One out of every 500-700 babies (about one every three minutes) are born with a cleft lip or cleft palate, an opening in the lip, the roof of the mouth or the soft tissue in the back of the mouth. In a society that stresses physical attractiveness as much as our does, it admittedly takes a [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Causes'
Did you forget to get the dog a Christmas present? Run to Kohl’s!
December 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Amazon, Animal Causes
So, everyone in the family got a great Christmas present, right? Wait! What about the little guy with the wagging tail who make life so bright for all of you? Happily, Kohl’s is having a HUGE sale on Animal Planet pet items right now. These are all high quality pet items, where some of the proceeds [...]
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Christmas Lights for Charity
December 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Children's Charities, Veterans and Military
Who doesn’t love driving around and viewing great Christmas lights? Something neat that a lot of families who set up elaborate Christmas lights displays is set up collections for charity. Lately, a lot of them have been posting videos and collecting donations online for those who can’t drive to their part of the world to [...]
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Charity Sunglasses that Help Give Sight
December 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Developing Areas
Our eyesight is one of the most important things in our lives. With access to vision centers, glasses stores, mail order contact lenses, and increasingly affordable LASIK surgery, it’s something we’ve grown to take for granted. And yet more than 285 million people in the world suffer from vision impairment and have no hope of [...]
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Fashionable Reusable Shopping Bags from Envirosax
December 16th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Conservation
We’ve highlighted charity shopping bags before on this site dating back to 2007 when we highlighted the FEED Bag. As people become more environmentally conscious, they’re getting into the habit of eschewing the paper or plastic at the grocery store or drug store and bringing their own bags. This saves landfills from being polluted, and [...]
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Book Lover Gifts – Covers of classic paperback books as notecards
December 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Literacy
Now that people are snatching up Amazon’s New Kindle, we keep hearing about the demise of the “real” book at the expense of e-books. Which makes me a bit sad. While I love my Kindle, there’s something to be said about the memories of going to the bookstore, getting a brand new crisp paperback book [...]
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Relief Beads Charity Bracelets
December 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Developing Areas
Are you looking for a simple-yet-meaningful Christmas gift? Relief International has a beautiful Relief Bead bracelet for sale on their site handcrafted by women in Africa. These beautiful bracelets are handcrafted by African women. Costing only $10, they’ll go a long way towards Relief International’s missions. According to their site: – One bracelet will feed [...]
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Peace Bonds – A Unique Holiday Gift
December 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Developing Areas
The good folks at Nonviolent Peaceforce reached out to me to tell me about something called “Peace Bonds”. These are beautifully designed gift cards with a difference. When you purchase one, the proceeds goes to help fund Nonviolent Peaceforce’s work around the world to prevent violence, promote peace, and protect civilians in some of the [...]
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Toys for Children in the Carribbean with the Sandals Foundation
December 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Developing Areas
While it doesn’t snow in the Carribbean and visions of sugarplums are not likely dancing in kids’ heads there, kids there still love Christmas. But sadly, many children in the Caribbean are impoverished or in orphanages and children’s homes across islands such as Jamaica, Turks and Caicos, St. Lucia, and Antigua. Most people know about [...]
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Support Global Angels to help children around the world
December 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Children's Charities, Developing Areas
Back around Christmas, Lauren from Grafik Media contacted me and asked if I would write a little something about Global Angels, a UK-based charity which helps children around the world. I’m a little late, but I did want to take some time to highlight it. One very notable thing about the charity is that 100% [...]
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