Milking People for a Good Cause

I just bought my first two cows, and I am pretty excited. Two cows are a great start to a herd. For the last several months, I have been encouraging donations to my page at Heifer International. Heifer is a nonprofit organization that works on the aphorism that if you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, but if you teach a man to fish, you feed him for life. To do so, Heifer supplies animals to people around the world to help encourage their self-sufficiency. An astonishing array of livestock can be donated, including bees, chickens, geese, goats, pigs, water buffalo and, of course, heifers. Check out my original blog post on Heifer when I set up the challenge.

At this year’s Coffee Fest in Las Vegas, I was just short of my $1,000 goal. I mentioned my challenge to one of my friends who works for Coffee Fest, and I told her the amount that I needed to put me over the top. She reached into her wallet and gave me the money. I was so excited that we had managed to pull this off. This was the beginning, and I’m proud that we succeeded in raising enough for the two cows. I will set up another goal soon and will post it here and hope that people participate. Next time, I hope we can donate even more.