My sister sent me this in an email and requested I share it on my blog too. :) I think all the ideas are really awesome and would be a big blessing to many.
Tis the Season
Happy December!!! Since Christmas is a time for giving, I thought I'd share some fun and inexpensive ways to give to others in case you are interested. Tis the Season for that Christmas spirit!- For $1 you can send two books to a classroom in Africa. In many schoolrooms on the continent, 20 children share one textbook. BOOKSFORAFRICA.ORG
- For $2 you can give a set of drumsticks for a low-income public school student learning to play the drums. LITTLEKIDSROCK.ORG
- For $3, you can send a high risk youth on a field trip to a museum, concert, or theatrical production. CREATENOW.ORG
- For $4 you can give two hours of prepaid phone time for a soldier stationed overseas to call home. CELLPHONESFORSOLDIERS.COM
- For $5, you can gift a one-burner kerosene stove for a family that would typically rely on an open fire. The stove is reusable and less environmentally taxing than the cutting of timber. FOODFORTHEPOOR.ORG
- For $6 you can give measles vaccinations to 15 children in a developing country. DOCTORSWITHOUTBORDERS.ORG
- For $7 you can give a weeks worth of food for an abandoned dog or cat at a shelter run by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. ASPCA.ORG
- For $8 you can provide a medical teaching doll to be used in educating a child about his or her cancer treatment. STJUDE.ORG
- For $10 you can send cloth and tools to an Afghan woman so that she can become self sufficient by taking a six-month tailoring course through Creating Hope International and the Afghan Institute for Learning. GLOBALGIVING.ORG
- For $10, you can purchase a box of nails that will be used to adapt a disabled veteran's house from Homes for Our Troops, an organization that provides full accessibility to the injured at no cost. HOMESFOROURTROOPS.ORG
- For $10, you can buy a day's worth of fresh fruits and vegetables to feed two chimps - most of which have been orphaned by poachers - at the Jane Goodall Institute's Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center in the Republic of Congo. JANEGOODALL.ORG/OPRAH
- For $10, you can provide two specialized bottles for babies born with a cleft palate, who otherwise might suffer from malnutrition before receiving corrective surgery. OPERATIONSMILE.ORG
- For $11, 11 trees will be planted in Alabama communities devastated by the April 2011 tornadoes. ARBORDAY.ORG
- For $12, 20 pounds of multipurpose soap will help keep families germ free around the world. OXFAMAMERICAUNWRAPPED.COM
- For $14 two nutritious meals will be delivered by volunteers from Meals on Wheels to a housebound senior citizen. MOWAA.ORG
- For $15 you can give a backpack and school supplies to one homeless or low income child. CRADLESTOCRAYONS.ORG
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thanks for sharing God bless