Ice Floe Massacre
March 30, 2008
“Today I saw defenseless baby seals slaughtered without mercy on Canada’s ice floes. It is with a very heavy heart that I write this, following eight unbearable hours of bearing witness to the slaughter.”
–Rebecca Aldworth, HSUS Director of Canadian Wildlife Issues
“Don’t Buy While Seals Die–Boycott Canadian Seafood” (such as snow crabs, cod, scallops and shrimp). Learn why this boycott makes seal-saving sense at humanesociety.org.
Give it Up
March 30, 2008
“He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.”
Fruitful Fundraisers
March 26, 2008
Tips on how to have them at this month’s Giving Carnival (hosted by the Everyday Giving Blog)
Shares of Success
March 24, 2008
“You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.”
–Albert Camus
Free Rice
March 22, 2008
Bulk up your vocabulary and the world’s hungry at freerice.com.
For every word you define correctly, FreeRice will donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Programme.
Friday Night Lights 4 Ever
March 21, 2008
Friday Night Lights fans are trying to save their fave show by sending Ben Silverman and Jeff Zucker thousands of minifootballs.
A fiercely inspired and generous lot, FNL fans have also been using their “clear eyes and full hearts” to donate $$ to:
Gridiron Heroes, the U.S. Quad Rugby Association, The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Any Soldier.com.
See what you can do to help FNL at SaveFridayNightLights.tv.
Believers Give
March 20, 2008
“Donors don’t give to institutions. They invest in ideas and people in whom they believe.”
– G.T. Smith
Online Volunteering
March 19, 2008
Find out where to list online volunteer opportunities & how to find and retain online volunteers at http://www.mys.ca/aov/ .
Vote for Best Nonprofit Video…
March 18, 2008
…in the 2008 DoGooderTV Nonprofit Video Contest.
3rd Year Free at Harvard Law
March 18, 2008
Harvard Law students who pledge to work five years for nonprofits or the government will have their third-year tuition waived by Harvard Law.
Read Jonathan D. Glater’s “Harvard Law, Hoping Students Will Consider Public Service, Offers Tution Break” in the NY Times.
