I have done this before for friends who live out of town. I donated to the Dictionary Project, which buys dictionaries for schools who don’t have money for them. Every child in the class gets a new dictionary, and the kids write thank-you notes to the person in whose name the donation was made. I have also donated to UNICEF in another person’s name.
It’s something that takes little time and effort, but offers great rewards, especially in the case of folks who don’t really need more “stuff”.
Hi donnah. The Dictionary Project sounds great and I went and looked it up for California…my favorite ‘books’ are dictionaries so this seems like a great idea for me to do. My sister has a variety of charities she donates to and I think for Christmas I’ll ask her to donate to this in my name. She’s been donating money for either one or two wood stoves each year for Native American families on reservations.
So many good charities out there that it is sometimes hard to choose but trying to give locally is always the best way to be sure money or other donations are going to where they will do most good. Just helped a friend who works for state and is volunteering on christmas for soup kitchen. She said that they really had an over abundance of volunteers(which is good)and needed more money and food-so I was happy to be able to donate some money to her for that.
I agree, Chocolate Ink. There is a lot that we can do on many levels and there are charities to suit anyone. I have also donated to the Emily Dickenson museum in the name of a friend of mine who is a lifelong fan of her work. I always check the charities out to make sure they’re legitimate. I know that the Dictionary Project works because I’ve seen the results.
We’ve often contributed to the Heifer Project, which gives you a nice card on which you can say you’ve given a goat or a beehive or whatever in their name.
I have done this before for friends who live out of town. I donated to the Dictionary Project, which buys dictionaries for schools who don’t have money for them. Every child in the class gets a new dictionary, and the kids write thank-you notes to the person in whose name the donation was made. I have also donated to UNICEF in another person’s name.
It’s something that takes little time and effort, but offers great rewards, especially in the case of folks who don’t really need more “stuff”.
Hi donnah. The Dictionary Project sounds great and I went and looked it up for California…my favorite ‘books’ are dictionaries so this seems like a great idea for me to do. My sister has a variety of charities she donates to and I think for Christmas I’ll ask her to donate to this in my name. She’s been donating money for either one or two wood stoves each year for Native American families on reservations.
So many good charities out there that it is sometimes hard to choose but trying to give locally is always the best way to be sure money or other donations are going to where they will do most good. Just helped a friend who works for state and is volunteering on christmas for soup kitchen. She said that they really had an over abundance of volunteers(which is good)and needed more money and food-so I was happy to be able to donate some money to her for that.
I agree, Chocolate Ink. There is a lot that we can do on many levels and there are charities to suit anyone. I have also donated to the Emily Dickenson museum in the name of a friend of mine who is a lifelong fan of her work. I always check the charities out to make sure they’re legitimate. I know that the Dictionary Project works because I’ve seen the results.
Hope you have a great holiday!
We’ve often contributed to the Heifer Project, which gives you a nice card on which you can say you’ve given a goat or a beehive or whatever in their name.