(left to right: Authentic Community Members Peter, America, and Vera)
Last night was the Save the Children // Esquire Magazine event. America hosted and your very own Authentic Community were co-hosts.
I took some pictures on my iPhone... but they suck, so I've included some from LIFE's website. Credit to the original photographer, Jason Kempin, who's a far better photographer than I.
Fun was had and speeches were made, but in a night of memorable moments, the most memorable of them came from our very own America. The party was held at Esquire's "bachelor pad," by a magazine that caters towards the most masculine of men... a demographic not usually known for compassion and charity. But for them, America had this bit of advice.
"Be a manly volunteer."
Yes. Do it.
Volunteer. Give back. Contribute.
It's right and totally manly.
Save the Children's wonderful program the "Survive to 5" Campaign was the topic of the evening. Their goal: That all children should live to celebrate their fifth birthday.
Did you know that, in total, almost nine million children—one every three seconds—die annually around the world, which is more than 24,000 children a day. Ninety-nine percent of these deaths take place in the developing world. Many of these deaths are from preventable or treatable illnesses like pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, measles and complications related to childbirth. Nearly four million of these deaths occur in newborns — babies less than one month old. Each year two million children die the day they are born.
Save the Children is going to fight this, to reach their goal of reducing child mortality by two-thirds by 2015, by focusing on the following things:
I took some pictures on my iPhone... but they suck, so I've included some from LIFE's website. Credit to the original photographer, Jason Kempin, who's a far better photographer than I.
Fun was had and speeches were made, but in a night of memorable moments, the most memorable of them came from our very own America. The party was held at Esquire's "bachelor pad," by a magazine that caters towards the most masculine of men... a demographic not usually known for compassion and charity. But for them, America had this bit of advice.
"Be a manly volunteer."
Yes. Do it.
Volunteer. Give back. Contribute.
It's right and totally manly.
Save the Children's wonderful program the "Survive to 5" Campaign was the topic of the evening. Their goal: That all children should live to celebrate their fifth birthday.
Did you know that, in total, almost nine million children—one every three seconds—die annually around the world, which is more than 24,000 children a day. Ninety-nine percent of these deaths take place in the developing world. Many of these deaths are from preventable or treatable illnesses like pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, measles and complications related to childbirth. Nearly four million of these deaths occur in newborns — babies less than one month old. Each year two million children die the day they are born.
Save the Children is going to fight this, to reach their goal of reducing child mortality by two-thirds by 2015, by focusing on the following things:
- Increasing access to community health care for children and their families in countries where access to clinics is limited.
- Supporting advocacy efforts to ensure governments in donor and developing countries prioritize spending on maternal and child health programs.
- Mobilizing citizens and leaders to take action on behalf of children, with efforts such as World Pneumonia Day.
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