In the Spirit of Doing More

I love this song... Ironically, I've been thinking about making my life count for more than just me pre-the big contribution inauguration speech... But since I'm hoping it's on all our minds after Tuesday, enjoy this as more inspiration:

Camp

Too exhausted to write a detailed or comprehensive post that may actually make sense about camp, so instead, I'm just putting down some random thoughts. Camp was awesome (it always is):

• Hours of sleep I got from Friday to Sunday night: 5
• Old friends from Ottawa I got to hang out with: 4
• Number of slices of banana bread I ate when I broke down on Sunday: 6 (but they were small!)
• Times I cried: 3
• Number of marshmallows I ate around the campfire: 6
• Number of campers: 140+
• Hours we drove from Montreal to get to the campsite: 2
• Buses needed to get Montreal campers there: 2
• Mosquito bites I am now covered in: Too many. I'll have to spend the next three hours counting and get back to you.
• Little sun-burny rash spots I have on my face because I forgot to apply sunscreen most of the time I was outside: A LOT
• Number of canoes that tipped in the water when the girls went swimming: 1 for sure, and I suspect a second but not actually sure.
• Chocolate consumed over the weekend: none - unless you count Nuttela, which I shouldn't have spread on my bread, but did anyway
• Coffee consumed: Not enough - 3 cups
• Tea consumed: Not enough - 1 cup
• Cell phone reception to the outside world from the campsite: None
• Number of unclaimed items going into the lost and found at the MAC Montreal Mosque from the end of camp: 3 (a towel, a sleeping bag, and a pillow)

And some of my favourite photos ...

MAC Give Ottawa - 1000 Item Food Drive

Just spreading the word: If you live in Ottawa, you can do something small to help those in need.


"Although Canada is a rich country, but we still have lots of people suffering from lack of food.For the sake of Allah, MAC Give is inviting you to fight hunger in a food drive with the Ottawa Food Bank. The goal of the event is to Collect 1000 Items of non-perishable food items by April 5th, 2008. This is a way for us as Muslims to give back to our society.
Remember, when you provide someone with food, you are keeping his dignity.
Collection Date: Sat. April 5th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm.
Location: Abraar School (1085 Grenon Ave.) at the Gym.
For Food Donations:http://www.mydo.ca/MG/Food_Bank/donate.html
Register here and you can drop the items any weekday at Abraar School from 3:00pm to 4:00pm, or on April 5th between 5:00pm and 7:00pm."