Shoes for Haiti campaign

Go to the following link to read about this worthwhile campaign to help the people of Haiti http://www.localnews8.com/global/story.asp?s=11863818 Utah athletes to collect shoes for Haiti victims.... Associated Press - January 22, 2010 8:05 AM ET SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Athletes at the University of Utah are collecting gently used shoes for victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

Shoes are needed in Haiti. Athletes at the U of U are collecting gently worn shoes to give to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. This is late notice, but the shoe drive will be held today when the Utes host Georgia in gymnastics and at the men's basketball game against Air Force on Saturday. The donation bin will be at the Huntsman Center Entrance. Please forward on to all your friends and let's do something to help. Shoes of all sizes are needed! Read below for more information:

• This shoe drive is something that everyone can do to help the earthquake victims in Haiti. If you or anyone you know are going to either the basketball game on Saturday (U of U vs.. Air Force) or the gymnastics event (Utes vs.. Georgia), you can take your gently worn shoes of all kinds and deposit them in the bins outside the Huntsman Center. Maybe even take this one step further, and call some friends for donations to be brought to your house, and then you take all the donations with you to these events. It is worth the trip, and will make you feel that you have done something to help out this great cause! Pass this on to your friends and let's get the word out in a hurry.... the drive is today and tomorrow (Friday, and Saturday)

ALSO: Sports Chalet stores nationwide is also collecting shoes in the "Soles4Souls" campaign. All Sports Chalet store locations will have a collection bin for gently used shoes to be sent directly to Haiti. The link for this is http://blogs.pe.com/moms/2010/01/sport-chalet-stores-collect-sh.html They will be collecting shoes until the January 30th, 2010. To find locations, go to http://www.sportchalet.com/

There is a woman in Lehi, Utah named Jeannie, who will be collecting shoes in this area to be donated to this Soles4Souls campaign. She will be collecting shoes at the "Curves" location in Lehi, Utah until the morning of January 30th, 2010. She will then take all the donations up to the Salt Lake location of Sports Chalet to be added to those they have collected. ( Sports Chalet is located in Jordan Landing - 7682 S. Campus View Dr. West Jordan Utah and phone # is 801-282-0619) The Lehi Curves address is 785 East 200 South #12 and it is right next door to where the A Fresh Market (or old Albertsons foods).

Everyone has at least one pair of shoes they have either grown out of, or don't fit right, or you don't wear for one reason or another that you have had in your closet waiting for the right time to bring them out again, but that time has never happened. Maybe the right time is now, and certainly your shoes donation will be gratefully accepted! I have a favorite poem that says.... If you want to be happy, give something away. Also one of the greatest ways to cure depression or take away the blues is to give service. There are side benefits for sharing what you have with others.

Pass this on to others you know who you think might like to share in these compassionate service projects! When a disaster hits, many people sit around and feel sad about what has happened and though they would like to do something, they don't know what to do to help. This is a way that you can help and I urge you to participate in this worthwhile cause!

Sincerely,
Katie G.

Church News "Visiting Teaching is a way of life".

I had the wrong link to the following Visiting teaching article. Now I have it fixed, so please click on th elink below because the Church News had a great article in it on Visiting Teaching this past issue. EVERYONE Needs to read it. It can be found at: http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/58427/Visiting-teaching-is-a-way-of-life.html Thanks! Katie G.

January 2010 Visiting Teaching Message link

Happy New Year! Isn't it hard to believe that Christmas is over and we are already in the New Year? Time flies much too quickly but the great thing we have left is the memories.

Hey.... are you looking for the January 2010 Visiting Teaching message? You can find it at this link... http://www.lds.org/library/display/0,4945,2044-1-5025-1,00.html Since the message is on Becoming self reliant, I would love to hear from you, your thoughts about this. How are you going to become more self reliant? Please comment below, and remember your comments would be great helps in your discussion with the women you visit teach. You can also email me your thoughts at ktgauger@gmail.com and I will post your comments below. I will first start off with a couple of thoughts of my own.....

HOW CAN I BECOME MORE SELF RELIANT?
" In Relief Society yesterday, one of our R.S. Presidency asked us what kinds of thing would we like to learn to become more self reliant? Some of the comments were as follows:

Learn to sew

Learn how to do home canning

Learn all about couponing

Learn how to make and bake bread and about wheat and how to use it, grind it, and such.

I could only remember these, but there were many other great suggestions that were given. Self reliance can really help a family to save money, as when you can do it yourself, the extra money that you would pay to have it done can go directly back into your own pocket. That extra is a base for saving for other things that are needed, or to just give extra money to live on. Who doesn't' need a little extra money to live on in the current economic times in which we live
NOW FOR YOUR COMMENTS:

"I learned to give haircuts when I went many years ago with an old boyfriend to get his missionary haircut. That was the first time I had ever stepped inside a barber shop. I watched carefully and then went home and asked my mom if I could give the next haircuts on my brothers. My Mother was very happy to let me, and with practice, I ended up being the barber in my family, and when I married and began having my own children, I can't tell you how many haircuts I gave without having to pay someone else to do them for me. When my children were in Junior High and High school, they too would bring their friends to our house so that I could give them free haircuts. I have wondered how many thousands of dollars I have saved my family in the haircuts and trims I have given over the past 25 years." Katie G.

"I have decided to pull out my sewing machiene that has been nicely stored for years, and I am going to start sewing again, starting with an easy pattern for lounging pants, or pj bottoms. I am going to have surgery this coming week and will be left with the use of only 1 hand and arm for at least a month. I won't be able to snap, or button so I thought I would design some cute PJ bottoms that had elastic waists, and make them. I have today to do it, so I had better get sewing!" (note... these would make great Christmas gifts for an entire family... you know making matching PJ bottoms for the whole family. What a great family photo that would also make!" Katie G.

Once again... "HAPPY NEW YEAR!" Lets all resolve to do our Visiting Teaching every month! If you want a little more push for yourself, join the "Extraordinary Visiting Teachers group" on Facebook.