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Aloha kakou,
One of the reasons I started this tribe was so that it could serve as a conduit of information to people in the Bay Area and beyond, regarding the good work that is being done by so many people in Hawai'i, on so many issues.
If you go to the Malu 'Aina website, www.malu-aina.org, you may find yourself very excited by what they're doing. And if you chose to send money to support this work, all the better!
Malama pono!
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An Appeal (from Jim Albertini, of Malu 'Aina and the Center for Non-Violent Education and Action)
Dear Peace Ohana, August 31, 2006
As we come to you once again to ask for your help in our work for peace and
justice, let us share a heartwarming story with you. It is about Marty, who
with a single gesture offered both a generous gift and a remarkable lesson. To
keep this appeal brief, we will let the enclosed leaflet tell the rest of the
story. Please take a moment to read it and you will be moved as we were.
This leaflet is one example of the kind of educational material we offer
each week to our peace vigil passersby at no cost. In fact, most of the goods and
services which Malu `Aina provides come with no price tag attached. Through
our emergency food pantry, we feed an increasing number of hungry people in our
rural neighborhood. For people who need temporary shelter, we are able at
times to extend hospitality. None of this, of course, is done without cost to
Malu `Aina. Raising crops and transporting them to market and neighbors in need
require hard work, tools, organic fertilizer and gasoline. Paper, fuel,
household and farm supplies, packaged foods from the local food bank... all of these we
must buy out of our limited resources.
Along with our routine expenses, this year has brought additional strain to
our modest budget. Prolonged heavy rains resulted in three ruined crops;
response to the escalating military presence in our islands has increased our
printing budget; and inflated gasoline prices have made it more expenses to run our
56 year old tractor, farm truck and all purpose vehicle.
For these and other needs, we turn to you -- our friends and loyal
supporters, without whom none of this would have been possible over the past
quarter-century. We are grateful for your generosity and never cease to be inspired by
your willingness, year after year, to join us as partners in the struggle for
peace and justice. You -- and people like Marty -- provide the material and
spiritual power that enables us to keep on going.
Mahalo and aloha,
Jim Albertini
Donations are tax deductible if checks are made to: Center For Non-violent
Education &Action
P.O. Box AB `Ola`a (Kurtistown) Hawaii 96760.
Phone (808) 966-7622. Email ja@interpac.ja@ www.malu-http://w
Bring the Troops Home Now!
"Beat swords into ploughshares...
Train for war no more."
Marty: A Story of the Widow´s Mite
Today marks the 249th consecutive weekly Peace Vigil in Hilo on Friday
afternoon´s from 3:30 - 5PM. Over the course of nearly 5 years the tide has turned
from a majority support for the war to the vast majority now opposing the
war. Such a change is encouraging. We continue on occasion to get cursed, but far
more often people thank us for being here, a few even offering a small
donation to help with the new leaflet written, printed, and distributed in Hilo and
via the internet each week. We are very grateful for donations that help make
the weekly leaflet possible.
Last week I received a donation from a man named Marty that moved me deeply
and I want to share that story. About 4 PM I noticed a short man in his mid
forties walking mauka with a significant limp on the opposite sidewalk of
Waianuenue Ave. from where our Peace Vigil was taking place. As I looked closer I
noticed the man´s one leg was about six inches shorter than the other and he had
no arms. He crossed the street to our vigil line and stopped to talk with one
of our vigilers to ask who was in charge. A friend, one of 12 to 15 on the
vigil line pointed him toward me. As he approached me he asked, "May I speak
with you?" I replied: "Certainly." He said, "I support what you are doing." He
then used his mouth to open a zipper of a small purse around his neck and
pulled out a $20 bill with his mouth and extended it to me. I was stunned. I said "
Thank you," and then Marty (whose name I later learned) continued walking up
Waianuenue Ave.
There is a story in the Gospel of Mark (12:41-44) about a poor widow who
gave from her want -- all that she had to live on while others gave from their
surplus wealth. To me, the donation from Marty is a blessing beyond measure. He
was walking with a handicapped leg while so many others with good legs ride.
Without any arms or hands, he reached into his small purse with his mouth and
gave the largest bill I saw in that purse to support our work for justice and
peace. He could have just as easily passed us by and used that money for his
own needs.
Marty, we thank you for showing us what true giving is all about. We are
honored to print and hand out this leaflet with your donation and to stand in
witness for the commitment we share in solidarity with you for justice and peace.
(We have learned that Marty was born with birth defects caused by Thalidimide
-- a pharmaceutical drug prescribed to his mother.)
One of the reasons I started this tribe was so that it could serve as a conduit of information to people in the Bay Area and beyond, regarding the good work that is being done by so many people in Hawai'i, on so many issues.
If you go to the Malu 'Aina website, www.malu-aina.org, you may find yourself very excited by what they're doing. And if you chose to send money to support this work, all the better!
Malama pono!
---------------
An Appeal (from Jim Albertini, of Malu 'Aina and the Center for Non-Violent Education and Action)
Dear Peace Ohana, August 31, 2006
As we come to you once again to ask for your help in our work for peace and
justice, let us share a heartwarming story with you. It is about Marty, who
with a single gesture offered both a generous gift and a remarkable lesson. To
keep this appeal brief, we will let the enclosed leaflet tell the rest of the
story. Please take a moment to read it and you will be moved as we were.
This leaflet is one example of the kind of educational material we offer
each week to our peace vigil passersby at no cost. In fact, most of the goods and
services which Malu `Aina provides come with no price tag attached. Through
our emergency food pantry, we feed an increasing number of hungry people in our
rural neighborhood. For people who need temporary shelter, we are able at
times to extend hospitality. None of this, of course, is done without cost to
Malu `Aina. Raising crops and transporting them to market and neighbors in need
require hard work, tools, organic fertilizer and gasoline. Paper, fuel,
household and farm supplies, packaged foods from the local food bank... all of these we
must buy out of our limited resources.
Along with our routine expenses, this year has brought additional strain to
our modest budget. Prolonged heavy rains resulted in three ruined crops;
response to the escalating military presence in our islands has increased our
printing budget; and inflated gasoline prices have made it more expenses to run our
56 year old tractor, farm truck and all purpose vehicle.
For these and other needs, we turn to you -- our friends and loyal
supporters, without whom none of this would have been possible over the past
quarter-century. We are grateful for your generosity and never cease to be inspired by
your willingness, year after year, to join us as partners in the struggle for
peace and justice. You -- and people like Marty -- provide the material and
spiritual power that enables us to keep on going.
Mahalo and aloha,
Jim Albertini
Donations are tax deductible if checks are made to: Center For Non-violent
Education &Action
P.O. Box AB `Ola`a (Kurtistown) Hawaii 96760.
Phone (808) 966-7622. Email ja@interpac.ja@ www.malu-http://w
Bring the Troops Home Now!
"Beat swords into ploughshares...
Train for war no more."
Marty: A Story of the Widow´s Mite
Today marks the 249th consecutive weekly Peace Vigil in Hilo on Friday
afternoon´s from 3:30 - 5PM. Over the course of nearly 5 years the tide has turned
from a majority support for the war to the vast majority now opposing the
war. Such a change is encouraging. We continue on occasion to get cursed, but far
more often people thank us for being here, a few even offering a small
donation to help with the new leaflet written, printed, and distributed in Hilo and
via the internet each week. We are very grateful for donations that help make
the weekly leaflet possible.
Last week I received a donation from a man named Marty that moved me deeply
and I want to share that story. About 4 PM I noticed a short man in his mid
forties walking mauka with a significant limp on the opposite sidewalk of
Waianuenue Ave. from where our Peace Vigil was taking place. As I looked closer I
noticed the man´s one leg was about six inches shorter than the other and he had
no arms. He crossed the street to our vigil line and stopped to talk with one
of our vigilers to ask who was in charge. A friend, one of 12 to 15 on the
vigil line pointed him toward me. As he approached me he asked, "May I speak
with you?" I replied: "Certainly." He said, "I support what you are doing." He
then used his mouth to open a zipper of a small purse around his neck and
pulled out a $20 bill with his mouth and extended it to me. I was stunned. I said "
Thank you," and then Marty (whose name I later learned) continued walking up
Waianuenue Ave.
There is a story in the Gospel of Mark (12:41-44) about a poor widow who
gave from her want -- all that she had to live on while others gave from their
surplus wealth. To me, the donation from Marty is a blessing beyond measure. He
was walking with a handicapped leg while so many others with good legs ride.
Without any arms or hands, he reached into his small purse with his mouth and
gave the largest bill I saw in that purse to support our work for justice and
peace. He could have just as easily passed us by and used that money for his
own needs.
Marty, we thank you for showing us what true giving is all about. We are
honored to print and hand out this leaflet with your donation and to stand in
witness for the commitment we share in solidarity with you for justice and peace.
(We have learned that Marty was born with birth defects caused by Thalidimide
-- a pharmaceutical drug prescribed to his mother.)
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