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Help Stamp Out Hunger This Weekend
This Saturday, May 10, the US Postal Service is running their 16th Annual Stamp Out Hunger campaign. During the day long drive, they'll gather food in over 10,000 cities, in each of the 50 United States.
To participate, all you have to do is leave a bag of non-perishable food — canned veggies, meats, soup, cereal, pasta, and rice — near your mailbox.
To the Rescue: Donating to Charity
During and after a disaster such as the Southern California wildfires, it's common to hear pleas for donations and want to help out. As of this time, the creatures at the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park are doing fine, but organizations like the Humane Society are still helping to rescue, shelter, and provide for the needs of displaced pets and larger animals like horses and llamas. If you're inspired to give to a cause (animal-related or not), here's some food for thought to protect your good intentions from someone else's bad ones.
The How-To Lounge: Cleaning out your Closet
Even though we have passed typical "spring cleaning" time, it's never too late to clean out your closet. I just tackled one of my closets yesterday so I am here to give you some tips to make it as painless of a chore as possible!
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New Orleans Asks For Text-Message Donations
While some may be celebrating Fat Tuesday today by whipping up some of YumSugar's yummy recipes, New Orleans, the city which has always championed the Fat Tuesday festivities, is sill recovering from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Apparently the city is turning to text-messaged donations in an effort to defray the costs of Mardi Gras and of course, rebuild the areas that are still very much affected by the devastation. City officials are working with PayPal, a money-transfer website, to raise funds via text-message and online giving, said the AP.
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I'm Asking: Would You Make a Donation for "Free" Services?
Not that I'm one to turn down a little something for nothing to save money, and take advantage of museum free days or other no-fee exhibits while traveling, even gratis concerts in the park can have people asking for donations to keep these things a reality.Still the reality is, seeing the donation bin doesn't always make people toss in money or it'd be overflowing daily! Even Google's free holiday Wifi program has a giveback option. If you're looking for a way to spread holiday cheer and generosity, you can make a charitable donation to one of three organizations, and the company will match it up to $250,000 — whoa, now that's some pricey WiFi!
Take a Charitable Note From Taylor Swift
Famous or not, most women own at least one dress that hangs uselessly in our closets. Take a note from Taylor Swift and turn the seemingly good-for-nothing dress into a good act; the 19-year old singer donated her long cream and gold Jessica McClintock gown to DonateMyDress.org. I certainly don't have any prom dresses in my possession any longer, but I have a selection of worn-once bridesmaids dresses that could use a better home.
Reader Tip: Make Your Deductible Donations Before January
Over time we each develop a unique saving style, which is why we started the How Do You Save? group for you to divulge your winning tactics. The group offers a place for you to dole out your advice to other SavvySugar readers trying to save a little moolah and learn from their experiences.
If You Had Jolie-Pitt Kind of Cash, Where Would You Donate?
The power couple of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt is way more than a gorgeous, talented duo. They're known to support important causes, both domestically and around the world, often donating large (as in millions) sums of money when it feels right. If you had the kind of cash in the bank that could warrant exceptional monetary gifts to charities, where would you donate?
Tax Tip: Take Pictures to Track Your Donations
When I sheepishly told my tax preparer that I'd misplaced my receipts for the donations I made to Goodwill throughout 2008, he gave me a good-willed evil eye and then offered a great piece of advice. He said that while he's claimed thousands and thousands of dollars in donations throughout the years, and never once has anyone come knocking for proof, but that not everyone is left unbothered.
He picked up a smart tactic from his clients, and I'm going to start using it the next time I have a donation bag ready to go: Take pictures of the items you donate and then upload the photos to your computer.
If You're Healthy, Donate Some Blood
Summertime and the living is easy. Well not exactly; the floods and natural disasters happening all over the country interfere with blood donations. Many states, from New Jersey to Alabama to Ohio, are facing critically low blood shortages.
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