Hypothermia program ended in March of 2010. We are now serving approximately 50+ shelter residents through November 2010.

This is a Dast2Dast organized event to prepare and serve meals at the Bailey's Cross Road Shelter. We need volunteers to prepare meals and/or serve.

If you are not in the area or cannot participate in this month shelter dinner but would like to contribute, please consider donating a small amount.

We were filmed on 06/26/2010 at the shelter while serving and then interviewed by Mahshid Nadiry at Voice of America and aired live on 07/02/2010.

A friend is interested in setting up shelter dinners in San Francisco. It's in the preliminary stages and she is going to setup a date to have a meeting with people who would like to get involved. If interested, please contact me.

VAFA Animal Shelter is the first animal shelter in Iran and is located in the town of Hashtgerd, about an hour and a half west/northwest of Tehran on the road to Ghazvin. It was put together with the hard work of Ms. Fatemeh Motamedi who has a deep love for animals of all shape and size and donated her land and organized the building of the shelter with her own funds. At present, the shelter is under the supervision of Ms. Lida Esna-Ashari and is run by a group of devoted volunteers and caring veterinarians who donate much of their services.

I recommend this book called "When Things Fall Apart" by Pema Chodron which I found to be very useful for these times of turbulence and uncertainty in our lives: