This is an email that was sent to me today from one of the organizations that I am very involved with. Please read and help if you can!
Dear Marilyn,
Thank you for joining with thousands of others who are demanding that the Presidential candidates offer us a real vision and a plan for a nuclear weapon-free world. As the election draws closer, I will keep you informed about new initiatives and opportunities Ploughshares Fund is pursuing to engender a meaningful public debate about what's best for America.
One place we can all begin is by taking steps in our own lives to build the kind of world we want for our children. For example, did you know that Mother’s Day was originally called Mother’s Day for Peace?
Learn more about Mother’s Day for Peace and how you can honor someone special with a gift of peace. Click here!
First proposed by Julia Ward Howe, who made history by fighting to end slavery in America and to give women the vote more than a century ago, Mother’s Day for Peace was meant to unite women from around the world and inspire them to work for peace.
What better way to honor your mother than with a gift of peace? Join Ploughshares Fund in putting the peace back in Mother's Day by making a Mother's Day gift today! Your gift will support modern mothers working to further peace around the world.
Thanks to the generosity of a few special moms, your Mother’s Day gift will be matched, dollar for dollar, effectively doubling your donation.
Visit RediscoverMothersDay.org, where you can learn more about the holiday’s history, about the generous moms who are sponsoring our campaign, and the extraordinary women who are working every day to build a safer world for our children and future generations.
With a gift of $50 or more, we’ll send a beautiful handwritten card to the person you wish to honor - your mother, your grandmother, or a special friend – with a message of peace.
Make a donation of $250 or more and we'll also send a bouquet of organic flowers at no additional cost, courtesy of Organic Bouquet.
As a mother of three, I don’t have to look very far to find reasons for wanting to make the world safer. I invite you to join me in rediscovering Mother’s Day and helping to create a world in which - as Julia Ward Howe once said – “the great human family can live in peace.”
God Bless All of You!
Love, Marilyn