Still looking for what to do for the National Service Day?

Join a Faith-based Social Action Group like Bread for the World.

"Charity alone is not enough.
We must urge our government to make fair decisions
So struggling families can provide for their children.

We must write personal letters and emails to Congress
And engage our churches, campuses and other organizations.
We must change laws and structures that allow poverty to persist."

Write your members of Congress and ask them to reform the foreign assistance program.

Today, I attended my monthly group meeting of Bread for the World.

Writing a Letter to Congratulate Congressman Carson

I attended the Robin Run Chapter of Bread for the World (Indiana) this morning. We were encouraged to write a letter of congratulations to our Congress person.

In June, a delegation from Indiana's Seventh Congressional District met with Congressman Carson as part of the Bread for the World's Annual Lobby Day. (See my entries in June 2008 when I took the Greyhound Bus to Washington.)

My Congressman, Andre' Carson, was re-elected. Here's my letter which I faxed to his Washington Office:

Dear Congressman André Carson,

Congratulations on your re-election to Congress. Thank you for service to our community and global poor and hungry.
Our present economic disaster will increase the number of people hungry in Indianapolis, in Indiana, in the United States, and in the developing world.
As a member of Bread for the World, I ask you to make hunger a major issue. Thank you for participating in Forum on Hunger in Indianapolis on October 12.
Finally, please support the United Nation's, United States', European Union's and others effort to bring peace to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Over 5.4 million people have died from preventable and treatable diseases in the last 10 years. Currently, hundreds of thousands are displaced due to fighting by rebels groups against the democratically elected government.

Sincerely, Woody