Let's Save Some Lives ! !

August has become Blogust to the UN Foundation's Shot @ Life campaign. This marvelous campaign seeks to 

"educate, connect and empower the championing of vaccines as one of the most cost effective ways to save the lives of children in the world’s hardest to reach places. "

Each day of this month, a guest blogger tells us why vaccination is important. Today it was Amanda Peet, an actress from one of my top ten rated TV shows (Let's go, Marshmallow Fight), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Amanda in her post talks about her five year old daughter and what a health milestone worldwide 5 years old is.
She is joined in the campaign by Walgreen's, which is sending one vaccine oversees for each comment left to each of the 30 blogs done in August, up to a maximum of 50,000 vaccines.

A comment from Shannon as simple as     Yay for vaccines     has earned a vaccine for a young boy or girl.

A child dies every 20 seconds from a vaccine-preventable disease. We can change this reality and help save kids’ lives!   Stay connected with Shot@Life at www.shotatlife.org, join the campaign on Facebook and follow them on Twitter. 

I sent a $20 donation as well. My $20 "gives a child a lifetime of immunity to protect her from pneumonia, diarrhea, polio and measles."

So send what you can. Comment on the blog posts during the month and help Walgreen's make good on its promise to sent 50,000 vaccines.

Sign up here for a daily email so you can quickly and easily comment every day during Blogust.

It really is an important step in helping that toddler make it to her fifth birthday party.

Thanks.  I knew I could count on you.