Community
Development
Environmental Issues
Humanitarian Issues
Spend Some, Give
Some
- Heart
U Back- 8% of each bracelet purchase benefits the ASPCA.
- Cookies
for Kids - Give hope to kids. 70% of the purchase price funds pediatric
cancer research.
- Support
St. Jude - 100% of profit from Tea Sampler purchase goes to the
children's research hospital.
- Create
Careers
- Proceeds from puzzle purchase provides artistic training and jobs
to poor young people in Sri Lanka.
- Help
Artists - Handmade spiral pitcher purchase provides income to Mexican
glassblowers and allow them to train other artisans.
- Fund
Artisans - Sales of items provide their creators with fair wages
and access to education and health care.
- Create
Jobs -
Serving tray purchase proceeds support Manos Amigas, a fair-trade organization
that exports traditional Peruvian handicrafts.
- Educate
Future Leaders - 20% of each purchase of an Altru candle benefits
the In a Perfect World Foundation, which teaches kids to be socially
conscious leaders.
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- Fight
Poverty
- Proceeds from handmade necklaces support Bead for Life, a fair-trade
organizationn that teaches entrepreneurial skills to poor women.
- Care
Packages for Soldiers -
donations provide needed and requested items for deployed soldiers.
- Emergency
Food Kits -
donations provide food kits for people displace by war or natural
disaster.
- Educate
Kids -
100% of net profits from the sales of featured books and stuffed animals
at Kohl's goes to children's health and education programs.
- HIV/AIDS
- MAC donates all proceeds from the Viva Glam lip palette to HIV/AIDS
charities here and abroad.
- Charity
Choice - 10% of the value of the gift card goes to he Special
Kids Fund, an organization dedicated to helping special-needs and
at-risk children. The recipient decides which charities get the rest.
- The
Good Card - allows recipients to donate the card's value to any
of 1.8 million participating charities.
- iTunes
Red -
10% of the purchase price goes to the Global Fund to fight disease
in Africa
Literacy
Non-violence, Economics,
and Social Justice
Service Clubs (with
Burlington affiliates)
Volunteering
Idealist.org-lists thousands of volunteering opportunities
Network for Good-international site that affords opportunities for
donating and volunteering
Public Service and Volunteerism-this U.S. government site covers donating
money, volunteering for government jobs, public service-related organizations
Serve-a central portal for people who want to volunteer in their local
communities
Volunteer Abroad-this site allows searching by country and work opportunities
for all ages
Volunteer for Organizing for America-President Obama sponsors this
site for volunteers to match interests with volunteer opportunities
Volunteer.Gov-many W.S. governmental agencies post volunteer opportunities
here
Volunteer Match-searchable by location and keywords
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