Tag Archives: Dawn Colclasure

Help light Dawn please

Dawn is a writer, and her right eye is part of her toolkit. It is suffering from glaucoma, which means she cannot drive a car or hold down a job. Corrective surgery is available, but at the horrendous cost of … Continue reading

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Help Dawn to see again

I could use several puns for the title, but this is a serious matter. Dawn Colclasure is all heart. She helps others in many ways whenever she can. She is also an author with many published books. Meanwhile, she has … Continue reading

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Water spout in Uganda

Please have a look at the three new pics on our Ugandan orphanage page. They show clean water busting out of the ground from a brand new borehole, thanks to the wonderful generosity of a small Australian group, Healesville Rural … Continue reading

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A Christmas gift of clean water

Several members of the Bobbing Around community support a legitimate orphanage in Uganda. You can inspect it here. Thanks to the generosity of several wonderful people, they now own their house, but this means monthly water bills. No payment = … Continue reading

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A cup of coffee could save a life

Several members of the Bobbing Around community support a legitimate orphanage in Uganda. We have enabled them to buy their house. Part of the rental, which had always been in arrears, was to pay for water supply. Now, paying that … Continue reading

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One of the strongest positive psychology tools

This is generosity. One of my personal cliches is, “The more you give, the more you get, and also, the more you give, the more you grow.” This needs to be qualified: the first person you need to be generous … Continue reading

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Life depends on water

The little orphanage I support in Uganda is in trouble. Thanks to the generosity of several members of the Bobbing Around family, they now own their building. This means no rent, but, like for all of us, there are still … Continue reading

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Permanent home for a home of hope

My friend, Dawn Colclasure, has created a website for the little orphanage in Uganda a few of us in the Bobbing Around family keep going. She has even given it a new name: Home of Faith Orphanage, Uganda. Many supposed … Continue reading

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Dawn of help for a helper

Dawn Colclasure is doing something wonderful, and I hope you will join her. She has featured in Bobbing Around as a writer, but now she has joined me in supporting a little orphanage in Uganda. No, this is not a … Continue reading

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The Dawn of Editing

Dawn Colclasure is a marvellous person, who engages a huge number of writing-related fun and games. One of them is her interesting and varied monthly newsletter. She also has the good sense to follow Bobbing Around, so you know she … Continue reading

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