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	<title>Sailing To Oblivion &#124; It is not the destination but the journey &#187; Random Acts of Kindness</title>
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		<title>Random Acts of Kindness</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life isn&#8217;t very fulfilling if it&#8217;s all about &#8216;me&#8217;. Unless you&#8217;re a Roman Emperor. So we&#8217;ve started the Random Acts of Kindness page on STO.COM so you can help us to help others.  It&#8217;s simple: we&#8217;ve got lots and lots of time aboard and onshore.  You spend your workdays with us.  We don&#8217;t get a paycheck.  You [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Life isn&#8217;t very fulfilling if it&#8217;s all about &#8216;me&#8217;. Unless you&#8217;re a Roman Emperor. So we&#8217;ve started the Random Acts of Kindness page on STO.COM so you can help us to help others.  It&#8217;s simple: we&#8217;ve got lots and lots of time aboard and onshore.  You spend your workdays with us.  We don&#8217;t get a paycheck.  You do.  And a little money goes a long ways in a poor country.</p>
<p>The PiggyBank button on the bottom of our website is linked to a Paypal account.  If you regularly read our blog, please consider donating any amount you&#8217;d feel comfortable.  And if you prefer, please let us know how you&#8217;d like us to spend the money.  Whether it&#8217;s buying soccer balls for local kids or neutering a dog, we can oblige.  And if you like we&#8217;ll document the moment of the random act and send you a video or picture of the recipient.</p>
<p>So far we&#8217;ve received over $500 and spent it on items like:</p>
<p>Donations to animal shelters for spaying and neutering</p>
<p>Ice cream cones for 100 kids at Kids Day in La Cruz</p>
<p>Soccer balls&#8230;side note: there were two little boys in Evaristo on the Baja who were patiently playing near their dad&#8217;s restaurant&#8230;with a piece of old washed up styrofoam and a stick.  We went back to the boat and brought then a brand new soccer ball, a bag of Crayons, and some paper to draw on.  They were unimaginably happy)</p>
<p>Sea Turtle Habitat</p>
<p>School Supplies</p>
<p>A round of beer for the Marina Staff in La Cruz</p>
<p>Popcorn and candy for a family at the movies (the little girl came and asked us  how much our popcorn cost then got shined by her dad who said they couldn&#8217;t afford it)</p>
<p>Carnival game tickets for kids who couldn&#8217;t afford them</p>
<p>(there are more I&#8217;m just kind of tired right now and not thinking clearly)</p>
<p>And Leann: We&#8217;ve still got your donation.  We had an old &#8220;can lady&#8221; in mind to donate it to but she didn&#8217;t show up for like a week and we had to leave.  So we&#8217;ll find another elderly cause when we return.</p>
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