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- Loads of Hope: When Doing Laundry is Doing Good - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsImagine actually looking forward to doing your laundry. We might take for granted how quickly and easily we're able to wash our clothing... but what happens when disaster strikes and you're left without water, power, or any clean clothes? Last week, all of Twitter was aflutter with the ...
Views: 1606(3 votes) - How To Serve A Homeless Person: Guide to Gift Bags - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe can help a homeless person by serving him/her food, a blanket and/or necessary items. It's a pretty simple and wonderful thing to do. In this article, I would like to propose a way to share items with homeless people. This distribution method of serving an unhoused person has worked for ...
Views: 3084(3 votes) - Food For Thought: The Charitable Giving Of Food - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe charitable giving of food is giving food to a person without charging that person any money for the food. It is true compassion and can be life saving. When we want to serve food to someone living outside, we consider a few things. 1. We “serve” food to homeless people, we “feed” ...
Views: 1157(2 votes) - Giving the Gift of You: Serving Your Community - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTo live harmoniously, we need to be supportive and helpful to all people, creatures, and plant life that share this earth with us. While “being of service” is part of being a good citizen of the world, it also feels good to help others. When we do something for others in service, without the ...
Views: 1428 - Just Like My Child - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMore and more we are learning that we live in a global community. We see how much what happens in other communities, and other countries, has an effect on our own lives. And because of the internet and ease of travel, it's easier for us to reach out and help people around the world. I ...
Views: 1125 - Homelessness By the Numbers - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsRaise your hand if you've ever seen a person who you thought was homeless. I can see that all hands are up! I'll be 61 years old this week and when I was young, the situation was not as it is now. In my youth, the vast majority of people who were homeless were men. There were very few women ...
Views: 966 - 3 Steps to Ending Homelessness - by Submitted on May 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt is possible to end homelessness. How? There are three steps to ending homelessness. These steps can be approached individually or at the same time. Step One: Open public toilets 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with showers and laundry facilities. Having worked with people in the streets ...
Views: 1652(1 vote) - Homeless, But Not Hopeless. - by Submitted on May 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFor a country we call the land of prosperity, the United States has staggering numbers of homeless people. So why do we still have a growing number of people living under bridges, cars, shelters and on the streets? Homelessness has as many different causes as it has victims. Every person's ...
Views: 1071 - How Can We Help the Helpless? - by Submitted on May 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAs a mother, I read with horror a news article from CNN.com last week about Masika Bermudez, a mother who found her dead eleven-year-old son Jaheem Herrera hanging from a belt in a closet. In the article, Masika said she believes that Jaheem could no longer cope with the bullying that was ...
Views: 1232 - How to Help the Helpless - by Submitted on May 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt is very important and yet difficult to help those who are not able to help themselves. First of all, we need to understand in the specific case of a helpless person, what is the best kind of help to be given. If there are a group of people who are starving, then the answer may be to give ...
Views: 6994 - How Corporations Can Reduce Global Poverty - by Submitted on May 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMy career of several decades as a senior executive in the IT industry with GE, Honeywell and others provided me with a solid business perspective of the economy. My six years as President & CEO of Unity, a global spiritual organization, gave me the great gift of spiritual growth and a strong ...
Views: 866(1 vote) - The Value of Giving - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2009 from Ralph P. BrownI was contemplating the truth in something that I once told my wife... that the true value of a gift is determined by the one who receives it. Since that time I have come to believe that not only does the receiver determine the value of a gift, he or she decides if what was given - is even a ...
Views: 1445(1 vote) - Go Green by Recycling an Old Car - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Karen CampeseEarth Day is a good time to recycle an old car by donating it to charity. The donor gets a valuable tax deduction, the charity gets the scrap value of the car, and the environment benefits by getting a polluting vehicle off the road. Recycling an old car by donating it to charity has many ...
Views: 1747 - *** Charitable Giving: It's More than a Tax Deduction - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2009 from John AOVSince September 11, 2001, the Trump Organization has always had an annual memorial of some sort. The first year, we forfeited our annual Trump Organization Christmas party in order to give the funds that would normally be used for that event to charity. All of us felt it was the right thing to ...
Views: 1102 - American Children - Obesity - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2009 from Steven PanzulloIn America today, many people including children and young adults are going out to eat more often, eating foods high in fat and calories. Also, many children and teens are staying inside more often paying video games and watching TV programs or chatting online or cell phones with friends rather ...
Views: 1241 - Drop the Cookie and Embrace the World of Online Retail to Boost Funds for Your Non-Profit - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2009 from Joseph RaatsWho hasn’t ever been in this situation: a young, nervous kid knocks on your door and asks if you want to buy 10 boxes of cookies or a dozen doughnuts while their mom sits in an idling car on the street? You awkwardly tell the kid, “No thanks, I don’t have doughnuts in my budget this year,” and ...
Views: 1131 - The Power of Philanthropy - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2009 from Barbara Stanny-The Leading Authority on Women & Money“It’s more difficult to give away money that it is to earn it in the first place.” ~Andrew Carnegie While his premise is arguable, Andrew Carnegie’s point is indisputable. He understood the power of planned giving. Tax exempt organizations are the fastest growing sector in the United ...
Views: 1586(1 vote) - Time, Talent & Treasure: Use Yours Wisely to Help Charity - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from Linda Lysakowski, ACFREIn the aftermath of a year that has shown the world the very best and, at times, the worst face of philanthropy, our country is more aware than ever of financial abuse, misuse and fraud on the part of charities and nonprofit organizations. Many people are more reluctant than ever to donate time, ...
Views: 2654 - Recession Proof Church Giving - by Dr. Steve McSwain's book, "The Giving Myths" (Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc.), offers practical help to America's churches in Christian giving. With more than thirty years in Christian philanthropy and fundraising, Dr. McSwain has provided consultation to hundreds of Christian churches ...
Views: 1817 - Quench for a Cause: Top 5 Reasons to Buy Alex's Lemonade - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2008 from Suzanne BradleyA nice cold glass of lemonade can be just the thing to make you feel better on a hot day. That same glass of lemonade can take refreshment to a whole new level when the proceeds from it are being used to fight deadly childhood cancer, though. When buying lemonade from a stand that gives to the ...
Views: 1583 - 7 Limiting Beliefs of Nonprofits - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2008 from Kayte ConnellyOne of life’s greatest frustrations is taking charge of your destiny as the leader of a nonprofit organization. Many individuals and consequently, the organizations they may come to lead, get stuck in their path to success. They mire in self-doubt, in self-sabotaging behaviors, and never truly ...
Views: 1516 - 2008 "Pink Ribbon Turtles" Project - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2008 from Jena TuntasOne of the greatests ways to grow as a person is to give of one's self. Working for a charity is a great way to do this. Below you will find information about a project I began in 2005. Though in many ways it's still in it's infancy it is growing. I hope you will find your "heart's" ...
Views: 1292 - From A Series - Another Board Guerilla Moment - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2008 from Kayte ConnellyWhen's the last time you took the pulse of your board of directors.? Are they sitting around the table nodding their heads in approval for the first half of the meeting when the perfunctories are presented? Do they understand your vernacular? Are any of your board members glazing over when ...
Views: 1229 - Junkaloo - The First Private Sharing Community. - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2008 from kema egolumHave you ever wanted to get rid of some stuff to make space but instead of trashing it you would rather give it to someone who wants it? Well that’s just the idea that gave birth to Junkaloo.com. Junkaloo.com is a private sharing community that allows users to help others by providing a means ...
Views: 1059 - Connecting Your Organization To More Money - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2008 from Kayte ConnellyPromotions and Your Campaigns You are in the business of raising funds for your mission. You should have a method of collecting names from every resource to encourage readers, visitors, event attendants, and members to go to their next level in their commitment to your organization. How you ...
Views: 1202 - A Charity Story: Dream-Making with Billions & Penniless in Stockton - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2008 from Phil JohncockOne moment I was excited, driving up highway I-5, dreaming with billions of dollars. The next, I was hungry, penniless in Stockton, CA, wondering how I would make it home to Sparks. I was enjoying my drive, recalling the half-a-billion dollar endowment campaign I just launched two weeks ago ...
Views: 1897(1 vote) - The Health Of Nonprofits - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2008 from Kayte ConnellyReading Between the Lines Late last year, two Philadelphia Newspapers, The Philadelphia Buziness Journal and The Philadelphia Inquirer have posted articles taliking about the future state of nonprofits. According to Peter Key, the good news is that nonprofits in the Philadelphia region are ...
Views: 1433 - The Bamboo Flowerings Pf Mizoram - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2008 from lEl Sailo Lunglei,venglai. The mellifluous songs serenade by certain crickets and cicadas are often being heard in the month of September in Mizoram which is the harbinger of the on coming favourable time of harvesting ,an ideal time for a lover to court their love, everything look beautiful ...
Views: 1628 - Olivia Newton John’s Great Chinese Walk For Cancer - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2008 from Andrea KnollOlivia Newton John’s Great Chinese Walk For Cancer Breast cancer survivor Olivia Newton John is planning a 21-day walk along the Great Wall of China to raise money for a brand new, state of the art, treatment and research cancer center. Her journey begins on April 7th, and, if all goes to ...
Views: 1807 - Grants & Fundraising - Facts & Tips For Finding Funding - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2008 from Phil JohncockWhen asked where the money would come from to launch Transcendental Meditation in America, Maharishi replied smilingly, “Wherever it is right now.” Where is the money coming from for your project, dream or nonprofit agency? Answer: “Wherever it is right now.” One great place to look is ...
Views: 3883 - Teach Your Child The Charity Habit - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2008 from Chick MoormanCharity and the spirit of giving have been elevated to a new level following the recent Katrina hurricane. After witnessing the horrific images of pain and suffering streaming steadily across their TV sets, more people than ever before have dipped deeper into their own pockets to offer needed ...
Views: 1353 - Donate While You Shop - Shopping Never Meant So Much! - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2008 from Nicole GrossI decided to start The Giving Store because I wanted to find a way to make a difference throughout the year. As a mother of two there are many issues that are important to me and I want to increase the ones I support. Until now, as a family we could only donate money to a couple causes a year ...
Views: 1281 - uVme - - Fund Raiser - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2008 from John SorrentoHow can uVme dramatically help fundraising Those of you involved in clubs and charities often wonder how the support and fund raising continues.As you rightly know it is very much down to the individual organisation and the support mechanism surrounding it.Searching for new avenues and channels ...
Views: 966 - A Holiday Tale About Milk - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2008 from boake mooreLast Friday; was an extremely busy day at the office – finishing up a very busy work week. By 9:30 am – It had Become a “grind day” – that day you grind to get everything done for everybody else but acclomplish nothing you need to do for your self.. At 10:15 my ...
Views: 1061 - Help Yourself - Help the World - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2007 from Jack CoxWe really do live in an abundant universe and it is important for our success that we develop a strong sense off abundance, whatever that word means to each one of us individually. The universe really is trying to bring us every good and wholesome thing we desire. And it is succeeding in ...
Views: 1113 - Extend Your Philanthropy Past Money - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2007 from Mark V HansenDo Not Burden Your Children with Unearned Wealth While you want to give your money away, you want to give it to people and causes that will truly benefit from it. Unearned wealth can be a tremendous burden and stunt the growth and spiritual development of those who receive it. Wealth is earned ...
Views: 1083 - Stress Relief Though Charity - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2007 from Erica BrooksOne of the best ways to relieve yourself from the stresses in life is by giving to others. When you help others it takes the focus off of you and your problems and shifts the focus to the needs of others. Helping others brings about change in the community and a peace to you and someone in need. ...
Views: 1067 - Book Review: Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2007 from Debbie MolisThis book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Spiritual Guides. The Official SelfGrowth.com Guide to Spiritual Guides is Bess S. Permut. Spiritual Guides are people who have attained a high level of spiritual awareness and use their knowledge to guide people on their own paths ...
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