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Our Staff Picks...
- Buy a bed net through Malaria No More and help protect a child from malaria -- the leading cause of death for African children under the age of five. Your gift will go to the African country where it is needed most and provide the education and support needed to help make malaria a disease of the past.
- Send a gift certificate in any amount (minimum $10) from GlobalGiving. You decide how much to give, the recipient decides which project to give to -- from protecting the environment from climate change, to healing communities ravaged by HIV/AIDS, to bringing clean water to remote villages.
- The United Way has teamed up with the NFL for the Fan-Challenge for Fitness – an effort to raise awareness and inspire action to improve childhood health across the country. Contribute to United Way youth fitness in your favorite NFL community, and the community that raises the most gets an additional $25,000 for youth fitness.
- Idealist.org, a project of Action Without Borders, is an interactive website where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate opportunities and supporters, and take steps toward building a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives.
- Donate to Mobilize.org and help educate, empower, and energize the Millennial generation to increase their civic engagement and political participation.
- Give an Hour is dedicated to meeting the mental health needs of U.S. troops by connecting mental health professionals who give an hour of their time each week to provide free services to military personnel and their families.
- Feed a hungry child by supporting Share Our Strength. The nonprofit works with successful local organizations to help families surround every child with nutritious food in the places they live, learn, pray, and play. Share Our Strength is committed to ending childhood hunger in America
- Support Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) Fellows in organizing their college campuses to build mutual respect and pluralism among young people from different religious traditions. IFYC provides leadership training, project resources, a connection to a broader movement, and a platform to inspire others.
- Give access to clean water to a family in Africa by supporting PlayPumps International. The innovative PlayPump® water system delivers clean water to people all over Africa by leveraging the power of children playing on a merry-go-round.
- Search Institute provides positive experiences for young people and helps develop the personal qualities they need to grow into healthy, caring, and responsible adults. The institute generates and communicates new knowledge, and brings together community, state, and national leaders.
- Treat 2,500 people with parasites by contributing to the Millennium Promise program focused on ending extreme poverty in Africa by 2015. Millennium Villages empower the poorest of the poor, demonstrating that it's possible to escape the cycle of extreme poverty, hunger, and disease throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
- The Youth Policy Action Center is a website that engages young people (and adults) in democracy and in changing policies that change young people's lives.
- Give a young person a life-changing experience of service through City Year, where they dedicate one year of service in inner cities as tutors and mentors to school children, help reclaim public spaces, and organize after-school programs.
- A donation to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BCGA) will help teach young people the skills they need to succeed in life. BGCA engages youth in programs focused on education, the environment, health, the arts, careers, alcohol/drug and pregnancy prevention, gang prevention, leadership development, and athletics.
- Help Project Mercy care for orphans in Ethiopia who lost parents to HIV/AIDS. Project Mercy not only cares for physical well-being but promotes education, health care, and community development to create economically independent communities with high ethical and social values.
- Unlock the secrets of your genetic history through National Geographic Society’s five-year Genographic Project. Proceeds support the Genographic Legacy Fund, which aims to empower indigenous peoples trying to revitalize their communities and to raise awareness of the challenges facing traditional communities around the world.
- Your donation to the Calvert Foundation unlocks $2,000 in new loan activity for community investment. This capital enables individuals to live in affordable housing, expand their small businesses, and rise above the cycle of poverty.
- Civic Ventures reports on the growth of the experience movement and brings together older adults to use their talents to advance the greater good – helping America realize an experience dividend.
- Donate to the Taproot Foundation and help apply the time and skills of business professionals toward the greater good. Every $100 you contribute is translated into about $1,000 worth of pro-bono professional services for promising nonprofits.
- Support an interfaith event among people of different cultures and religions through The Buxton Initiative, which uses faith and friendship as a vital bridge to establishing deep understanding.
- Network for Good can help diversify your donations this season. They’ve created “Gift Baskets” filled with unique giving ideas such as aid for animals, hurricane recovery, feeding the hungry, and saving the earth.
- Buy an oilseed press to help a family in Kenya KickStart a small business. These and other tools create new jobs and wealth, enabling the poor to climb out of their poverty forever.
- Provide speakers for Aspen Institute initiatives to ensure that the nonprofit organization continues to foster enlightened leadership and open-minded dialogue. The Institute and its international partners seek to promote nonpartisan inquiry and an appreciation for timeless values.
- Help the Volunteer Center Disaster Recovery Fund of the Points of Light Institute support volunteer centers affected by disasters across the nation. The fund will also be used to build the capacity of organizations to respond to future disasters that arise.
- Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure is a not-for-profit organization with a for-profit mindset and a singular focus -- to hasten the discovery of a cure for brain cancer. Its vision is of a day when all patients who are given a brain cancer diagnosis are told they have a manageable disease.
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