Re: [9fans] Re: some #s

[northern snowfall <dbailey27@ameritech.net>]

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>>http://deadchildren.org/~north_
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>However, I have to say, that's a rather morbid domainname....  :-)
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Quite so, but with reason. It doesn't represent a somatic death , but
rather the death of spirit. The Dead Children's Society is a charity
organization that benefits people in my 'extended family' that have
made choices which alienate them from their concept of family.

Dead Children is a way of helping those that refuse to help themselves,
but in a very covert way. It doesn't give hand-outs, but, creates
situations for the target individual in which they are still given
a choice to help themselves, or to not. I believe the only true charity
is the charity that allows an individual to choose a more positive
road. I do not believe in feeding a man for a day.

The Blessed Children's Society, does not give hand-outs either.
Rather, it gives opportunity of a different kind. Funds from the extended
family is pooled in such a way as none of the donators may make a
withdrawal.
Individuals given donations are the youth of the extended family that
prove their interest in the family to be true with hard work and play,
either in their respective schooling or through independent study. Though,
recipients still do not *know* about the donations. They just happen.

All 'board' members of each society are silent members.

We are somewhat modeled after the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation[1] and, to a lesser extent, the Charles Stewart Mott
Foundation[2]; both of which, we believe, had a very solid hand in
shaping (and possibly saving) both our youth and our future.

Hopefully, with hard work and perseverance, we will make opportunities
for the youth to come that shapes their future for the better, helping
to perpetuate the cycle of strong family values and a universally equality
conscious society.

Don

[1] John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation http://www.macfound.org
[2] Charles Stewart Mott Foundation http://www.mott.org

http://deadchildren.org/~north_


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