Feb 11: Fasting during LENT

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=180 BGCOLOR="#660099" TEXT="#080000" background="011b4c00erkqte.png"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="133" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 22 WIDTH="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="22" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="20" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="36"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="22" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="36" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="36"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="22" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="36" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="22" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="20" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="77" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 155 WIDTH="71"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="155" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="71" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lent Calendar"><U><B>RETURN TO CALENDAR</B></U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <form> <input type=button value="Back" onCLick="history.back()"> </form>  </B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#660099" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Feb 11: Fasting during LENT</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=430 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#660066" TEXT="#080000"> <div> The practice of fasting during Lent helps us</div> <div> to become more aware of ourselves,</div> <div> and more aware of the needs of those who are poor.</div> <bR> <div> <B>FAST</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > today in solidarity with those that are hungry.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>GIVE</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > the money you saved fasting to Operation Rice Bowl or other worthy cause.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>NOTE:</B></I></div> <div> Operation Rice Bowl distributes little cardboard boxes or "bowls"</div> <div>  through local churches like St Luke's Parish in Westborough.</div> <div>  You can accomplish the same principle with an empty jar with a cap</div> <div>  or a small box or bag. You can place in it pennies, quarters or dollars.</div> <div>  The point being to collect what you can and donate it to a worthy cause.</div> <bR> <div>   A little goes a long way.</div> <bR> <div>   For example, if all 14,000+ people in Westborough gave just 1 cent a day for each of </div> <div>   the 40 days of lent that would amount to 560,000 pennies or $5,600.00.</div> <div>   If everyone in the US would do the same (1 penny a day during Lent)</div> <div>   we would collect over $80,000,000.00</div> <bR> <div> Obviuously, that's very unlikely to happen...</div> <bR> <div> But whatever we can give can make a large difference</div> <div> to others an to ourselves...</div> <div> <I>For in helping others, we often end up helping ourselves...</I></div> <bR> <div>  <form> <input type=button value="Back" onCLick="history.back()"> </form>  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>