This post is my contribution to Shot@Life, <a href="http://www.shotatlife.org/blogust/">Blogust: Blog Relay for Good.</a>

<a href="http://shotatlife.org/">Shot@Life</a> is an initiative of the United Nations Foundation that educates, connects and empowers the championing of vaccines as one of the most cost-effective ways to save the lives of children in developing countries.

During Shot@Life's Blogust, 31 bloggers, one each day in August, are writing about people from our communities who have inspired us. The first 1,500 comments in the Blogust: Blog Relay for Good raised $30,000 for childhood vaccines ($20 per comment) in a matter of days! $20 is what it costs for one child to receive 4 life-saving vaccines: measles, pneumonia, diarrhea and polio; preventable <a href="http://shotatlife.org/learn/problem/"><em>diseases like these take the life of a child every 20 seconds</em></a><em>. </em>The initial donation commitment (<a href="http://shotatlife.org/blogust/blogust-frequently-asked-questions.html">see FAQs</a>) is now complete and your comments have helped vaccinate <strong>1,500 children</strong> in developing countries!

<strong>However, we are not stopping there!</strong> World-renowned photographer and Shot@Life Global Advocate <a href="http://annegeddes.com/">Anne Geddes</a> has been so inspired by the response from our communities that she has kicked off a new fundraising initiative on <a href="http://www.crowdrise.com/shotlifeblogust/fundraiser/unfoundation">Crowdrise.com</a> to continue helping Shot@Life raise $20 per comment!<em> Our part is to keep commenting -- each new comment raises the target of the number of children we want to reach! You can learn more about it at <a href="http://Blogust.org/">Blogust.org</a>. </em>

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