Money

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We’ve been thinking a bit about money.

Seeing Urban Seed is a not for profit, money is always an interesting topic.  When it comes to to talking, thinking about and even asking for money we are not that good at it.  Partly because it’s not what we often view as important or that matters. But without money we would not be able to do the things that we do.  We don’t make money, we rely on the generous support of people to fund all that we do at Urban Seed.

In a recent conversation with a colleague we decided that money was a bit like blood and water.  Perhaps money is similar to water and blood in that is ‘vital’.  For without money one cannot live…  But more importantly maybe money is like blood and water in the way that it works to sustain life.  If our blood did not circulate we would not survive.  If water stays still it grows stagnant.  Blood and water must keep moving.

Maybe money is also like blood in the way that blood moves to where it is most needed in the body.  It rushes to the parts of the body that need healing, flooding the broken hurt bits with the goodness needed to heal.  Maybe we need to let our money circulate and move in this same way to the hurt and broken bits that need healing in the world?

The challenge for us then is how and what we do with our money.  How do we keep our money moving so that it remains vital?  And maybe just maybe by doing so we ourselves may become more healthy.

And so audaciously I will now ask if you can move your money to the work of Urban Seed so that we can continue to help the hurting and broken heal.

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Guilt Free Shopping…?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jb9naGAiu3k
Ever spent a day shopping, spent lots of money and then walked past a homeless person and felt guilty?

If you shop online for music, electronics etc at Homepage for the Homeless you can donate up 15% from your purchase to youth homelessness via Ladder – a charity run by AFL players.

Step 1: Set ‘Homepage for the Homeless’ as your homepage.
Step 2: Click through a ‘keyhole’ before you shop online.
Step 3: Shop away, and up to 15% of your spend will be donated by the store to help Australia’s homeless – with no extra cost to you.

The Age Run Melbourne  July 15th 

Each year Urban Seed Run’s Melbourne to help us raise money for the work we do.

Run Melbourne is a community fitness event for everyone, where participants  can do a half-marathon, a 10km run and a 5km run or walk starting and finishing at Federation Square. Run Melbourne  works with the Everyday Hero program to help raise a significant amount of funds for charitable organisations. 

If you like Urban Seed and the work we do, why not sponsor our runners!

Paul Wood (Woodsy)

Chris Lacey

Samara Pitt 

Christop Booth

Bruce Everett

Mayra Stark

Dave Fagg