In the spirit of Christmas, I am kicking off my own commemorative Twelve Days of Christmas. Given these really depressing economic times, I am going to post each day until Christmas of my ideas how to help out and to highlight my friends' various causes. Also, there are only a few more weeks to make charitable donations to be included in your 2008 tax returns, so I thought you might like some ideas.
If anyone reading has any other organizations you'd like to promote, just add a comment and I'll post those on Christmas Day.
Lastly, sorry to my Jewish Friends...consider this the 12 Days of Giving instead.
Day One Donation Ideas
Most organizations that provide services to families in crisis are hurting these holidays. Consider "adopting" a family or child for Christmas. There are different organizations in every city. Fortunately, my mother's group adopted a family of eight and I didn't have to organize the effort, but still got to shop for one of the family members. I think lots of churches do this, also.
Also, Food Banks in every city say they are very low on donations. One of my friends in San Francisco, Devora, is a long time supporter of the San Francisco Food Bank. My friend, Deidre, in Shreveport worked for the Food Bank for years. They both tell me that there are always a need for donations AND volunteers. Also, Food Bank inventories fall significantly after the holidays because many people don't donate after the first of the year. So, keep them in mind!
I haven't seen anyone here in Denver yet, but you can always drop a buck into the Salvation Army bucket.
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great idea Lesley...
Triabetes/insulindependence qualified as a nonprofit earlier this year (501(c)3 to be exact). The goal of this project is to improve the lives of people with diabetes through exercise. A new group of ~15 athletes with type 1 diabetes will be competing in Ironman Arizona 2009 in an effort to spread awareness that living an active life with diabetes is possible. We are also organizing local groups where people can learn from each other. Also, a major push is to conduct research on how to make exercising with diabetes easier. The documentary, which was filmed this year, also still needs financial support to reach a wide audience.
I was lucky to always have people who encouraged me, and stubborn enough to ignore those who didn't. But this is definitely not the case for many, and it is easy to give up on living an active life out of fear of blood sugar fluctuations...
Anyway, you know all about it, but I thought I would just share that info anyway.
Great idea!
-Anne
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