When It’s Right to Fight
December 19, 2007
Sweet Smell of Giving
December 17, 2007
“The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.”
–Hada Bejar
Internet Philanthropy Contest
December 14, 2007
“Philanthropy shouldn’t be defined as a bunch of people writing big checks. Small amounts of money given by large numbers of individuals can be combined to do great things.”
–Jean Case, co-founder of the Case Foundation, which is currently funding a contest in which Parade readers and Facebook Causes members can win mega-$ for their favorite charities.
Mirror, Mirror
December 11, 2007
“The most profound messengers are those you least expect to be your mirrors and your teachers: the woman in the recovery circle, the hungry person in the meals line.”
– Janice Mirikitani, Glide Memorial Church
Click link to to read Janice Mirikitani Q & A: http://philanthroflash.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/0711_backpage_v3sc.pdf
Tongue in Auden’s Cheek
December 9, 2007
“We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don’t know.”
–W. H. Auden
Loud Bold Brad
December 7, 2007
“Let us be the ones who say we do not accept that a child dies every three seconds simply because he does not have the drugs you and I have. Let us be the ones to say we are not satisfied that your place of birth determines your right to life. Let us be outraged, let us be loud, let us be bold.”
–Brad Pitt, founder of New Orleans’ Make It Right
Give Where You Give a Damn
December 7, 2007
“I believe that what woman resents is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself purposelessly.”
Candle Power
December 3, 2007
“How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a weary world.”
–William Shakespeare
