I have seen many wonderful things happening online lately. On social sites I keep seeing posts daily this month on what you are thankful for, a whole month of thanks-giving! I googled and picked up some pretty cool finds online too:
http://identityrenewed.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/a-month-of-real-thanksgiving/
http://sojourningsojas.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/a-month-of-thanksgiving/
After Superstorm Sandy I have seen many donation options to help those dealing with the aftermath in the NorthEast. I use yahoo for email so I always scan the front pages and caught this one about ways to donate. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/hurricane-sandy--how-to-help.html
Here are some direct links, not that you can't google it yourself :)
for people http://www.redcross.org/ for animals http://www.humanesociety.org/
and my personal favorite is local to me, global to you: http://www.convoyofhope.org/
Thinking of my own options I don't want to set up a donation item to sell online with proceeds going to a benefactor of my choice. I'd rather just do my own donating and you do yours. Not sure if that's a bad attitude or my realist side showing up. I have often thought that of fundraisers at school too, instead of buying that overpriced candle or candy I would rather give the kid's program a little cash. Am I taking the fun out of fundraising? I guess so but that's my honest opinion about it.
There's a lot of opinion out there right now on politics isn't there? I have been listening with one ear and avoiding it with the other, thank God for DVRs hehe. I had one thought on the campaigning though, why is so much money spent getting one person in a job that pays a fraction of that amount in wages? Why do we have a 2 billion dollar president? Is your vote worth that much or is your spending dollar worth more? HMMMM.
Thanks for letting me rant. Have a great week, and get out and vote Tuesday and buy something too while you're at it and also donate a little to your favorite cause....just choose right for YOU!
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