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Pay It Forward with a Blog Award

By Literacy 'n' Poverty Project
"This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award."


Our good friend Dwana over at Healthier, Happier, You was kind enough to give us this award. It's folks like Dwana and all of you that keep us going. All of YOU keep us striving to make social change a reality.


We're honored. Thanks Dwana!


What do we do now? Simple...Pay It Forward!


So, without further ado, the award goes to:


1) Katherine Osgood at Women fighting for Women

2) Emily Kronenberger at New Wave Grrrl

3) Julia at How I Changed the World Today

4) Poverty News Blog

5) Rizwan at The Urban Survival Project

6) Don Griesmann at Don Griesmann's Nonprofit Blog

7) Holly at Gonna Make a Change

8) The Green Girls
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Unknown said…
The award is so well deserved!
You are such an inspiration!!
Keep working hard...we'll get there, I just know it!
March 19, 2009
Katherine Osgood said…
Very well deserved! You and all doing an amazing job :))) And thanks so much for honoring me with it!! I will definitely pass it on to other deserving bloggers! :)
March 20, 2009

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