A REAL Hero worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize

I got this in email form and felt it needed to be posted. This dear, good woman, SHOULD have won the Nobel Peace Prize, but unfortunately it has become a joke, not a real Prize.


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Look at this lady - Let us never forget! Irena Sendler

There recently was a death of a 98 year-old lady named Irena. During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist. She had an 'ulterior motive' .. She KNEW what the Nazi's plans were for the Jews, (being German.) Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried and she carried in the back of her truck a burlap sack, (for larger kids..)

She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers of course wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking covered the kids/infants noises..

During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 kids/infants. She was caught, and the Nazi's broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely. Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard.

After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived it and reunited the family. Most had been gassed. Those kids she helped got placed into foster family homes or adopted.

In 2007 Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize ... She was not selected.

Al Gore won, for a slide show on Global Warming.




In MEMORIAM - 63 YEARS LATER

Please read the little cartoon carefully (by clicking on it to see full size), it's powerful. Then come back to read the comments at the end.



It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended. This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the six million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians and 1,900 Catholic priests who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned, starved and humiliated!

Now, more than ever, with Iraq , Iran , and others, claiming the Holocaust to be 'a myth,' it's imperative to make sure the world never forgets, because there are others who would like to do it again.

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Bev

From OneHeart.org

Press Release
Lunchboxers teams up with the One Heart Foundation to distribute 4,000 beanies, scarves and gloves to families throughout Utah.


These donations will reach over 7 school districts, 30 schools and 4,000 homes.
Salt Lake City, UT, February 3, 2010:

Lunchboxers has teamed up with the One Heart Foundation to distribute 4,000 beanies, scarves and gloves to families throughout Utah. The donations began reaching the 30 schools on Monday, February 1, 2010 and will continue through Friday, February 5, 2010.

Lunchboxers is the largest school lunch caterer in Utah, serving over 35 charter, private and daycare schools. Lunchboxers also facilitates the National School Lunch Program by ensuring nutritious meals that meet Child Nutrition Standards. The One Heart Foundation is a local charity that was founded by the Osmond family here in Utah. Lunchboxers and the One Heart Foundation have teamed up to help struggling families during this difficult economic downturn.


Answering the need for a good school lunch catering system in Utah, Lunchboxers has served more than 2,000 lunches each day since August, 2009. The business model of Lunchboxers is simple: online ordering makes lunch prep easy for parents and a hands-free program for school administrators. Lunchboxers also consults schools on how to become part of the National School Lunch Program and works with the state to make it happen. Lunchboxers seeks to make healthy and affordable lunches for all of Utah’s children.

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Bev
http://www.bevscountrycottage.com

Note from MissMarla

Remember MissMarla's patterns on geocities? Since Geocities shut down, she is now moving all her patterns onto a new site. Here is her letter.

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Hi Bev,

When you update your blog, will you please let your readers know I have rebuilt my site and am in the process of reposting my patterns (two of which are already up) on http://marlashouse.bravehost.com ? I know you're busy- whenever you do update your site, My Baby Shell Afghan and Newborn Booties have been reposted. I'm working on others as time allows and having to do some switching back and forth between my computer and my dad's to update files.

Thanks and hope things are going well for your family! Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers!

Love,
Marla
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HUG THE ONES YOU LOVE!
Bev
http://www.bevscountrycottage.com