Hiking Trip Reports :: Hiking Blog » Helping Others http://www.hikingtripreports.com Hiking blog with great hikes, gear reviews, and a bunch of other fun stuff about the outdoors Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:06:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Get a Hand-Carved Hiking Stick and Help Gulf Victims http://www.hikingtripreports.com/2010/06/22/hiking-gulf-victims/ http://www.hikingtripreports.com/2010/06/22/hiking-gulf-victims/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:22:09 +0000 Scott http://www.hikingtripreports.com/?p=552 Back in April I reviewed an artist that carves walking and hiking sticks.  Now he’s doing something special again by donating proceeds from his hand made walking sticks to a family in the Gulf.

You can read more at the artist’s blog post on Carving for the Gulf and read our review of these hiking sticks.

]]> http://www.hikingtripreports.com/2010/06/22/hiking-gulf-victims/feed/ 1 Creole to English, English to Creole Translation for the iPhone and Android http://www.hikingtripreports.com/2010/01/22/creole-english-haiti-app/ http://www.hikingtripreports.com/2010/01/22/creole-english-haiti-app/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:14:38 +0000 Scott http://www.hikingtripreports.com/?p=173 A techie friend of mine spent the last week using his skills to help the people of Haiti in the best way he could.  He built an App for the iPhone and the Google Android mobile operating systems that performs Creole & English language translation for iPhone and Android mobile phones.  According to wiki.crisiscommons the “app is primarily intended for use by on-the-ground aid workers during the Haiti crisis, but is made freely available for anyone to use.”

 

If you know anyone that is going, or already in Haiti please send them this information so they can better help the people of Haiti.

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