Help Wikipedia grow — read the appeal from Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia’s founder, for US tax deductible donations to help grow Wikipedia and keep it free for ourselves and future generations.
If you want to give this holiday season, give something small that will really help big… or give something big that will help hugely!
That’s what I have to say to the Christmas gluttony of retail insanity!
This time of year should be about making sure that everyone has enough rather than making sure a few have more than they need.
Stop pending money that you probably don’t have on gifts that others probably don’t need, and focus on helping those around you live with dignity.
Take back the holiday season, stop supporting the retail sector, and start supporting your neighbors and neighborhood!
Every year I go through the same thing… I try to select a handful of charities to give something to… and every year I want to know how much of what I give will benefit those I want to help, and how much will be absorbed by the organization that manages the donation.
Remember, there’s been plenty of large philanthropic organizations that end up only getting about 10% of what’s donated to those they “help” and paid their executives huge salaries. [Greed -- you'll find it everywhere]
This year I stumbled on the American Institute of Philanthropy (see the link below), and they’ve done a lot of the work for you — and even made a simple ratings page if you don’t want to invest lots of time into looking over the details.
For those of you who can afford to give a little back, I encourage you to make your gifts count.
