Donate a Laptop to "One Laptop Per Child"

The One Laptop per Child association develops a low-cost laptop— The "XO Laptop" (shown in photo)—to revolutionize how we educate the world's children. Their mission is "to provide educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning."

The laptops cost $199 each.  If you would like to donate one, go to: 

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/The_OLPC_Wiki

How Can I Donate Quilts to the TROOPS?

phrogster1 answers:

There are a couple of very reliable places that send quilts to those in military service and to veterans.

One is Quilts of Valor and the local group gave out two quilts today at the Veteran's Day program I attended. They have organizations in many states so you should be able to contact someone locally about your quilts.

The other is Operation Quiet Comfort. They would accept the jeans quilts. They also accept quilt squares from jeans that have messages on them and sew them into quilts that are then sent to wounded troops. I also know this group is reliable because of past experience with them through Girl Scouts. Many Girl Scout troops send quilt squares to them. They also have a Yahoo! group that they ask people to join so they can share information about the quilts that are sent.

http://www.qovf.org/
http://www.operationquietcomfort.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/operationquietcomfort/
http://www.persimmonquilts.com/QuiltsofValor.html

Donate to Charity by shopping at Amazon.com

This holiday, you can donate easily to leading charities with Amazon Payments. Amazon Payments gives you a simple and trusted way to donate online using the information in your Amazon.com account. Choose the charity you want to support and complete the donation on the charity's website without sharing your credit card information. According to Amazon, its new Holiday Giving with Amazon Payments highlights organizations such as American Red Cross, UNICEF, Greenpeace, Nature Conservancy, Feeding America, Heifer International, Autism Society of America, International Federation for Animal Welfare,  and Children's Miracle Network, who will accept donations using Amazon.com accounts.

So when you do your on-line Christmas shopping, make a contribution to your favorite charity.