make a difference
Their are children dying all over the world from hunger. There are children and women being raped and sold into slavery, even here in the United States of America. Countless homeless people are hungry and dying, even in our own backyard. The devastation from AIDS all over the world, and especially in Africa, is heart-breaking.
So many orphans that need to be adopted and loved and cared for and offered security. And if we can't do that, then they need money to pay for food and education and clothing.
And, gosh, there's cancers and heart disease and mental illness and people losing everything because they can't pay their bills.
Pain and hurt and agony are every where around this world. So what can we do about it?
When we think about the AIDS epidemic in Africa, most of us likely think — "yeah, but what can I do about it? I'm just one person."
Or when we think about the homeless and hungry and all the orphaned children… the same thoughts circulate.
Sure, if only one of us tried to eradicate all of the worlds problems we wouldn't be able to do it. It would be too much, but when we all join together and do whatever we can {no matter how big or small} amazing things can happen.
So search your heart, pray about what you should be doing with your time and money and give back. We all can do something.
Whether you do something locally with your time and money – or you think globally – there are so many opportunities to help our fellow man.
Ideas:
- Walk for a cause {just about every type of cause has a walk. walk for breast cancer, walk for Autism, walk for Alzheimer's…}.
- Volunteer at a homeless shelter.
- Volunteer at an abused woman's shelter.
- Become a foster parent.
- Donate your hair to locks of love.
- Volunteer at a teen pregnancy home.
- Participate in a toy drive.
- Participate in a food drive.
- Volunteer your time after a natural disaster hits.
- Build a habitat house.
- Volunteer your time at a local library reading to children.
- Help end child abuse.
- Volunteer at animal shelters.
- Join an organization to help support our troops.
- Donate your gently used clothing to homeless and battered women shelters.
Resources:
- Find local organizations to volunteer your time with at Serve.org.
- Need help finding a cause to support? Try Do Something.org.
- Find many different causes to support worldwide at GlobalGiving.
Want to sponsor a child?
- Feed The Children – help hungry kids all over the world {including the United States of America}
Women
- Sponsor a woman with Women for Women & give your "sister" the funds to obtain new job skills. But above that, growing a relationship with your "sister" with letters gives her the much needed emotional support we all want and deserve.
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Disclaimer – Just because a website/organization is listed here does not mean I've had personal experience with them. Nor does it mean they've paid me to be listed. This is simply a listing of resources for those of you who are interested in giving back/paying it forward, but aren't sure where to start.
