Downtown Port-Au-Prince after the massive earthquake in Haiti. My friends Carolyn and Doug are incredible people, and I don’t think I’ve ever looked up to two people more. Doug and Carolyn work in a church, and if you’ve ever worked in a church you know that all kinds of needy people use (and abuse) the ...
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Giving
Now that the holiday season is in full swing, it seems like everybody is pulling out their Christmas decorations, in attempt to add some yule tide cheer. Contents from the attic, garage and other various storage places become a little barer, and the house becomes a little more cluttered. While Christmas decorations are all about ...
Alex Shalman is running a contest to benefit a charity. For each link he receives to his site, he’s going to donate one dollar to a charity. The choice of charity will be determined by a random winner on April 15th. He’s willing to pony up $500 towards a good cause. There is one rule ...
Every year, Americans spend $250 billion–$100 billion during the holiday season, alone–buying presents for one another. “Imagine, for one delirious moment, what we could accomplish if even a small percentage of that gift money were redirected to nonprofits working to make the world a better place.” I love the idea for ChangingThePresent.com. Instead of an ...
When little kids hear the word “Christmas”, one of the automatic word associations is “gifts”. Sure, you’ve got “Frosty” and “Rudolph” and “Santa”, but those are just afterthoughts. The core of Christmas is GIFTS. Yet they’re never associated with giving. We all know how it works. You ask Santa for what you want, and hope ...
I recently have been checking out the various “list†programs via Techcrunch that allow you to save items to your list, in hopes that your friends and family will buy what you want for a change. No more weird coffee mugs, no more sweaters that your dog wouldn’t wear. Now there will be no excuse ...
