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

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Shot@Life 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!

WoeverWorld-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://Crowdrise.com/">Crowdrise.com</a> to continue helping Shot@Life raise $20 per comment! 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>. [<strong>optional add in if you want</strong> -- If you want to contribute $20 to help save a child's life, join Anne Geddes' Blogust matching Crowdrise for Shot@Life here (link coming) ]

This post is my contribution to the UN Foundation’s <a href="http://www.shotatlife.org/blogust/">Shot @ Life Blog Relay</a>. Thirty bloggers are participating in this relay and I’m #6. The first 1,500 comments left on the previous five relay posts have already raised $30,000 for childhood vaccines ($20 per comment) in a matter of days! $20 is what it costs for one child to receive four life-saving vaccines: measles, pneumonia, diarrhea and polio; preventable diseases like these take the life of a child every 20 seconds. Even though the initial donation has already been reached, new fundraising efforts have been started (<a href="http://www.crowdrise.com/shotlifeblogust/fundraiser/unfoundation" target="_blank">like by Anne Geddes</a>) to continue to match each comment with $20.