cassandra
location: at the Home for the Bewildered
listening to: old stuff, new stuff, borrowed stuff, blue stuff
registered: 2003.03.17
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Some of you may already make charitable contributions in lieu of a box of candy to friends and relatives. If you are considering it, here are two very worthy organizations that don't get the attention that many of the big charities do. And the funds go directly to the people who need them.Can you spare $25 bucks? Thanks to a new nonprofit, a few clicks of the mouse lets you loan it to a small business halfway across the world.http://www.alternet.org/story/29345/ ORhttp://www.kiva.orgDomestically, please also consider
http://www.donorschoose.org. Some of these proposals (made by teachers in needy schools)will break your heart.
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Some of you may already make charitable contributions in lieu of a box of candy to friends and relatives. If you are considering it, here are two very worthy organizations that don't get the attention that many of the big charities do. And the funds go directly to the people who need them.Can you spare $25 bucks? Thanks to a new nonprofit, a few clicks of the mouse lets you loan it to a small business halfway across the world.http://www.alternet.org/story/29345/ ORhttp://www.kiva.orgDomestically, please also consider
http://www.donorschoose.org. Some of these proposals (made by teachers in needy schools)will break your heart.
