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Conscious Choices

 
"THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF DOING WOULD 
SUFFICE TO SOLVE MOST OF THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS."
       -- Mohandas Ghandi

You're going to shop and buy gifts anyway. Why not make a difference at the 
same time? 

All of the links below support charitable contributions.  A click is free 
and 

...feeds people...
http://www.thehungersite.com/

 
 
The Mercy Corps spends 92% of its income on programs (only 8% 
goes toward administration!).  Worth Magazine named Mercy Corps one of 
America's best charities. Mercy Corps Kits are a convenient way for you to
give a gift to that person who is difficult to buy for while helping people in
need. And it's easy to send your personalized gift announcement: by mail, by
e-mail or by printing your own card.
http://www.mercycorps.org/mercykits

 
 
The Hunger Site also connects to... saving rainforests...
http://www.therainforestsite.com/

 
 
...funding mammograms.
http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/

 
 
The Hunger Site also supports Second Harvest. America's Second Harvest is the
largest domestic hunger relief organization in the United States. Annually,
they distribute more than one billion pounds of donated food and grocery
product, supporting approximately 50,000 local charitable agencies and the
operation of over 94,000 food programs that provide food assistance to more
than 26 million hungry Americans, including eight million children and four
million seniors each year. 99.3% of all donations received by America's Second
Harvest go directly towards feeding hungry people.
http://www.secondharvest.org

 
 
The Save Darfur Coalition is an alliance of over 100 faith-based, humanitarian
and human rights organizations. Their mission is to raise public awareness and
to mobilize an effective unified response to the atrocities that threaten the
lives of two million people in the Darfur region of Sudan.
http://www.savedarfur.org

 

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