<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991145189683403581</id><updated>2009-10-01T18:00:07.766-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Common Cents Philanthropists | James A. Relken</title><subtitle type='html'>Common Cents Philanthropy is about empowering people with the ability to make a difference in the lives of others.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commoncentsphilanthropists.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6991145189683403581/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commoncentsphilanthropists.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>James A. Relken</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08442217006241190997</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991145189683403581.post-1786925913220316709</id><published>2008-02-02T12:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-02T12:45:08.293-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://commoncentsphilanthropists.blogspot.com/2007/10/what-is-common-cents-philanthropy.html"&gt;What is Common Cents Philanthropy?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="post-header-line-1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="post-body entry-content"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Common Cents Philanthropy&lt;/span&gt; is about empowering people with the ability to make a difference in the lives of others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.commoncentsphilanthropists.com/"&gt;Common Cents Philanthropists.com&lt;/a&gt; is about helping you set and achieve every-day philanthropy goals and recognizing you for those efforts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The mission of Common Cents Philanthropists is to have millions of members worldwide who believe that a volunteer act of human good will each day should be a common practice among all people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The vision of Common Cents philanthropists is to establish a different way of thinking when the word “philanthropist” is used in today’s world. The true definition is: someone who donates his or time, money or reputation to a charitable cause.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The focus of this organization is on the time and talent individuals, businesses, and groups can give to building new bridges of human goodwill towards all people. The primary focus is NOT money.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyone can become a Common Cents Philanthropist: a teacher, a factory worker, the president of a company. We can all enrich the lives of others, making ourselves better people along the way.&lt;br /&gt;There is no cost to become a member.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your membership means you have accepted an exciting venture for life that will impact thousands of lives. You will build and cross over new bridges of excitement in your relationships with other human beings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you make the pledge to practice one act of Common Cents Philanthropy everyday, in one year you will impact 365 lives. In ten years you will have made a difference in the lives of 3,650 people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;You can be involved without the giving or spending of money.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;You will see other human beings in a new light.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;You will be a better person, have real purpose in living, and be successful.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;You will be a true Common Cents Philanthropist, making a positive change in the world.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;When you think about it, the penny, one cent, when alone is not significant. Multiplied by millions, it can accomplish great work. One act of human goodwill, multiplied by millions of &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Common Cents Philanthropists&lt;/span&gt;, will also accomplish great work.&lt;br /&gt;I sincerely hope you will join this organization today. &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;There is no cost to become a member. &lt;/span&gt;Your membership means you have accepted an exciting venture for life that will impact thousands of lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;-- James A. Relken, &lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;president and founder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="CLEAR: both"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright 2007 Common Cents Philanthropists | James A. Relken, President and Founder | (810) 985-1999 | &lt;a href="mailto:jim@americascommoncentsman.com"&gt;E-mail&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6991145189683403581-1786925913220316709?l=commoncentsphilanthropists.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commoncentsphilanthropists.blogspot.com/feeds/1786925913220316709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6991145189683403581&amp;postID=1786925913220316709' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6991145189683403581/posts/default/1786925913220316709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6991145189683403581/posts/default/1786925913220316709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commoncentsphilanthropists.blogspot.com/2008/02/what-is-common-cents-philanthropy.html' title=''/><author><name>James A. Relken</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08442217006241190997</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11884062186528256671'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991145189683403581.post-546002925547477930</id><published>2007-10-07T17:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-07T18:11:46.079-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='giving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='philanthropy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='philanthropist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='membership'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goodwill'/><title type='text'>What is Common Cents Philanthropy?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Common Cents Philanthropy&lt;/span&gt; is about empowering people with the ability to make a difference in the lives of others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.commoncentsphilanthropists.com/"&gt;Common Cents Philanthropists.com&lt;/a&gt; is about helping you set and achieve every-day philanthropy goals and recognizing you for those efforts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The mission of Common Cents Philanthropists is to have millions of members worldwide who believe that a volunteer act of human good will each day should be a common practice among all people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The vision of Common Cents philanthropists is to establish a different way of thinking when the word “philanthropist” is used in today’s world.  The true definition is:  someone who donates his or time, money or reputation to a charitable cause. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The focus of this organization is on the time and talent individuals, businesses, and groups can give to building new bridges of human goodwill towards all people.  The primary focus is NOT money.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyone can become a Common Cents Philanthropist: a teacher, a factory worker, the president of a company. We can all enrich the lives of others, making ourselves better people along the way.&lt;br /&gt; There is no cost to become a member.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your membership means you have accepted an exciting venture for life that will impact thousands of lives. You will build and cross over new bridges of excitement in your relationships with other human beings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you make the pledge to practice one act of Common Cents Philanthropy everyday, in one year you will impact 365 lives. In ten years you will have made a difference in the lives of 3,650 people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;You can be involved without the giving or spending of money.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; You will see other human beings in a new light.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; You will be a better person, have real purpose in living, and be successful.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; You will be a true Common Cents Philanthropist, making a positive change in the world.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;When you think about it, the penny, one cent, when alone is not significant. Multiplied by millions, it can accomplish great work. One act of human goodwill, multiplied by millions of &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Common Cents Philanthropists&lt;/span&gt;, will also accomplish great work.&lt;br /&gt;I sincerely hope you will join this organization today. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;There is no cost to become a member. &lt;/span&gt;Your membership means you have accepted an exciting venture for life that will impact thousands of lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;-- James A. Relken, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;president and founder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright 2007 Common Cents Philanthropists | James A. 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