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Make Smarter Charity Choices

Are you overwhelmed by all of the options and choices to make when deciding which charities to support? Ratings, administrative expenses vs. actual money going to help; these all need to considered when you determine who gets your increasingly limited dollars. Are they really making a difference or are you wasting your money? “According to [...]

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Global Giving – The Girl Effect

A friend and co-worker sent this video to me about the “Girl Effect.” When I started looking into it I found that this is one of the projects supported by GlobalGiving. GlobalGiving connects you to over 700 pre-screened grassroots charity projects around the world. It’s an efficient, transparent way to make an impact with your [...]

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Have You Discovered Your Gifts?

We may not be aware of it yet, but each of us has a unique set of gifts and talents that enable us to fulfill our special purpose and contribution to the world.  Some of us discover our talents early in life in the more obvious ways as an athlete, artist, storyteller or natural teacher.  [...]

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Give a Day, Get a Day

Kudos to Disney for its new “Give a Day, Get a Day” program. In essence, you sign up to volunteer through a search portal on Disney’s website. Once you have completed your volunteer service, the organization will notify Disney and you will receive an email to redeem your free ticket to a Disneyland or Walt Disney [...]

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