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Through Project Linus, I learned about a fabulous fundraiser to honor the victims of the bombings at the Boston Marathon. Chicago running coach Jenny Hadfield established a virtual marathon where each participant runs or walks 26.2 miles over the course of the next month.… Continue Reading “Peace Marathon – April 29 to May 31, 2013”
I forget where I first heard of Adopt-a- Classroom, but the premise was very familiar: Teachers spend a lot of their own money for stuff needed in the classroom. School budgets are tight, parents can’t always afford supplies and teachers want the best for their… Continue Reading “New Favorite Charity – Adopt a Classroom”
Last year was the first time I sponsored holiday gifts for a child. There are lots of non-profits out there that collect wish lists from families that don’t have extra cash for holiday gifts and hook them up with people that have some to… Continue Reading “Wrapping for a Good Cause”
My online friend Carlo Garcia launched a short campaign to encourage people to donate to our favorite causes on Cyber Monday. He called it Cyber Giving Monday. I was on the road Monday, and I don’t like to offer up my credit card on… Continue Reading “Cyber Giving Monday”
Earlier this year, I began sponsoring a lady in Kosovo through Women for Women International, an organization that offers educational programs and other support to women living in war torn regions. I am pretty new to the program, so I don’t have much to… Continue Reading “Standing with the Women of South Sudan”
The more time I spend in the Land of Charitable Institutions, the more I see about kids – children – rocking their causes. Conor O’Phelan, of Vonate.org, has been doing the “donate a daily tweet” to Kids are Heroes. While I am not committing… Continue Reading “Kids are Heroes”
I remember reading a while back that Panera Bread, the restaurant chain, was trying something different. A very few stores would run as “Pay What You Want” establishments. The idea was that the customer would place an order, Panera would suggest a value –… Continue Reading “An Awesome Experiment”
This afternoon, I wrote about that MSN article on microphilanthropy. There was a guy featured named Carlo Garcia, who donates his Starbucks money every day to something. What I hadn’t realized, until I saw the MSN headline again, is that he is blogging about… Continue Reading “Living Philanthropic”
MSN had an interesting article talking about “microphilanthropists” – people that make small donations to charitable causes on a regular basis. Acknowledging that most causes still rely primarily on the Bill Gateses of the world, we are seeing more people giving a bit of… Continue Reading “Microphilanthropy”
Once upon a time, I was at a conference attending a session on managing diversity. The hour began with a talk about privilege. The speaker asked us a bunch of questions that proved what a bunch of lily-white-collared folks we all were. A few… Continue Reading “The Privilege of Books”
The Next Dark Age 