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BBQ and Books

If you have not yet had the pleasure of experiencing the relatively new Community Q BBQ joint in Decatur, here is some incentive:

1. The food is delicious. Even you Fox Bros. snobs will enjoy it. 2. The owners are not pretentious and will probably be the ones who serve your plate and pick up your trash. 3. The owners and staff are extremely friendly AND generous. In fact, they have offered to donate all of their tips for an entire week beginning this Wednesday, March 10th through next Wednesday, March 17th, to help start a children's library in Swaziland. 4. In addition to donating all of their tips during this time period, they will also exchange a free side item for a new or used book. (Green Eggs and Ham = life-changing mac-n-cheese!) The types of books needed are: baby board boards, children's fiction and non-fiction, young adult chapter books, atlases, dictionaries, text books (elementary-high school aged). Essentially any book that has content appropriate for children is welcomed.

So even if you don't have a book to donate, visit The Q anytime between 3/10 and 3/17 and all of your tips will be used to purchase the books needed for a children's library in Swaziland. Who knew humanitarian efforts could be so.. effortless?

Community Q BBQ: Delicious AND Generous!

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Conflict Minerals: The New Blood Diamonds

As a family prepares to sit down and share a meal, their front door is kicked in and several rebels armed with machine guns and machetes file inside. Two men hold a grandmother’s frail arms as another man uses the muzzle of his gun to rape her. Another rebel soldier has a blade larger than his forearm pressed against a 10 year-old girl’s throat while he ravages her. A mother is raped and beaten to near-death as she fights for her family. Her 4 year-old son is shot in the head and tossed onto the kitchen table as soldiers laughingly suggest that he is eaten along with the rest of the meal. And the father? The rebels already found him outside and left his raped and mutilated body crumpled on the lawn, unable to help his terrified family. This is no horror film, nor any other work of fiction. This is daily life in Democratic Republic of Congo and you and I unwittingly perpetuate it. Read more