Charity,
Volunteering & Advocacy
News
Japan town embraces volunteer who stayed after tsunami (12/6/11)
Pragmatic Afghan Woman Educates Thousands (6/14/11: The Seattle Post Intelligencer)
Don't dump your old stuff — donate it! Give your old stuff new life by contributing it to worthy organizations (11/27/09)
Featured Pages
Charity Links & Matching Pages
Charity Navigator
Volunteer Match lets you search by area, interest, schedule, etc.
SERVEnet: "the premier website for service and volunteering" lets you search geographically to find organizations in your area that need help.
Guide Star is the leader in providing comprehensive data on more than 1.5 million nonprofit organizations, connecting them with donors, foundations, businesses, and governing agencies in a nationwide community of giving.
Charity Watch (The American Institute of Philanthropy), a national charity watchdog to help citizens make informed decisions on giving donations of all sizes offers giving tips, methods for grading charities, a list of top-rated foundations, and more.
The Troops
At USO-Operation USO Care Package, for $25.00 you can sponsor a care package that will be sent to a U.S. Service person working in the campaign to fight terrorism.
The Animals
The ASPCA
Hospice
Miscellaneous
Another Way to Help the Homeless
Joni And Friends
The World Wide Orphans Foundation
We Prevent
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Texas
The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Friends of the World Food Programme
World Concern
Roots of Peace uses their collected money to remove land mines from mine fields in Afghanistan.
Peter Pan Children's Fund "benefits 36 children's hospitals in 17 states."
grid.org has a downloadable screensaver, like the SETI@home one, that sifts through millions of molecular combinations in hopes of finding one that fights smallpox after infection.
Stripes Spotlight: Army reservist does it for the children showcases Spc. David McCorkle and his new charity American Aid for Children of Nineveh, Iraq.
Second Harvest "is a nationwide network of food banks and food rescue organizations."
Shoes For Orphan Souls "distributes shoes to needy children in the U.S. and 25 other countries."
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