Let’s do a little exercise. I’ll read off a list of country names to you and you tell me the first thing that pops into your head. Cambodia, Nicaragua, Tanzania, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Republic of Congo, and Rwanda. For most people the list is easy. War, poverty, despair, corruption, hopelessness, suffering. Most of the time […]
Entries Tagged as 'Causes'
Amazing Children's Books from Around the World
May 17th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Animal Causes, Conservation, Developing Areas
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Help Charity By Watching TV with Viggle
May 14th, 2012 · No Comments · Breast Cancer, Children's Charities
Have you heard of Viggle yet? If you own an iPhone and watch TV, you’re going to want it. The best way to describe Viggle is that it’s like Foursquare for your TV. Every time you sit down to watch a TV show, you “check in”. The Viggle app will actually listen to your TV, […]
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Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Bar that Helps Provide Bikes to Needy Areas
May 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Bike Advocacy, Developing Areas
On Sunday, I had the pleasure (and the pain) of riding on the annual Five Boro Bike Tour in New York, a 40-mile bike ride that goes through all five boroughs of New York, from Manhattan to the Bronx to Queens to Brooklyn to Staten Island. It’s probably one of the coolest ways to see […]
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Cheese of the Month Club that Helps an Amazing Cause
April 25th, 2012 · No Comments · Birth Defects
Since around the time the movie “Sideways” came out in 2004, it seems that wine tasting has been all the rage. The “cool” thing to do is to build yourself a wine cellar, buy a couple bottles of expensive wine, and show off your knowledge of the subtleties of a pinot vs. a merlot (or […]
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Download Jim Gaffigan's Latest Album, Help a Great Cause, Screw the Middleman #hotpockets
April 19th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Veterans and Military
I’ve been a huge fan of Jim Gaffigan since before the days he was fighting crime with Conan O’Brien and his freakish pale-white skin. Since then, I’ve seen him in concert in 2008 and 2010 and even saw him on Broadway last year. While my friend Jack and I used to attend a lot of […]
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Stand Up to Cancer Necklace
April 15th, 2012 · No Comments · Amazon, Cancer
You’ve probably seen celebrities and sports stars talking about Stand Up To Cancer, a new initiative created to accelerate groundbreaking cancer research that will get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives. Now, you can show your support with this “Stand up to Cancer” Silver Arrow Charm Necklace. It’s a beautiful necklace with a […]
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More Great Gifts for Book Lovers from GoneReading (including the cutest bookmarks on the planet)
April 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Literacy
Since our last post about the great organization GoneReading International, they’ve added a whole new set of products for book lovers. When we last posted about them, they had mostly T-Shirts and mugs. But since then they’ve added a whole bunch of other great gifts that are perfect for the reader (or the person you’re […]
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$5 for $10 Starbucks card at Google Offers on April 4, 2012 #starbucks #halfprice
April 3rd, 2012 · 3 Comments · Poverty
Heads up! Starting on the morning of 4/4/12, Google Offers will be selling a $10 Starbucks Card for only $5. If you haven’t signed up for Google Offers alerts, be sure to do it now as the offer is only going to be good for Google Offers subscribers (don’t worry, it’s free and you can […]
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Help provide stoves for the world's neediest
March 24th, 2012 · No Comments · Developing Areas
Recently I’ve started shopping for appliances. My refrigerator is on the blink, one of my gas burners on my stove is not working, and my dryer motor is on the fritz. Poor me, right? Well, before I feel too sorry for myself, I received an email from The Paradigm Project talking about families around the […]
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AARP Visa Card from Chase on Jeff Gordon's #24
March 18th, 2012 · No Comments · World Hunger
For those of you who follow NASCAR, you know that Jeff Gordon’s #24 Chevy has been called the Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet, sponsored by AARP. While organizations like Share Our Strength exist to bring awareness to childhood hunger, AARP and Jeff Gordon are bringing awareness to another critical segment of the population that needs […]
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