Just Give

I decided to help out the salvation army by choosing a child in need off the Christmas tree. I picked a 12 year old boy and bought him his "dream gift": a skateboard. I also bought him a helmet, elbow pads, knee pads, and wrist guards. If I can find enough money, I'm going to try to buy him some new shoes too, which it says he badly needs. I challenge anyone who reads this to do the same thing. Hopefully we can all brighten Christmas day for a lot of children this year.

I've been donating a lot lately, I gave to the ASPCA, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the Humane Society, and the Save Darfur Coalition. I could only afford to give $10 each, I hope my donation helped a little. I know if everyone would give just a little bit, it would add up to a lot of help! I also bought a t-shirt from the ASPCA. For those who don't know about just donating, if you do some of your holiday shopping through a site that donates some or all of the profit to charity, you are still helping! Consider this when you start thinking of Christmas or other holiday gifts from now on.

Finally, I don't know if I've mentioned it, but for those completely unable or unwilling to give money, you can still help in other ways. If you have time to volunteer at animal shelters, soup kitchens, food drives, etc. you are helping in a huge way! If you don't have that much time to give, but can find about 10 minutes a day, here's another way to help. The following sites are easy and FREE ways to help animals and people in need. Your daily click is funded by sponsors who give money to the charity designated by each site. Even if you don't have money, or time to volunteer, you should at least be able to find 10 minutes to click on these sites. Even 5 minutes would allow clicks on half of them. Clicking through even 1 of the sites would take less than a minute, and if you're online right now, I'm sure you have a few seconds to spare, so help out. Click today to help the following:

Hunger:
1. http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1
2. http://www.hungerfighters.com/
3. (Click the wooden toy to feed the hungry in Poland)http://www.pajacyk.pl/

Breast Cancer:
1. http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=2&link=ctg_bcs_home_from_ths_home_sitenav
2. http://breastcancer.care2.com/

Children:
1. (Health)http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=5&link=ctg_chs_home_from_bcs_home_sitenav
2. (Literacy)http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=6&link=ctg_lit_home_from_chs_home_sitenav
3. (Children around the World)http://children.care2.com/

Animals:
1. (Shelter Animals)http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=3&link=ctg_ars_home_from_trs_home_sitenav
2. (Baby Seals in Canada)http://babyseals.care2.com/
3. (Ocean Animals)http://oceans.care2.com/
4. (Big Cats)http://bigcats.care2.com/
5. (Primates)http://primates.care2.com/
6. (Homeless Animals)http://pets.care2.com/

Earth:
1. (Rainforest)http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=4&link=ctg_trs_home_from_ths_home_sitenav
2. (Rainforest)http://rainforest.care2.com/
3. (Global Warming)http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=4&link=ctg_trs_home_from_ths_home_sitenav

Miscellaneous:
1. (Violence Against Women)http://stopviolence.care2.com/
2. (Rainforest, Endangered Animals, Pollution, US Wilderness, and more)http://ecologyfund.com/ecology/_ecology.html
3. (Poverty)http://www2.povertyfighters.com/
4. (Plant a Tree in Niagara)http://www.landcareniagara.com/
5. (Click to help the poorest of the poor in Africa, Asia and Central America. Click on the red "geef gratis een gift voor een straatkind" link.)http://www.woordendaad.nl/Index.cfm?ApplicationServer=WIS


Please share these links with your friends and family. Working together, we can make a difference in the lives of many.