# 2 – Donate to a charity of choice a month
My hubby and I are believers in helping others whether it is volunteering, donations or through monetary donations. In the last month or so, we have discussed the idea of donating to a charity a month. So this was a no brainer to include on my list to accomplish. I think the hardest thing about this is to come up with 24 charities since my task is to donate to a charity of my choice a month for 2 years.
This task is already in progress and I have a few charities in mind. This is where you come in. I would love if you would post a comment listing a charity of your choice and a brief description of it and I will take it into consideration in coming up with the 24 charities to donate to. All entries will be reviewed.
I have listed the charities of my choice so far and put a strikethrough for those that I have already donated to.
Dishing for DanaJapan: Victims of the Earthquake and TsunamiThe Coco Foundation- Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
- Angel 34
- St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital
- Gift of Life Donor Program
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- Center for Autism and Related Disabilities - Florida Atlantic University
- Bethlehem Township Volunteer Fire Company
- Bethlehem Public Library
Help me complete this task and help others while doing so! THANKS!
You can donate to the Center for Autism where I work! =)
ReplyDeleteSince we are funded by the FL Dept. of Education, we wouldn't technically be a charity HOWEVER, with a possible 25% budget cut on the horizon, we are in desperate need for funding! We just had a fundraiser on Sat. hoping to receive donations and pledges to offset our cuts.
We provide FREE consultation and training services to children and adults diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), their families and the professionals that serve them. Autism is a growing epidemic so budget cuts would directly effect families who can't afford some of the expensive treatments and therapies out there.
You can check us out at autism.fau.edu.
If not us, then any other quality autism non-profit like Autism Society (I'm sure there are some options in the northeast!)
Try to stay focused on those that provide direct services. Places like Autism Speaks are really well-known so they make HUGE money but don't really provide direct family services...they invest their time and resources in the research for a cure. (But kudos to them for the huge awareness piece they offer!)
The families need help NOW! "Curing" those who have an ASD now is like a slap in the face saying they need to change. We just don't believe in that philosophy. If they can find what causes it then prevention would be wonderful but we can't turn our backs on the children and adults that need us NOW!
BTW- this is really awesome what you're doing!!
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