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I have always said that I am proud to be a part of the great team at JoomlaShack, and now I have even more reason. JoomlaShack has just announced the Charity Starts at a Joomla Homepage contest. The way it works is, the JoomlaShack community nominates and chooses a deserving charity to win a free Joomlashack Custom Website or a 1,000 USD cash donation.

Click here to read more about it. Hurry and get your nominations in, because the deadline is midnight on December 25th.

As you may or may not know, I work with the guys over at JoomlaShack to provide commercial services to the Joomla! community. In our forums, we have a great set of moderators who spend countless hours answering questions and helping people with their Joomla! sites.

One of those great moderators is a guy named TJ Baker. On October 26, 2002, TJ had his first daughter, Azaria Sage. Azaria was born with Aicardi Syndrome. You can read more about Azaria here at TJ's website. Here is a brief excerpt from that page:

After Azaria was born, she began having seizures. Azaria was rushed away from us and taken to NICU where they began laoding her with phenobarbital. We had no idea what was goin on. We were absolutly devastated and confused. We couldn't believe this was happening to us and we felt as if we were in some kind of fog or terrible dream. Azaria was transfered to Children's Hospital where she underwent many tests. It was then that a neurologist came and delivered a devastating blow. He told us our baby was missing the center part of her brain, the Corpus Callosum. More tests were done and after an exam by a pediatric opthomologist, we were told that our baby has Aicardi Syndrome.

This holiday season, please take some time to remember others who are in need, and if you can, please use the donate button on TJ's website to help Azaria.