Macy's "Feed America"

Macy's wants to provide 10 million meals to feed families in need.  Here's how YOU can help:

1.  Macy's National Charity Shopping Day is OCTOBER 17th, 2009.  You can purchase a $5 shopping pass at any Macy's store between now and then.  The entire $5 goes to your local food bank. Then shop at Macy's or Macys.com on October 17th for great savings.

2.  Participate in Macy's All American Dinner Party.  Pick a date, host a party, set a fundraising goal, and invite your friends to contribute.  Macy's will match your contributions.  Money goes to feed local families in need.

For more information, go to Macys.com/cometogether

(Note:  This is an annual event, so if you missed it this year, look for it next year.)

"Save Our Children's Sight"

The "Save Our Children's Sight" program effectively addresses and overcomes the transportation, language, cultural and financial barriers that face most disadvantaged populations. They have successfully reached out, through their EyeMobile, to 140 preschool and Head Start locations in San Diego County with the necessary vision care that will prevent long-term vision problems and blindness. Since January 2000, they have screened over 20,000 low-income preschoolers for serious eye disorders. Over 4,000 children were referred for complete eye examinations and were provided glasses, and/or specialist eye-care, as necessary.

If you would like to donate to help fund this program, Click HERE.

Cell Phones for Soldiers

Donate your used cell phones to the troops.  go to  http://www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com/

Donate your old camera to charity

Do you have some old digital cameras lying around that you don't know what to do with? Why not let someone else use them?

Global Classroom Connection accepts donated digital cameras for use with children ages 5 to 19 years. The program pairs classrooms in countries across the globe to promote learning and cultural understanding.

Donate your hair to charity

Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. We meet a unique need for children by using donated hair to create the highest quality hair prosthetics.. The prostheses we provide help to restore their self-esteem and their confidence, enabling them to face the world and their peers.


The minimum length required for a donation is a 10” pony tail . So if you have LONG hair and are planning to cut it, consider donating it to Locks of Love.

If you only have an 8” pony tail to donate, The Pantene Pro-V Beautiful Lengths campaign collects hair donations from throughout the United States and Canada and turns them into wigs which are distributed free to women suffering from the loss of their hair due to the effects of chemotherapy needed to fight the cancer that is ravaging their bodies.

Donate your car to charity

Thanks to generous car donation donors like you, over 1 million automobiles (cars and trucks), boats, trailers, RV's, motorcycles and other vehicles have supported non-profit charitable causes across America

Donate My Car – will quickly arrange pick up of your vehicle donation in all continental states and Hawaii

Your vehicle donation will be towed away by a professionally licensed, bonded and insured towing company - so that it's hassle free

They handle the entire car donation process from start to finish - saving you the headache

Have the proceeds from your car donation go to the charity that you want to help, including the American Red Cross, American Diabetes Association, United Way, American Association for Cancer Research, United Breast Cancer Foundation, Humane Society & SPCA, Boy Scouts of America, USO, and many more

Donate your car and you'll not only receive a tax deductible car donation receipt and feel good about supporting a worthwhile cause, you'll also receive a fabulous travel gift entitling you and a guest to Three Vacation Certificates!

Donate shoes (old or new) to Soles 4 Souls

We need the 'gently worn' shoes taking up space in your closet. It is estimated that Americans have 1.5 billion pairs of unworn shoes lying in their closets. We can use each and every one of these pairs to make a tangible difference in someone's life.

Donate the shoes in your closet to: soles4souls.org

Clean Water Campaigns

Roughly one sixth of the world’s population does not have access to clean drinking water. (1.1 billion people)


Nearly two million children die each year from preventable disease due to unclean water and inadequate sanitation. (5000 deaths per day)

Forty billion working hours are spent carrying water each year in Africa.

Rural African households spend more than 25% of their time fetching water. This burden generally falls upon women and girls.

The Voss Foundation has partnered with Virgin Unite and singer-songwriter Jewel (and her Project Clean Water charity) to promote what they call “Give a Drop”,

If you care, GIVE A DROP now. (you can donate as little as $2)

Or go to charitywater.org 100% of your donation will directly fund freshwater projects in developing nations. Each $20 can give one person clean, safe drinking water for 20 years.

Recycle!

Recycling is important for the earth. In fact, the energy saved by recycling one aluminum can is enough to power a TV for three hours. Recycling aluminum cans each year saves enough energy to light Washington, D.C. for 3.7 years.

Have a special container for your aluminum cans. Take the kids with you to the recycling center. (You get paid for the cans, and you are protecting the environment. It's a win, win.)

(You can put the money you receive for recycling into your coin jar to donate to charity. See following blogs)