Shane Life

On the first of January, I posed a challenge to myself and my little corner of the blogosphere. I vowed to stop eating meat for the entire month of January, and in return, I was going to attempt to raise enough money to purchase a dairy cow from Heifer International.

I’m kicking in the first $50 and I’ve received some verbal commitments from a few different people. Many thanks to each of you.

I’m holding up my end of the bargain. It hasn’t been easy, but I’ve steered clear of cheeseburgers, steaks, beef stews…anything with red meat. Even my precious steak burrito bol from Chipotle has become a chicken burrito bol.

I got a suggestion from meesha.v over at Kansas City with the Russian Accent to come up with some banners so people could put them on their sites. Ask and ye shall receive. They aren’t terribly creative, but I’ve got one for black backgrounds and one for white backgrounds.

If you’d like to put either of these banners on your blog, here’s your code to copy and paste:

For the black one:

<a href="http://topfivedesign.com/shane/2008/01/01/red-meat-reduction/" title="Help Shane buy a cow for Heifer International as he steers clear of red meat in January"><img src="http://topfivedesign.com/shane/wp-content/uploads/heifer-banner.gif" alt="Heifer International - Ending Hunger. Caring for the Earth." style="border:none;" /></a>


For the white one:

<a href="http://topfivedesign.com/shane/2008/01/01/red-meat-reduction/" title="Help Shane buy a cow for Heifer International as he steers clear of red meat in January"><img src="http://topfivedesign.com/shane/wp-content/uploads/heifer-banner-white.gif" alt="Heifer International - Ending Hunger. Caring for the Earth." style="border:none;" /></a>


So spread the news around the blogosphere. I’m trying to collect enough to purchase a dairy cow through PayPal, but if you’d like to purchase part of a cow yourself through the Heifer International website, feel free. If you’d like to donate $5, $10…whatever amount, I’m trying to collect smaller donations that Heifer can’t take through their site. To make a donation, click below: