When Chelsea Clinton was trotted out on the campaign trail last fall to rustle up some votes from her own age group, I was a little reticent about jumping on the band wagon.
In spite of the fact I very rarely found fault with Chelsea per se - after all, she carried herself well and acted in good taste whenever she appeared on behalf of her Mom at public and political rallies - it was the woman, Hillary Clinton, who kept me snickering from afar.
Nope, I never warmed up to the pant-suited politician gave me the willies (no pun intended) and made me feel ill at ease.
Hillary was just too disingenuous - in the words of the PREZ - and conniving for the good of the country, in my estimation.
Whitewater was always at the back of mind, fanning the flames of doubt, too!
Now that Obama is firmly ensconced in the White House, and Hillary is Secretary of State, I did not expect to hear a peep out of Chelsea again.
Wrong!
Young Chelsea has taken up a cause.
The pretty young gal is now involved with project CHAI, a project funded under the auspices of her father's charitable organization, The William Clinton Foundation.
In her communication, Chelsea informed me how exciting her involvement with CHAI has been to date.
"This summer, I had the great opportunity of traveling to Africa with my father, where we met Jean Pierre, a young boy in a rural village in Rwanda. Jean Pierre is alive and well today because of the antiretroviral treatments that the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) was able to make accessible to him."
"Jean Pierre told us that he wants to grow up to be a doctor and give more people a chance to live a healthy life.
"Jean Pierre's story is inspiring, not just because he's benefiting from the work of everyone at CHAI, but also because he's leading by example with his lifetime goal of giving back and serving others through medicine."
Chelsea impressed upon me her hope that generous Americans will consider supporting CHAI and the Clinton Foundation's work in the U.S. and around the globe in a myriad of ways, but specifically by virtue of a donation.
"Gifts of any size make a very real difference," she noted passionately.
For example, $15 provides a life-saving food package for an HIV-positive child for one month, while $30 pays for 15 dosing tools for physicians and pharmacists to help accurately dose children on HIV/AIDS treatment.
A generous gift of $80 ensures that eight community health workers can provide monitoring of adherence and medication intake for all HIV-positive people in a Malawian village for a week.
And believe it or not, $150 provides access to medical care and support -including transport to and from a treatment center, counseling, and nutrition - to one HIV-positive child in India for a year.
Why not consider coughing up some dough today, eh?
In addition to CHAI, it appears that there are other worthy causes on the agenda at the Foundation, too.
Transforming Ideas Into Action: Clinton Global Initiative 
