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		<title>500 Turkeys and volunteering with Christians &#8211; Day 286</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nichole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up, I was pretty jaded with Christianity. There are many reasons why. Once upon a time my family sued a church that was violating a zoning ordinance. This church was building an expansion that damaged structures on our property. They were doing something illegal, but the church won because they were a church and I lived in a very Christian town. I guess churches [...]]]></description>
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		<title>500 Turkeys distribution day &#8211; Day 285</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 22:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nichole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was the first day of distribution for 500 Turkeys. I arrived at 10 am, running in through the back door, and found my friend Kathy who was volunteering as a greeter. A greeter! I chose to do the same because I can greet. I can show people around. I&#8217;m happy-go-lucky like that! So I stood at the front door and waited for people to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On mentoring, but a few days later &#8211; Day 260</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nichole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t had it in me to talk about the last Discoveries Unlimited M&#38;M event until now. I&#8217;ve had a lot on my mind these past couple days, not to mention I had some thoughts to digest that were both personal- and mentoring-related. I just finished writing my weekly email to K. This week&#8217;s prompt was on career brainstorming. So this past Saturday the mentors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Show girl at the 500 Turkeys charity auction &#8211; Day 255</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 02:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nichole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight was the big fundraiser auction for 500 Turkeys. Pikks in Valpo had given the charity their huge, loftish-looking downstairs area and provided some appetizers and a bartender. I helped set up the donated items for auction, drank some Guinness, and then played show girl, making my rounds with each item up for auction while the kick-ass auctioneer (who I think was named Dan but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do we do enough? &#8211; Day 252</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nichole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the question that&#8217;s haunted me for months, and it&#8217;s the one to which I still don&#8217;t know the answer. It&#8217;s the ever-dreaded, &#8220;Am I doing all that I can?&#8221; I know we need breaks, and I know that self-indulgence once in awhile is good for rejuvenating Self, but often I get caught up in the cycle of me, more, mine. I don&#8217;t like it. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>500 Turkeys feeds 500 families in NW Indiana this Thanksgiving &#8211; Day 238</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 01:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nichole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I finally made it to a 500 Turkeys meeting tonight after missing all the others. It was interesting to jump right into the middle of things. There are already many individuals, organizations, and businesses collaborating to collect food for the Thanksgiving menu. There are others who are donating time and resources. Others still are collecting items for the big auction October 21st at Pikk&#8217;s Tavern [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nichole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m twenty-seven and I&#8217;m now fully realizing that this holiday is about giving and love and family and friends and joy. It&#8217;s not supposed to be commercial. We&#8217;re not supposed to be greedy. When we went to a family&#8217;s home today and gave them food they needed, it felt really good. I was hugged and kissed and tears were shed. I had to stop myself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Educating local business&#8230; a new passion?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nichole</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attend tweetups, because I am awesome like that. At the August tweetup, not only were people networking and chilling like usual, but there were charity auctions for a local charity.  One of the things that was auctioned off was booth space at some business expo in Sherereville. I had drank a little before the tweetup; my friend and I always do this before tweetups [...]]]></description>
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