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I saw this over at Tales of the Tighwad and had to share.
Click the buttons below to answer a dog and cat trivia question and freekibble.com will donate 10 pieces of kibble for each. You can only answer one question per day. It's easy and fun, so click below to help feed our furry friends!
-Almost 100,000 men, women and children currently need life-saving organ transplants?
-Every 12 minutes another name is added to the national organ transplant waiting list?
-An average of 18 people die each day from the lack of available organs for transplant?
-90% of Americans say they support donation, but only 30% know the essential steps to take to be a donor?
If you're not already an organ donor, or want to make sure you are registered as one, go here to get started. Another great site to get information from is Donate Life America. Just look at organ donation as recycling your body parts. :)
If you are a photographer who would like to donate your services to an invaluable cause, consider bereavement photography for parents with stillborn or dying babies. Find out more here: Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep.
Are you contmeplating chopping off your really long hair? Along with making yourself feel good, how about making someone else feel good too? There are many women and children that have lost their hair due to medical reasons and treatments. Please consider donating your hair to help boost their self-esteem and give them a sense of feeling normal again.
Programs:
Locks of Love
Beautiful Lengths
Wigs for Kids
If you know of any more, please feel free to leave a comment with the info. :)
From the site:
If you're not a labor doula but know someone who is, tell them about Operation Special Delivery. This is a great service. I couldn't imagine going through labor without my husband!Operation Special Delivery provides trained volunteer doulas for pregnant women whose husbands or partners have been severely injured or who have lost their lives due to the current war on terror, or who will be deployed at the time that they are due to give birth.
(Originally posted on my blog The Adventures of Frugal Girl )
(Originally posted on my blog The Adventures of Frugal Girl )
This site is similar to the Hunger Site in that all you have to do is make a click to make a difference. The Bible Site donates Bibles and books of the Bible to persecuted Christians in other countries. Click here to visit the site and click now. Make sure to bookmark the page and click daily!
(Originally posted on my blog The Adventures of Frugal Girl )
This cool program called "Lets say thanks" is sponsored by Xerox. Simply pick out which postcard design you want. Then choose a message from a list of pre-written notes or write your own. Click submit and you're done. It's really that simple and easy and it will be very much appreciated by the soldier that receives it.
Click here to send a card.
(Originally posted on my blog The Adventures of Frugal Girl )
The Ronald McDonald House is a "home away from home" for many sick children and their families each year. They are asked to make a $5-20 donation each day of their stay, but if they can't, their stay is free. What an awesome program!
You can help these families continue to have free or majorly discounted stays by saving the tabs on your soda cans, vegetable and soup cans, and pet food cans. Drop-off sites for pop tabs range in location, from the House to McDonald's restaurants, local banks and grocery stores.
Here's a picture of our collection so far. It's amazing how many aluminum cans have went into this small pile! We started doing this at the beginning of August when I was told about it from a friend.
(Originally posted on my blog The Adventures of Frugal Girl )
Frugal folks are some of the most generous people around. They may not have a lot, but they're willing to give what little they do have to help someone in need.
When most people think about donating to charities, they think the only way is by donating money. And since they don't have much money to spare, they feel like they are unable to help. This is far from the truth. You can donate things like your time, special services (computer, landscaping), and stuff you have stored up or laying around your house that isn't being used.
Each week I'm going to post a way to give to charity or your fellow man, without spending a dime in the process. The rewards in giving are priceless!
The first charity I'm covering this week is a website that contains several sites that you can visit and click daily to help feed a starving child, feed a starving animal, fund a mammogram, fund healthcare for a child, save the rainforest, and provide books for needy kids. Just go to http://www.thehungersite.com/ daily and click the "Help Feed the Hungry" button pictured below. After you have done that, visit each of the other sites by clicking on their tab at the top of the page which can also be seen in the picture.
One way to remember to visit everyday is to set it as your homepage. Remember, one click doesn't provide a free mammogram, a cup of food, etc. It takes many clicks to reach just one goal of each site so visit daily and click away. It's easy and free!
(Originally posted on my blog The Adventures of Frugal Girl )
This week's featured opportunity is the Lions Club. They collect used eyeglasses which are cleaned then sorted by prescription. The glasses are then distributed to those in need in developing countries.
So do you have an old pair lying around or know someone who does? Instead of letting them collect dust, let the Lions Club put them to good use. You will greatly improve the quality of someone's life. To find out where to donate in your area, go the Lions Club website at http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/content/vision_eyeglass_recycling.shtml and click on "Club Locator" located on the left portion of the page. You will be given contact information for your local chapter.
(Originally posted on my blog The Adventures of Frugal Girl )
This has got to be the coolest thing I've seen in a while. Yes, I live a sheltered life! I received an email from MSN Messenger stating you can now IM for a cause. From the site:
i’m is a new initiative from Windows Live Messenger™. Every time you start a conversation using i’m, Microsoft shares a portion of the program's advertising revenue with some of the world's most effective organizations dedicated to social causes. We've set no cap on the amount we'll donate to each organization.
The sky's the limit. So any time you have an i’m™ conversation using Windows Live Messenger, you help address the issues you feel most passionate about, including poverty, child protection, disease, environmental degradation and animal protection. It's simple. All you have to do is join and start an instant messaging conversation. We'll handle the donation.
