Volunteering is a great way to help needy people and support non-profit organizations like COMUNIA while meeting new people, making new friends and learning about issues that affect our community. Right now is the perfect time to start volunteering! It’s a way of showing the world that you care, that you can and will make a difference!

Volunteer for our Christmas action, “GIVE THEM CHRISTMAS 2009″. Your time and your energy will contribute to the impact we will have in the lives of poor children and families in our district. Please feel free to contact me by phone or email/Yahoo/Google/Skype, at 0757-017.373 or adi4joy. Thank you !

Voluntariatul este o modalitate extraordinară de a ajuta oameni nevoiaşi şi de a sprijini organizaţii non-profit ca şi COMUNIA, în acelaşi timp întâlnind oameni noi, făcându-ţi noi prieteni şi învăţând despre problemele care ne afectează comunitatea. Chiar acum este momentul cel mai potrivit pentru a începe să fii voluntar! E un mod de a arăta lumii că îţi pasă, că poţi şi că vei face o diferenţă!

Fii voluntar pentru acţiunea noastră de Crăciun, “DĂRUIEŞTE UN CRĂCIUN 2009″. Cu timpul şi energia ta vei contribui la impactul pe care-l vom avea în vieţile copiilor sărmani şi familiilor sărace din judeţul Bihor. Poţi să mă contactezi telefonic sau prin email/Yahoo/Google/Skype, la 0757-017.373 sau adi4joy. Îţi mulţumesc !

NEEDED: Shoe Boxes for Christmas

For COMUNIA’s Christmas project „GIVE THEM CHRISTMAS 2009”, we need 2,000 shoe boxes for gifts.

I think there are many children who have received Christmas gifts in such boxes every year, and they still have them stored somewhere in the attic, or in the closet, or under the bed. Or maybe you bought new shoes, sandals, slippers or boots and didn’t throw the boxes away yet. I am calling out to all those who can help us gather at least 1,000 boxes. It’s no big deal, it’s all about an EMPTY box! (If you want to put something in it, it’s even better, but don’t feel obliged.) These boxes will be „filled” with food, sweets, school supplies, hygiene items and will be given to orphan children, street kids, very ill children (with a terminal desease), to very poor families and to disabled people.

Therefore we need your box!

Please contact me at 0359-464.454, or 0259-276.986, or 0757-017.373, or at Yahoo/Skype ID „adi4joy”. On behalf of all the beneficiaries, THANK YOU for making the first step toward giving them a Marry Christmas!

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NECESAR: Cutii pentru cadouri de Crăciun

Pentru proiectul de Crăciun al Fundaţiei COMUNIA, „DĂRUIEŞTE UN CRĂCIUN 2009”, avem nevoie de 2.000 de cutii pentru cadouri.

Mă gândesc că există mulţi copii care au primit cadouri de Crăciun în astfel de cutii an de an, şi încă le mai au puse undeva prin pod, în debarale sau pe sub pat. Sau poate ai cumpărat pantofi, sandale, papuci sau cizme şi încă nu ai aruncat cutiile. Fac un apel către toţi cei care pot să ne ajute să strângem cel puţin 1.000 de cutii. Nu e mare lucru, e vorba de o cutie GOALĂ! (Dacă vrei să şi pui ceva în ea, e şi mai bine, dar nu te simţi obligat.) Aceste cutii vor fi „umplute” cu alimente, dulciuri, rechizite şcolare, produse de igienă, şi vor fi dăruite copiilor orfani, din centre de plasament, copiilor străzii, copiilor cu probleme grave de sănătate (boli terminale), familiilor foarte sărace (defavorizate), şi persoanelor cu dizabilităţi.

Aşadar, avem nevoie de cutia ta!

Te rog tare mult să mă contactezi la numerele de telefon 0359-464.454, sau 0259-276.986, sau 0757-017.373, sau pe Yahoo/Skype ID „adi4joy”. În numele tuturor beneficiarilor, ÎŢI MULŢUMESC că faci primul pas spre a le dărui un Crăciun fericit!

I am a tea person, most people who know me are aware of that and of the fact I don’t like coffee. Every day in the office at work the coffee machine is used for a better purpose, which is to make tea. One day, on the table in front of me I saw what you can also see in the picture below.

Two coffee jars, the same label, the same color, perfectly identical exterior. Yet, so different on the inside. One of them had coffee in it, as it was intended by the manufacturer. The other one had sugar in it, which for me was exactly what I was looking for. But this image reminded me of how people are so many times. Looking from the outside, you may read a label that says, “Christian.” Or “Friend.” Or “Reliable.” And then you may wonder why your tea tastes like coffee or why your bitter black coffee tastes like sweetened water. It’s just not what you expected! What is wrong then? Is the label wrong? Or is the content wrong? I think what happens is that so many times, what’s inside is no longer what the “Manufacturer” intended. We are made by God for a purpose, according to a master plan, but some people think they have better plans, better purposes. They change the inside but they keep the label on the outside. And it is very misleading. How can you tell if someone has the wrong label, or the wrong content?

Well, in terms of the coffee jars, sometimes you just need to take a better look inside. Sometimes you need to taste and realize it’s not the taste you wanted. But always, remember to ask the “Manufacturer” to let you know if someone messed up the content. In real life it is not always so visible and evident like in the pictures above. So beware of counterfeits!

About a couple of months ago I became acquainted with NORC. A friend of mine showed me these great quality pictures of my city. I immediately embarked on a virtual tour of my entire city, checking out my favorite spots. I saw my home, my workplace, my church, the elementary school I attended, and many more.

NORC is a great site launched in December 2008. It’s an alternative to Google Maps and it’s “made in Romania”. It provides street-level panoramic images of many cities in Romania and also Central and Eastern Europe. You can “take a walk” on the streets of Budapest, Vienna, Prague or even Moscow. Here are more places you can visit with NORC. If you don’t have time or money to go to all these places, now you have the chance to visit them for free. You’ll still need the time to do it, though.

Discover your favorite places! Discover Romania! Vivat NORC!

There is something about the word “JOY”. I just like it! In different contexts and combinations it has always been very special to me. It started in the shape of “Rejoice!” and then it turned into “adi4joy” and lately into “BH-04-JOY”. I just hope it will continue to change into something like the tag line of the following great commercial.

N-JOY!