charity of the day

Surfrider Foundation, Charity of the Day

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The Surfrider Foundation is dedicated to preserving the world's oceans, waves, and beaches, and works to further that mission through educational programs and the development of grassroots awareness. Their programs include everything from the expected like monitoring water quality and teaching kids to respect the beach to the slightly less expected, like information on how to create an "ocean friendly garden" that reduces runoff and harmful pollutants.

You can take part in their programs hands on if you live near any of the nations coasts (they have chapters pretty much everywhere) or join online and support them from anywhere.

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Luke's Wings, Charity of the Day

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Luke's Wings is an organization dedicated to supporting veterans who have been wounded in battle. Their unique mission is to reunite veterans with their immediate families during their hospital stay away from home. Recognizing that additional time away from loved ones can hinder the healing process on an emotional and physical level, Luke's Wings flies the family to wherever the wounded soldier is! Luke's Wings shops around for the best deals on air fare tickets and receives special deals from travel agencies, the tickets are purchased with money from generous donors around the globe. Get involved with this innovative organization and help a family in need during their most trying time!

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Living Goods, Charity of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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Living Goods has a unique model for doing good in the world. They have created a network of door-to-door Health Promoters in Uganda who sell essential health products at prices affordable to the poor in developing countries. This method combines the worlds of microfinance, franchising, and public health with an end goal of defeating diseases of poverty. Living Goods helps reduce illness and death through basic health interventions focusing on diseases that can be easily treated or prevented and yet can often prove fatal in underserved areas. These diseases include malaria and TV and the Health Promoters also help with basic family planning and reproductive health services to both lowering fertility and reduce the mortality rate for pregnant women and newborns. This method also empowers the Health Promoter who earns wages for her services. Living Goods hopes to recruit, train and deploy 4,000 agents in two target countries serving a total population of 4-5 million during their first five years. They also hope to replicate this model elsewhere and partner with other groups to export this model to to other countries including Tanzania, Mozambique, Rwanda, Kenya, Ghana and India.

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Relief Beads, Charity of the Day!

by Star Sutherland (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Jewelry, Charity, Charity of the Day

Want a stylish way to help solve one of todays most urgent humanitarian crisis? Relief Beads is a campaign that sells handmade African bracelets to raise awareness and money for the people of Darfur. Funds from bracelet sales go directly to refugee camps and medical clinics in the most urgently needed locations. The funds from every eight bracelets sold, provides medical care for 100 refugees! Since conflict begin in 2003 over 2.5 million people have been forced to leave their homes. Support this worthwhile cause, pick up your bracelets today!

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Epic Change, Charity of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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Epic Change has a unique philosophy toward doing good in the world. They believe that people's stories are assets that can be used as resources to improve their lives. They help people share their stories in innovative, creative and profitable ways to help them acquire the financial resources to create change in their communities. Their first project involves rebuilding and expanding Shepherds Junior, a small pre- and primary school located in Arusha, Tanzania. The school is taught in English but includes courses in the country's primary language, Swahili, and celebrates the culture and history of Tanzania. The school's goal is to give the children in the area a high quality education at an affordable price and charges less than 30% of the cost of private schools of similar quality within the area. They charge nominal tuition to most students and uses income to subsidize the costs of orphans and lower income children who attend the school. The land on which the school is based was sold to a hotel developer. Epic Change is working to help rebuild and expand Shepherds Junior in a new location adding a computer lab, library, cafeteria, playground, classrooms and solar panels for power. An acre of land has been purchased and students are currently attending school in four new classrooms. The Epic Change group and some volunteers are headed back to Tanzania this summer and future story-related projects include a greeting card line that includes pictures of the children and a post card line that includes photos by the children. Epic Change is actively looking for donations as well as volunteers to join them in helping work epic change in the lives of these children.

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Women For Women, Charity of the Day

by Star Sutherland (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Charity, Charity of the Day

Women For Women improves the lives of women in war torn regions with their holistic whole health approach, they address both mental and educational needs as well as physical health issues. Women who enter their amazing one year program have no where else to turn. Through education, they're transitioned from victim to survivor then active citizen. Over the years this organization has empowered hundreds of thousands of women in Congo, Afghanistan, Sudan and Nigeria. They're able to do so because of their successfull sponsor program. It matches potential donors with a woman in need within four weeks, once you've been matched you recieve all the information about your new "sister", and you assist her with your monthly contribution. Learn more about Women For Women's inspiring work and then get involved!

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Farm Aid Inc., Charity of the Day

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Charity, Charity of the Day

I live right smack in the middle of the Midwest in Iowa, and with the drastic weather this country has been experiencing (in this area it's excessive rain and flooding) crops are getting destroyed and many farmers are being threatened with the possibility of losing their farms, homes, and livelihoods. Farm Aid Inc. is working to help family farms across the country to stay alive, profitable, and on their land through a variety of efforts, including fund raising concerts from big names like Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Willie Nelson, and Counting Crows. Check to see if there's one your area!

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The Nancy and Daniel Benoit Foundation, Charity of the Day

by Star Sutherland (RSS feed) —

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The Nancy and Daniel Benoit Foundation (NDBF) is dedicated to preventing steroid abuse through education and raising awareness about the unfortunate effects steroids can have on users and those close to them. The foundation was started by Nancy Benoit's sister... Nancy and her seven year old son were murdered last year by her then husband professional wrestler and steroid abuser Chris Benoit. The one-year anniversary of these senseless deaths is this month, donating to their cause is a great way to help keep their memory alive while furthering education/prevention efforts.

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Lifesavers Inc., Charity of the Day

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

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Lifesavers Inc. is all about saving horses -- all kinds from unwanted or homeless domestic pets to retired working animals to wild mustangs. Created in 1997 it's a fairly young organization that serves as a source of news and contacts to other horse related campaigns (like this one geared towards saving America's wild mustang population) and events like this horse dancing competition and this women's empowerment workshop. They also provide links to horse rescue resources and homeless horses that are available for adoption -- I love horses and seeing these that need a home makes me wish I had room for a one!

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The Search Dog Foundation, Charity of the Day

by Star Sutherland (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Pets, Charity, Charity of the Day

The Search Dog Foundation (SDF) produces the nation's most highly trained search and rescue dogs. In times of natural disaster or terrorist attacks, chances are the dogs that will be coming to our aid will be graduates of this amazing organization. Training for each dog runs around $10,000, takes up to a year and requires extensive one-on-one time. The dogs that train at SDF are from shelters, which makes me love this organization that much more. SDF receives no government funding, and relies on the generosity of the public to keep the whole thing running!

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Milkweed Editions Inc., Charity of the Day

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

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Milkweed Editions Inc. was founded in 1979 in Minnesota with the intention of "making a humane impact on society." The independent non-profit publishing house puts out 12 - 20 new books each year and strives to use literature's unique ability to reach people and change their thinking to make the world a better place. They support writing creations of all kinds (fiction, nonfiction, children's, poetry) as long as it conveys a message in keeping with their mission of the essence of the human heart and spirit.

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Morrys Camp, Charity of the Day

by Star Sutherland (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Charity, Charity of the Day, Children

Project Morry is an organization that provides year-round summer camp type programs for disadvantaged youth who would otherwise not be able to benefit from such activities. Campers come from schools within the New York Metropolitan Tri-State area and are selected based on their financial situation, their leadership potential, and their ability to work productively within a group. Children who attend experience increased social skills, enhanced self-esteem and leave with a more positive outlook and an excitement about their future. Project Morry relies on public donations to keep these worthwhile programs working, learn more about how YOU can brighten a child's future. Morryscamp.org!

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iGive, Charity of the Day

by Lisa Palladino (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Charity, Charity of the Day

iGive lets you shop at more than 700 brand-name stores and at the same time have up to 26 percent of each purchase donated to the cause of your choice. The cool part is that you can select from the more than 42,000 causes listed on the site, or get yours added. Any cause in the U.S. or Canada qualifies, and 501(c)3 nonprofit status is not required.

The stores are biggies you've heard of: eBay, Lands' End, Staples, JCPenney, Barnes & Noble, Overstock.com, drugstore.com, Office Depot, QVC, Expedia, Home Depot, HSN, Best Buy, Drs. Foster & Smith, Gap, Buy.com and Nordstrom, just to name a few.

Just select your cause from the home page and register with the site. No cost to you -- and iGive states that you often will save money through exclusive coupon codes and deals gathered just for members.

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Green Our Vaccines, Charity of the Day

by Star Sutherland (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Events, Charity, Green, Charity of the Day, Children, Big Givers

Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy are hoping they can use their combined star power to help raise awareness this week for the Green Our Vaccines march and rally. Jenny's son Evan was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in 2005, and Jenny has been trying to help him and others by raising awareness of the possible link between autism and childhood vaccinations. The actors have joined with other national autism advocacy groups to press for the elimination of toxins from children's vaccines and to change children's vaccination schedules. It's always a heated debate, with facts and studies being presented on both sides, but a growing number of parents of autistic children believe that vaccines, especially those containing the mercury-based preservatives, are to blame for bringing on their children's autistic symptoms. Learn more about this weeks fund raising efforts here, and if you want to get involved in this movement now is the time!

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Curbstone Press, Charity of the Day

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

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Curbstone Press was founded in 1975 in Connecticut and aims to use literature to widen the horizons of individuals and bring much needed attention and understanding to various cultural, social, and human rights issues around the world. Basically they encourage a better understanding of our world through reading.

Curbstone not only publishes literary works that further its mission (usually 8-10 books a year) but it also promotes literacy and the appreciation of literature through various programs (i.e. they bring writers into high schools to speak with students). You can support them through donating or by looking for their books in a store or library near you.

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