Can you spare one?

1 Dollar
 The price of a soda
Or a cup of coffee
Two thirds of the Sunday paper
The one you never actually read.
1 Dollar a day
4 quarters, 10 dimes
Two halves put together
And 1 minute of your time.
By the power of numbers
Vested in us
Change is within reach
Let's 'Get On The Bus'.
1 Dollar a day
It's not a big sum
Only one thing left
Do you care enough to spare one?
Just 1 Dollar a day
4 quarters, 10 dimes
Can help build a stronger Ethiopia...
...one community at a time.

Maya Angelou was busy. Or just wouldn't take our calls. So we came up with the deeeep poem above all by ourselves.  Now we're going to need some time to recover from the mental acrobatics and dictionary flipping we went through to put it together. 

In the meantime, make your own ‘YAGForLife Bank' at home using an empty water bottle. Place at least $1 every day in the 'Bank' and invite friends, family or even your cable repairman to make a deposit. Bring your 'Bank' (or its contents) with you to YAGForLife's 2006 event. As usual, your donation is 100% tax deductible and more importantly, 100% of it will go the projects in need of it. The person turning in the most profitable bank will win a 'Banker of the Year' award!

We're not kidding! 

The average cost of of the water projects we fund in Ethiopia is less than $2500.

It would take just 7 people signing up for this campaign for a year to fully fund an entire project in a year's time.

So go ahead - put that dollar aside for this special purpose.  It will be the best dollar you spend on any given day.