It was a beautiful weekend here In Los Angeles. On Saturday I ran a moderate pace out on the Sullivan Ridge trail up to the tree about 8 miles plus.Then On Sunday I drove down to near the intersection of Western and Exposition to meet a friend for the 2nd half of the Los Angeles Marathon. We ran a mostly even pace, She had a little problem with cramping in her calfs and toes so just missed running a 4.5 hr race.
I decided to set a very ambitious goal in my fundraising 100 dollars/year of my life. Therefore my goal is...... 5000 dollars. From the http://www.himalayan-foundation.org/live/home/home
website. these are the things your dollars can do
$63 gives an elder a year’s worth of rice, tsampa and warm clothes in Tibet.
$86 pays for 100 doctor visits for poor Tibetans and Nepalis at the Friends of Shanta Bhawan Clinic in Kathmandu. (That’s 86¢ per patient.)
$90 lets a Tibetan orphan live in a school hostel for a year: food, medicine, and warm clothes.
$100 saves a young girl from prostitution and keeps her in school for a year.
$120 supports a young nun in her studies in Kathmandu for six months.
$123 gives a child a whole year in a Mustang day care: safety, learning and hot lunches.
$143 purchases a pair of goats ($80 for the billy, $63 for the nanny) so a woman in rural Nepal can start an income-generating business. Baa! Baa!
$150 gives a disabled child life-changing surgery at the Hospital and Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Children in Kathmandu.
$212 feeds a child in Choudon Orphanage in Lhasa for an entire year.
$230 pays for one day of cleaning Buddha images in 15th century monasteries in Upper Mustang. Want merit?
$550 keeps a destitute Tibetan elder safe and warm for a whole year – in a home in Kathmandu or Tibet.
$1,650 gives a classroom of disabled children a teacher for a year at the lovely Navjyoti School.
$2,080 builds a new bridge in Upper Mustang with the Youth Group so villagers, especially young children, stay safe.
$2,880 pays for an eye camp in Tibet, where 50 nomads suffering harsh weather and light, receive sight-restoring cataract surgery.
$9,970 pays for a whole water system for a rural Tibetan village. Clean water from artesian springs means better health and no more hours of women carrying water.
$17,200 builds a bridge for a particularly poor nomad community in eastern Tibet.
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