For charity.
Fun stuff in a bit, but first this. I got home after a gig last night and realized I hadn't done a charity posting this year, and because this is important to me, I had to do this this morning.
I know solicitation on LJ is a dodgy thing, but this is charity, and I would never ask you to give if I weren't already giving away each month, too. I'm not asking you to give a lot, not more than you'd spend on a packet of smokes or two beers at the bar. If you want to give more, that's fabulous, but $10 can do plenty. $20 is just fantastic. Even if you've only got $5 to spare, that could make all the difference in someone else's life. Wouldn't you want someone to do the same for you?
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation -- I don't have a long speech to go with this foundation. There are loads of other AIDS foundations that are worth your time and money too, I've just chosen this one, because these are kids. Little kids with their whole lives ahead of them.
Habitat For Humanity -- From New Orleans to Thailand, everyone needs a home. It doesn't have to be big, it doesn't have to have DSL and Sky, it just has to have a roof. It just needs walls to support the roof. Help someone else put one over their heads.
Book Relief -- You would think that finding a literacy charity or a book donation partner would be an easy job, you would be wrong. Everyone has a site, but nobody has a charity. Or it's just for adults, or you can only send X type of censored books, or it's just so the UN can promote literacy day (8 September), and yet I only found this foundation after much hunting. I don't think I need to tell a bunch of readers and writers the importance of books and literacy, otherwise you wouldn't be able to read this.
Save Darfur -- I feel like I could go on about the Save Darfur campaign for years, but I reckon it's just better if you see for yourself. I know this charity was up last year, but things aren't better. They're still too slow. Just a little donatation could make things better for a lot of people, even if you don't donate, at least fill out a postcard to send to someone and tell them that this time we won't let things be swept under the rug.
Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation -- I could've just as easily put up the American Cancer Society or the Cancer Research UK, but I wanted to make the cancer charity more of a personal thing. I wanted it to appeal to everyone, because face it, most of the people reading this are women, and the likelihood of someone you know getting breast cancer, well, it's not small. So if you can, donate. Every little bit goes a little further for a cure. Or you know, donate to prostate cancer, which will affect 1 in 6 men, because we are totally not sexist around these parts. Really.
And even if you don't have any money, or you're like, hackthis, today really isn't the day for this, you can still donate by going to the following sites and clicking on the tab. Just two clicks. IT'S FREE. It'll take you longer than that to scroll past this entry. The Literacy Site -- The Breast Cancer Site -- The Hunger Site -- The Child Health Site or The Rainforest Site
Thanks, guys. ♥
I know solicitation on LJ is a dodgy thing, but this is charity, and I would never ask you to give if I weren't already giving away each month, too. I'm not asking you to give a lot, not more than you'd spend on a packet of smokes or two beers at the bar. If you want to give more, that's fabulous, but $10 can do plenty. $20 is just fantastic. Even if you've only got $5 to spare, that could make all the difference in someone else's life. Wouldn't you want someone to do the same for you?
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation -- I don't have a long speech to go with this foundation. There are loads of other AIDS foundations that are worth your time and money too, I've just chosen this one, because these are kids. Little kids with their whole lives ahead of them.
Habitat For Humanity -- From New Orleans to Thailand, everyone needs a home. It doesn't have to be big, it doesn't have to have DSL and Sky, it just has to have a roof. It just needs walls to support the roof. Help someone else put one over their heads.
Book Relief -- You would think that finding a literacy charity or a book donation partner would be an easy job, you would be wrong. Everyone has a site, but nobody has a charity. Or it's just for adults, or you can only send X type of censored books, or it's just so the UN can promote literacy day (8 September), and yet I only found this foundation after much hunting. I don't think I need to tell a bunch of readers and writers the importance of books and literacy, otherwise you wouldn't be able to read this.
Save Darfur -- I feel like I could go on about the Save Darfur campaign for years, but I reckon it's just better if you see for yourself. I know this charity was up last year, but things aren't better. They're still too slow. Just a little donatation could make things better for a lot of people, even if you don't donate, at least fill out a postcard to send to someone and tell them that this time we won't let things be swept under the rug.
Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation -- I could've just as easily put up the American Cancer Society or the Cancer Research UK, but I wanted to make the cancer charity more of a personal thing. I wanted it to appeal to everyone, because face it, most of the people reading this are women, and the likelihood of someone you know getting breast cancer, well, it's not small. So if you can, donate. Every little bit goes a little further for a cure. Or you know, donate to prostate cancer, which will affect 1 in 6 men, because we are totally not sexist around these parts. Really.
And even if you don't have any money, or you're like, hackthis, today really isn't the day for this, you can still donate by going to the following sites and clicking on the tab. Just two clicks. IT'S FREE. It'll take you longer than that to scroll past this entry. The Literacy Site -- The Breast Cancer Site -- The Hunger Site -- The Child Health Site or The Rainforest Site
Thanks, guys. ♥