Ending the 31 Days

Week of December 19th- December 31st

Saturday, December 19th- Help those helping others. Any donation to www.homebasedcare.org will supply medicine plus sterile gloves and a bicycle to a caregiver for people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.

Sunday, December 20th- Reach out to the new kid. $35 dollars buys a winter coat for a resettled refugee in the U.S. at www.theirc.org

Monday, December 21st- Feed four children in Tanzania a healthy breakfast for just $1 dollar at www.gocampaign.org a nonprofit run with the help of kids from the United States.

Tuesday, December 22nd- Warm toes. Only $5 bucks to www.hannahssocks.org buys seven pairs for a homeless person.

Wednesday, December 23rd- Play trivia. At www.freekibble.com every answer- right or wrong- sends 10 pieces of dog or cat food to an animal shelter in need. (Another favorite of ours!)

Thursday, December 24th- Help women recover after childbirth. www.fistulafoundation.org helps train doctors to care for the 2 to 3 million women who have injuries from prolonged or obstructed labor.

Friday, December 25th- Stock a refigerator. Just one dollar to www.feedingamerica.org will provide nine POUNDS of groceries to a hungry family in our country. (Biggest Loser is a HUGE supporter of Feed America and have started the Pound-for-Pound challenge, where people can pledge to lose weight and help in their communities. For every single pround they pledge AND lose, one pound of food gets sent to a needy shelter. AMAZING!)

Saturday, December 26th- Knit. Send squares to www.warmupamerica.org ; They'll be made into afghans and given to battered-women's shelters. 

Sunday, December 27th- Give peace to survivors of sexual trauma. $47 dollars to the International Medical Corps www.imcworldwide.org delivers medical and mental health care to refugees who have suffered sexual violence. 

Monday, December 28th- Turn your wedding into a charitable event. At www.idofoundation.org you can link your registry to your favorite cause. Each purchase triggers a donation from the retailer. 

Tuesday, December 29th- Starve a landfill. Make this a "no wrapping paper" year. Use newspapers instead.

Wednesday, December 30th- Keep a woman safe. At www.madre.org $30 dollars buys a cell phone for a rural Afghan woman; if threatened, she can make a life-saving call.

Thursday, December 31st- Gift the gift of opportunity. At www.worldvisionmicro.org you can make a microloan to help a woman in a developing country get her own small business up and running.

Have a wonderful few weeks, everyone! Love you all!

-A

 

Week 2 and 3 of 31 Days

Sorry, everyone! I'm a week behind. I was too busy this last week to log on.
It truely doesn't matter what day order you do these in; I'm only writing them in order from the magazine. Hope you all are having a good time with this :)
-A

Weeks of December 8th- December 18th

Tuesday, December 8th- Get lifesaving malaria medication to 10 children: by donating $25 dollars to www.savethechildren.org

Wednesday, December 9th- Click and give at www.care2.org. Every click you make prompts a sponsor to make a donation that will fight breast cancer, animal abuse and more.

Thursday, December 10th- Surf and give. Use www.goodsearch.com to find what you're looking for online, and every single search will send money to the cause of your choice. 

Friday, December 11th- Regift. Turn gift cards you'll never use into donations to your favorite charity at www.plasticjungle.com

Saturday, December 12th- Provide solar power. $50 bucks to www.goodgifts.org will send an African village a solar lamp, stove and water heater.

Sunday, December 13th- Prevent disease. A $50 dollar donation will allow www.doctorswithoutboarders.org to vaccinate 50 people against meningitis, polio and other life-threatening diseases. 

Monday, December 14th- Send a free holiday card to a soldier abroad. (This is Chris and my favorite Day of Giving so far.) Go to www.redcross.org/email/saf

Tuesday, December 15th- Have a potluck with your friends instead of going out to dinner. Give the $35 dollars you saved to www.strength.org to feed a child for a month.

Wednesday, December 16th- Keep someone's lights on. Even $5 dollars to www.smallcanbebig.org makes a difference to a family who needs help with bills due to domestic violence or other tragedies. 

Thursday, December 17th- Inspire a leader. A donation to Binti Pamoja Center (their name means "daughters united" in Swahili) helps a girl in a Kenyan slum pay for school and learn to be a comunity leader. 

Friday, December 18th- Keep girls on the team. Giving to Robin Roberts GoGirlGo! Fund (at www.womenssportsfoundation.org will help girls displaced by Hurricane Katrina stay in sports. 

Love you all. Hope you have a wonderful week.

XOXO-

A

 

  

Spirit of Giving- the 31 Days Begin!

I read an incredible article in my Glamour magazine (Dec'09 issue) using each day of December to do something to benefit those that are needy in our communities, and just ways to better the world. I am taking the challenge. I hope you do the same. At the very least, pick one task from each week list or complete each day with me! It's AMAZING what we can do when we help each other out. 
I will start by listing this week's challenges and will post every Monday the next week's list. Even a little bit helps. Most won't even cost you a dime!

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season.
-A

The 31 Days of Giving

Week of December 1st- December 7th

Tuesday, December 1st: Help get PJs to kids in shelters so they won't have to sleep in their clothes by giving just $10 dollars at www.pajamaprogram.org.

Wednesday, December 2nd: Mentor a struggling student online at www.icouldbe.org. Studies show that a little boost can double a kid's chance of going to college.

Thursday, December 3rd: Donate books you've already read to your library. (Most public libraries accept them.)

Friday, December 4th: End homelessness through soccer: $10 dollars to www.streetsoccerusa.org helps a homeless person meet challenges off and on the field. 

Saturday, December 5th: Fight malnutrition. A $1 dollar gift to www.vitaminangels.org will provide much-needed vitamin supplements to children in places like Honduras, Haiti and even poor areas of the United States. 

Sunday, December 6th: Tend a garden. $5 dollars to www.dinnergarden.org buys seeds for enough veggies to feed a struggling family of seven. 

Monday, December 7th: Do some pro bono work. Whether you're in marketing or IT, www.taprootfoundation.org can match you with a non-profit in your community that needs your skills.

Until next week,

-A