Here is a great idea from Family Christian Stores. See the cute little guy to the left? His name is Barnabas Bear. And for $5, you can make sure he’s in the hugging arms of an orphan this holiday season. Each year, the James Fund, a charity run by Family Christian Stores that focuses on orphans in […]
Entries Tagged as 'Charities'
Bring a Smile to an Orphan This Christmas
November 23rd, 2007 · No Comments · Family Christian Stores, The James Fund
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Charity Shopping Bags: Feed the children of the world with the FEED Bag
November 22nd, 2007 · 7 Comments · Amazon, UN World Food Programme, World Hunger
NEW for 2011! While the original FEED Bag is no longer available from Amazon.com, you can get a much, much more stylish and comfortable Denim Bucket Tote or Canvas Tote from the Gap. Here is a great idea from Lauren Bush and Amazon.Com just in time for your holiday shopping. Starting on Thanksgiving Day 2007, […]
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New York Cookbook that goes to help Meals on Wheels
November 20th, 2007 · No Comments · Amazon, Meals on Wheels, World Hunger
Can’t make it to New York to dine this Thanksgiving or holiday season? Bring New York to your kitchen. The New York Cookbook is a phenomenal cookbook edited by Molly O’Neill, a food columnist for the New York Times. It’s a cookbook which took five years to compile, has won all kinds of awards, and has sold […]
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Crickey, It's a Croc! Gifts that remember the legacy of Steve Irwin.
November 15th, 2007 · No Comments · Australia Zoo, Conservation, Discovery Channel Store
It’s been a little over a year since the world lost Steve Irwin, but his absence is still felt. Steve Irwin passed away on September 4, 2006, but as a way to remember him one year later, the Australia Zoo chose today, November 15, as “Steve Irwin Day”. They chose it not as a day […]
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Russ Shining Stars Penguins and other Friends
November 13th, 2007 · No Comments · Amazon, Children's Charities, Starlight Starbright
If you read the reviews on this stuffed animal from Russ, you’ll see there are irate people complaining about how it’s not a Webkinz. Okay, so it’s not a Webkinz, it’s a Shining Stars Penguin. But even so, isn’t that little guy staring at you to the left the cutest thing that you’ve ever seen? […]
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Flags of Our Fathers by Keni Thomas
November 11th, 2007 · No Comments · Amazon, Special Operations Warriors Foundation
Flags of Our Fathers is a CD released by rock and country star Keni Thomas, and is appropriate to mention on this Veteran’s Day. Keni Thomas is a southern rock and country music singer from Columbus, Georgia who served in the Army in Task Force Ranger, and fought during the “Black Hawk Down” incident in […]
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Rules for Happiness Paperweight to Help Art Students
November 9th, 2007 · No Comments · Arts, New Urban Arts, Uncommon Goods
Most people who know me know that I smile a lot. I’m not exactly sure why this is, but a lot of it has to do with the way my parents brought me up and just being surrounded by the love of family and the love of God all my life. So imagine my surprise […]
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Bake Me a Wish: Delicious Cakes That Help the Make a Wish Foundation
November 7th, 2007 · No Comments · Bake Me a Wish, Make-A-Wish Foundation
Want a freshly baked cake from a real New York City bakery on your table for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner, or to celebrate a birthday or anniversary? You are in for a treat. Literally. Bake Me a Wish is an authentic Manhattan bakery with a difference. 5% of all proceeds from cakes you order from […]
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Red ipod for AIDS research – iPod (Product) RED
November 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments · AIDS, Apple, Global Fund
Apple Inc. never ceases to amaze me. I’ve been a very fanatical customer of theirs since I owned an Apple //e in the early 1980’s. I was the proud owner of a Mac SE/30 in the early 1990’s, and a Powerbook in the late 1990’s. I remember when everyone left them for dead, and then […]
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JP Lizzy Designer Diaper Bag that Helps the March of Dimes
November 3rd, 2007 · No Comments · Amazon, Birth Defects, March of Dimes
In 1938, the March of Dimes was founded to fight the devastating disease of childhood polio. In 1955, the charity achieved what all charities hope to achieve but few charities do: to make itself unnecessary. When Dr. Jonas Salk introduced the vaccine to polio, largely funded by efforts from the March of Dimes, polio in […]
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