ITT we post links to philanthropic and important cause websites

SWTXBelle · #1 07-01-2011, 08:34 AM

One of my pet peeves in working with middle school students - the frequent use of "retarded" as an insult. NO. Just no (and this means YOU, Tracy Morgan).

http://www.r-word.org/r-word-take-action.aspx

LXA SE285 · #2 07-01-2011, 11:59 AM

The Animal Rescue Site

IrishLake · #3 07-01-2011, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by LXA SE285

The Animal Rescue Site

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One near and dear to my heart, Potcake Place based out of Provo, the T&C islands. I know the woman who runs it, sh'es an angel.

Islands like the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos Islands don't have humane laws, or they are very lax and not enforced. Potcakes are an island breed of dog and suffer from diseases, abandonment, and human cruelty and abuse. Potcake PLace works to get each pup that comes into their care a new home in Canada or the US.

www.potcakeplace.com

How could you not want to adopt a face like these? It's relatively cheap to adopt one, actually. Cheaper than many pounds, and US rescue orgs.

OPhiAGinger · #4 07-01-2011, 05:00 PM

This is one I'm passionate about. It packs, ships, and distributes nutritious shelf-stable, easy-to-prepare food pouches to hungry children all over the world for just pennies per serving. Their recipes were designed by nutritionists and their processes were designed by experts in the food industry. These foods don't violate any cultural or religious eating regulations so it's appropriate everywhere.

The best part, though, is their mobile pack event. Individual charitable organizations (mostly churches) fundraise to cover the cost of the ingredients and then host a swarm of local volunteers to pack the meals. The FMSC organization comes in with all their equipment (measuring scoops, scales, pouches, shipping boxes, etc) in a big truck, and trains all those volunteers in their fail-safe packing process. It's surprisingly fun, and at the end of your two-hour shift they tell you how many THOUSANDS of meals you packed. Amazing!

Click on the locations tab in the menu to find one of the handful of permanent packing locations or one of the many many mobile packing locations in your area. In addition to being a great hands-on service project, it is also a wonderful bonding activity with your brothers/sisters.

http://www.fmsc.org/

SWTXBelle · #5 07-01-2011, 05:51 PM

I am really enjoying seeing these - what great ideas for possible activities for GLOs.

lovespink88 · #6 07-01-2011, 06:22 PM

So when I read the title of thought of websites that LITERALLY support a good cause:

www.freerice.com

I haven't visited in a while but it's cool to see that they have made some improvements. You can now choose levels and log in to keep track of how much you donate by playing.

SWTXBelle · #7 07-01-2011, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by lovespink88

So when I read the title of thought of websites that LITERALLY support a good cause:

www.freerice.com

I haven't visited in a while but it's cool to see that they have made some improvements. You can now choose levels and log in to keep track of how much you donate by playing.

Vocabulary AND a good cause? Huzzah!

summer_gphib · #8 07-02-2011, 08:08 AM

I volunteer with Suncoast Basset Rescue, which does a lot of amazing work. Bassets are often placed in kill shelters, because they are extremely hard to train and very stubborn. They get labeled "stupid" because of the stubborness, but they aren't. They just "do what they want!" LOL I've been lucky enough to have two amazing hounds in my life.

Right now I'm not fostering, but I run events in my part of the state. Suncoast is one of the largest rescues in Florida, and is the biggest basset rescue in Florida. We operate from the Georgia boarder to Key West!

http://www.suncoastbassetrescue.org

AOII Angel · #9 07-02-2011, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by summer_gphib

I volunteer with Suncoast Basset Rescue, which does a lot of amazing work. Bassets are often placed in kill shelters, because they are extremely hard to train and very stubborn. They get labeled "stupid" because of the stubborness, but they aren't. They just "do what they want!" LOL I've been lucky enough to have two amazing hounds in my life.

Right now I'm not fostering, but I run events in my part of the state. Suncoast is one of the largest rescues in Florida, and is the biggest basset rescue in Florida. We operate from the Georgia boarder to Key West!

http://www.suncoastbassetrescue.org

Best dog I ever owned was a basset!

Gusteau · #10 07-02-2011, 12:33 PM

OPhiAGinger, I've done a FMSC packing event, it was a ton of fun! I can't remember how much food we were able to pack that morning, but it was astounding!

I have a few causes, but right now I have to promote some really outstanding fraternity brothers. These Cornell undergrads are biking across the country to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. One of the members of their chapter has been battling lymphatic cancer this past semester, so they decided to do something about it. Talk about living your Ritual, right?

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