[Water.org] Co-founded by Matt Damon and Gary White, Water.org is a nonprofit organization that has transformed hundreds of communities in Africa, South Asia, and Central America by providing access to safe water and sanitation.
Water.org Vision: the day when everyone in the world can take a safe drink of water.
Read more about the mission Matt Damon is on, to ensure that everyone in the world can take a safe drink of water, in the October 2009 issue of Esquire Magazine. The article, Matt Damon: The Celebrity Shall Save You, written by By Luke Dittrich, is posted at Esquire.com
Also, learn more at http://water.org/
"These are not ordinary times", I read this in an article a couple of days ago and it has stuck with me. The spokesperson said, "ordinarily we would not do this (whatever it was), however these are not ordinary times." How true! How liberating. Indeed these are not ordinary times. If there was ever a time to step up and take chances, this period of time in our world qualifies.
I set up this blog for many reasons, but partly because it is not an ordinary time for me. I have been on a path of study, research and looking for a new job. I have watched California's unemployment rate go up and down, but like a failed diet, more up than down. As of this writing the unemployment rate sits at 12.2%.
As I research jobs and companies, I look for the companies VISION, MISSION, VALUES statement. I've been inspired by that process and it nurtures, sometimes, my own vision, mission and values. This is a recent statement I copied and pasted,
VISION, MISSION, VALUES
Our Vision: Our vision is to enable free-flowing communications between people, inclusive of differences in abilities, languages, or locations.
Our Mission: Our mission is to enable communications that positively impact our deaf, deaf blind, hard of hearing, and hearing customers every day. We enable these communications through intimate customer knowledge, high-quality professional services, advanced technology, and the passion and commitment of our employees.
Our Values: Own It. Take the initiative. Create and seize opportunities. Lead. Be accountable.
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Note: EDD’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) telephone lines are open Saturdaysfrom 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for claim filing and assistance. For convenience, selectEDD Workforce Services offices also are open Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.to provide access to computers and phones for claim filing and assistance.Check EDD’s Web site (www.edd.ca.gov) for a list of these offices.California’s Unemployment Rate Increases To 12.2 PercentSACRAMENTO – California’s unemployment rate was 12.2 percent in
August, and nonfarm payroll jobs declined by 12,300 during the month,
according to data released today by the California Employment Development
Department (EDD) from two separate surveys.
The U.S. unemployment rate also increased in August, rising to 9.7 percent.
In July, the state’s unemployment rate was 11.9 percent, and in August 2008, the
unemployment rate was 7.6 percent. The unemployment rate is derived from a
federal survey of 5,500 California households
[Water.org] Co-founded by Matt Damon and Gary White, Water.org is a nonprofit organization that has transformed hundreds of communities in Africa, South Asia, and Central America by providing access to safe water and sanitation.
