recordings by Hollow // Hum. Our hope is that this collection of images, stories, poetry, and music will illuminate the…
Read MoreChanged Forever, For the Better: Part II
In yesterday’s blog, Sarah Walker shared about her experience traveling to Zambia with our October Vision Trip. Today, she shares how her mindset about development changed during the trip. — So how do we alleviate poverty without being completely ineffective, or worse, actually hurting the poor with this “poverty industry” of misconceived foreign aid? Well, let…
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