Support Roberta Westwood in the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure.

I am participating in the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure, on Sunday, October 2, 2005, and I am asking for your support.

I will be walking in memory of my sister, Carol Leigh McCarron. Carol Leigh fought for 19 years, most bravely through the last 2 years of her life, and touched many. We lost Carol Leigh on October 12, 2004. She is sadly but fondly remembered every day.

I am one of more than 170,000 participants who will all be walking or running on October 2. The money I raise will go to fund breast cancer research, education and awareness programs across the country.
I need your support because with it, the Foundation can continue to fund the research and programs that are helping improve the quality of life for families touched by breast cancer.

Donating online is quick, easy and secure! You can pay by VISA, MasterCard or American Express. Within 20 minutes, you will receive a tax receipt for any donation that has been successfully received.
To donate click here https://www.cibcrunforthecure.com/html/p.asp?t=1212544&l=1

If you are interested in participating in this year's Run, there is always room for one more! The event takes place in more than 40 communities across Canada. You can search for Run locations by visiting www.cbcf.org.

Thank you. I appreciate your support!
Roberta Westwood

Interesting story in Information Week today on blogging: Blogging About Work? Play Nice. This one tells the story of 27 employees who were fired for making negative blog posts about their employer (AAA in California) in a public blog.

To quote the author, Patricia Keefe:

Simply put, corporate HR and legal departments have been caught napping on this one. Even among companies that actively encourage employees to blog, most of them, as recently as six months ago, lacked blogging guidelines for their employees.

Keefe goes on to explore the issues, and does a good job.

Free downloadable books

My slightly stale and inactive blog... my perspectives on life must be changing, this isn't drawing me the same way it did before, but perhaps I shall reinvent or... ?

Anyways, here's something cool:

Elliott Masie has put together a free downloadable Digital Book, based on your "confessions" of the problems and challenges that keep you awake:
"What Keeps YOU Up at Night?".

He did another one last year, "701 E-Learning Tips".

Tsunami Locator - www.tsunamilocator.com

Happy New Year. Though it's a subdued one. So hard to be celebratory while the recovery effort for the devastating tsunami disaster continues...

I've been helping out a bit online, to help the work of groups that are helping to locate missing persons, though I am awed by the efforts of those who are doing more than I. But every bit makes a difference, and it helps to do something.

Through this process, I've compiled this list of resources to support the work of Locators Online and others searching for missing persons as a result of the devastating tsunami. It's online at Tsunami Locator (www.tsunamilocator.com).

Take care, and wishes for healing and peace in the world.
Roberta

Note added August 11/05: I've since taken this site down, but glad to have made a difference for a period. In truth, as I look back now, this probably had more to do with my own sense of helplessness and the desire just to 'do' something - a common urge during grief. This has been my story throughout my life in general since losing my sister, and am only now beginning to see how powerfully it's impacted me.