The Zen Army

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Read about this initiative, the Zen Army, at Betty Londergan's blog What Gives 365 here:

When I come back in my next laid-back, enlightened life, I’m coming back as Indigo Cantor, Commander-in-Chief of the Zen Army. http://www.zenarmy.org and http://zenarmy.ning.com/ Like me, she’s on a 365-day mission to improve the world in whatever small way she can.

Here’s what I love about Indigo. Last year, she and her partner Paul both lost their homes in Nevada to foreclosure in the latest economic Armageddon (thanks, Goldman-Sachs, for all that you do). But since they’d been to South Africa the year before, Indigo had come back filled with a sense of gratitude, freedom & a desire to do something positive. So instead of freaking out (my preferred mode of crisis management) she simply said – hey, let’s just get out there and do some good.

Voila! The birth of the All Volunteer Zen Army … housed in a vintage 1970 Airstream trailer,(aka: The Shining Example) that Paul & Indigo bought with the last of their savings, and hit the road in January 2010. Their mission: to spend the year volunteering their time anywhere they felt they were needed: in disaster relief, animal welfare, senior care, health and nutrition, education, social justice, environmental issues –or just shoveling poop at Dreamchaser Animal Rescue http://www.dreamchaserpmu.org/ in New River, Arizona.

Indigo’s mantra is to find a need and fill it. They’re known for making surprise forays into towns, finding a senior center or food bank, and walking in declaring, “Hi! We’re the Zen Army and we’re here to help!” ... With 2500 people following them on Twitter http://twitter.com/zenarmy and over 600 fans on facebook http://www.facebook.com/thezenarmy the Zen Army is just hitting its stride.

Truly inspirational.

MyCharityWater Campaign Report:

$5,000 CAMPAIGN GOAL
$445 RAISED SO FAR
22 people served
13 donations
82 days left