Help A Young Boy Fight Cancer = Donate Pounds of SHOES!
Have a Heart ~ Give a “Soul” Southwest Institute Of Healing Arts invites you to join in a unique fundraiser to raise money for a young boy who is fighting a battle with cancer. Meikel is a 14-year-old boy who has been diagnosed with a very aggressive form of cancer called Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma. Meikel lives in a single parent household and this has been financially challenging for them. HOW YOU CAN HELP: There is an organization that will pay per pound for used shoes! The shoes can be in any condition. The only requirement is that they be tied together or in a bag together. Shoes will be collected at Southwest Institute of Healing Arts between now and April, 15th 2012. There is a big box at the front entrance of SWIHA! PLEASE bring in as many shoes...
Read More“Energy For Life” Project
ATTENTION ENERGY PRACTITIONERS: Are you willing to donate one day of your life to help the “Energy for Life” Project? The “Energy for Life” Project was born out of witnessing a close friend’s struggle with Stage iv Metastatic Breast Cancer. Barb Holland saw needless suffering on her friend’s part because she either did not know what resources were available to her, she found out months down the road, or she didn’t have the money to take advantage of them. This resulted in an extremely stressful situation for her; she was not able to calm down enough to create the peaceful mind set that she needed to heal. Barb Holland, the creator of “Energy For Life” became very upset that women were being handed...
Read MoreOld T-shirts Wanted for “UpCycling Bags” Eagle Project
Seth Payson’s Eagle Project presents “UpCycling Bags!” Old, donated T-shirts of all sizes and colors will be turned into usable, every day bags to carry personal items, groceries, or whatever you need bags for! The Message: Each shirt will include a flyer with information on the dangers of plastic bags, the importance of reusables and instructions for creating bags from t-shrits to encourage recipients to make their own bags and share the idea with others. Definition of UpCycling: Upcycling is a component of sustainability in which the use of waste materials to provide new products. It is generally a reinvestment in the environment. This process allows for the reduction of waste and use of virgin materials. Upcycling is the practice of...
Read MorePAJAMAS and TEDDY BEAR Donations Wanted ~ A Spirit-driven Mission
PAJAMAS AND TEDDY BEARS WANTED! Serena “Wisdom” Richardson has a Spirit-driven mission – will you join SWIHA in our efforts of this loving cause? Mission: PAJAMAS AND TEDDY BEAR DRIVE – to collect as many pajamas and teddy bears for children in need as possible. Donation boxes are at SWIHA right next to the beautiful Christmas tree at the main entry! Inspiration Behind the Mission: In Wisdom’s all-time favorite movie ‘City of Angels,’ the angel would come to take the dying over into the next life and he always asked, “What did you like best?” There is a particular scene in which a little girl who was the one crossing over, when he asked, “What did you like best?” she replied,...
Read MoreLoving Donations Wanted for SWIHA Instructor, Rachel Albert
One of SWIHA’s most celebrated instructors, Rachel Albert, was recently diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. Rachel teaches at Southwest Institute of Healing Arts, the ever popular Whole Foods Cuisine classes, creating a huge draw to the Nutrition Certificate, which can also be taken online now! Rachel does not have health insurance. As a Christmas gift to her, monetary donations for Rachel may be given at www.thehealthycookingcoach.com. Just click the ‘donate’ button on the right hand side of the home page! Tis’ the season for giving! Please join in our efforts and help make Rachel’s holiday season one of hope, support and love by donating what you can. :) Your loving donation is appreciated more than ever!!! Please help SWIHA...
Read More“Blanket Of Love!”
A Must Share… Please Donate a Blanket if You CAN! Deborah Powell-Hudi has decided to start a special project called “Blanket of Love.” She will be collecting blankets or throws from now until Dec 11, 2011 to take and pass out to the homeless men, women and children in the Phoenix area! What a MISSION! Let’s support her, shall we!? Here is the gorgeous part of it! Tucked inside each blanket will be the following love letter from God: My Dear Precious Child, Today I wanted you to know that just by the mere fact that you were born, you are a gift to this world. You are loved! Now, wrap yourself in this blanket of love with the knowing that you are never alone and that I will love you until the end of time. Signed, The God of...
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