During the holidays gifts to charity in others names is becoming more and more popular. It’s a nice gift too, especially if you pick something your friend or family member is passionate about. However, while there are indeed many good charities out there to donate too, there are also plenty you can trust OR charities who have to spend so much on administration or advertising, that their actual charity gets the short end of the stick.

To find a real honest to goodness charity and to find out how much money goes to the cause you can visit Charity Navigator.
Charity Navigator …read more

Have you heard of My Coke Rewards?  You simply take those 12-15 digit codes from your purchase of Coke products and enter them at MyCokeRewards.com.  Right now, My Coke Rewards is allowing points to be donated to Toys for Tots.  So far, over 10 million points have been donated.  I never get enough points to do anything with, so this is a great way for me to help out.

Every now and then Kelly and I like to remind you of easy and cost free ways to help others.  I received another email this week reminding me of the free click through
The Breast Cancer Site that helps to pay for mammograms for those in need. 
Here are some stats for recent days:

September 14 – 4.8 mammograms
September 15 – 8.5 mammograms
September 16 – 8.1 mammograms
September 17 – 7.0 mammograms
September 18 – 8.5 mammograms
September 19 – 7.3 mammograms
September 20 – 4.5 mammograms

I know we can help increase these numbers.  Will you take just a few seconds to click on their site?  …read more

In case you’re just now logging on, we’re in the midst of a blogathon.  We’re raising money for the Children’s Hunger Fund.  We’re working hard to post one article every hour during the 24 hour period.  After I made the commute to Virginia to visit Kelly, we worked into the morning hours.  I went to bed at 2:45 this morning.  Yawn!  I’m waiting for the coffee to kick in. 
There are a few others in the Lifestyles channel that are participating in The Great Blog Off.  These include Babylune and Quilting and Patchwork.  I hope you’ll drop by and see …read more

As I mentioned in the last post, we are blogging for charity.  This blogathon will last for 24 hours.  If you’re able, we’d love for you to support the charity that we have chosen, Children’s Hunger Fund.  The Children’s Hunger Fund serves children in need in America and around the world. 

In celebration of the June 20th summer solstice, b5media is having The Great Blog Off.  Participating b5media blogs from the Lifestyles, Business, and Entertainment channels will post content at least once per hour for each hour of the day. 
This is the first time since 1975 that the summer solstice hasn’t occurred on June 21.  On this day, the daytime hours are at a maximum in the Northern hemisphere and night time is at a minimum.  It is officially the first day of summer.
The great blog off begins at 12:01 am on June 20th.  Each blog channel will be accepting charitable …read more

There are only 3 days left until the new year.  This means that there are 3 days left to make donations to a non-profit organization for the 2006 year.  Use this as an excuse to clean out your closets and your kid’s toys. Come on, you know they have too many toys, especially since Christmas just passed. 
Don’t forget about monetary donations as well.  Just make sure your check it postmarked on time.  I’m sure your church, local Salvation Army, or other charitable organization would appreciate your donation.
Make sure you ask for a receipt for your donations.

Every once in a while, there is a really great idea that I feel compelled to tell you about. Kate, over at Babylune, is going to donate to World Vision according to her page views. So I want everyone that reads this to go over and view the Christmas gift for readers and know that you are helping a great cause. So please take the time to go over to Babylune and help her donate to a worthy charity, World Vision.

Ginny has a heart of gold. No, I am not talking about Forrest Gump’s Jenny. I am talking about celebrity designer, Tommy Hilfiger’s daughter, Ginny. She is also a designer and has a line of adult clothing out herself. Why would a thrifty mommy blog about an expensive designer, you ask? Because she is also, evidently, a charitable one to boot. She is laughing a new clothing line and will have her fashion show at her mom’s trendy baby store, Best & Co. 15% of all sales will be donated to the families who …read more