This morning's paper came.  In it were the usual stories of crime, politics, and what not.  However, there was a feature that caught my eye, because it hits at a very personal level.   read more »

This is a great website for vegetarian cooking:
http://simple-vegetarian-recipes.com/index.html.  I just had a request from my cousin who wants to go veg, but he was not sure where to start.  I gave him some suggestions and then he found this website and is very pleased with the ideas he found there.  Check it out--and go veg for the sake of your own health and the sake of our planet.  Betty

The following information is from Educational and Welfare Activities section of the Adyar TS website.  Listed are all the schools that the US Federations, Lodges and Study Groups can contribute to.

by Fareeda Amir, Honorary Secretary, TOS Pakistan

As the global war on terrorism continues and governments join hands spending billions of dollars to rid the world of this evil, another war is also taking place, albeit silently and very often unnoticed.

It is a war against another form of wickedness. It manifests through the ignorance, superstition and tradition that deny millions of women and girls in underdeveloped countries their inalienable rights.  read more »

by Betty Bland, TOS-USA Secretary

Introduction

The Tibetan Orphanage Initiative is the result of the recent Pilgrimage to Tibet sponsored by the TSA. While on that Pilgrimage we had the opportunity to visit two orphanages. Both of these operations are known by and supported by our Pilgrimage guide, Glenn Mullin, and Organizer, Pawan Tuladhar.  read more »

(Excerpts from For the Love of Life Winter, 2004)

Suzanne Arms

Media attention is finally being given to what should now be obvious to all of us -- the health of our nation's children is seriously declining.  Every year the incidence of childhood asthma, allergies, ear and sinus infection, and other chronic and acute immune-system-related diseases rises.  More and more kids entering schools are overweight and unhealthy.  The state of health among our teens and adult population shows the same decline, yet seldom do we hear anything about the now scientifically proven connection of this to how and what we feed our babies.  Most adults don't think much about the issue of breastfeeding today, which isn't surprising since most of us were bottle-fed and since breastfeeding has been marketed as just a "lifestyle" choice for women.  read more »

by Kenneth Nemire, PhD., CPE

The Internet can be a wonderful tool for your child. It's a great way to search for information and to communicate with people all over the world. Many children prefer email, instant messaging, and chat rooms to the telephone for talking with each other. 

The power and flexibility of the Internet can also be abused. While there are many online sources of problems, such as receiving unwanted email, this article will focus primarily on helping to keep your child safe from online sexual predators.   read more »

CHILDREN’S EDUCATION FUND (CEF)

The Theosophical Order of Service/USA is happy to announce the formation of of the Children's Education Fund (CEF) for all of our TS Federations, Lodges, Study groups and TOS Service Groups. 

The five schools selected for sponsorship are:  read more »

1. Golden Links (Manila, Philippines)
2. Educational Sponsorship Program (Karachi, Pakistan)
3. Tibetan Orphanage (Tibet)
4. Olcott School (Adyar, Chennai, India)
5. New School Construction in Vietnam  (Vietnam)