Cancer became real to me this week when my children’s grandmother went into the emergency room with symptoms resembling a stroke and left with a diagnosis of brain cancer. As
Give Clean Water (Blogivation)
P&G is providing a day of clean drinking water (2L) to a person in a developing country for every vote cast during the Clean Water Blogivation. As of this Wednesday,
How to Host a Diaper Drive
According to their website, Help A Mother Out‘s mission is “to improve the lives of mothers, children, and families in need one diaper at a time.” They “envision a day
Kiva Small Loans Can Make a Big Difference
“Kiva.org allows people the very American satisfaction of both helping someone and getting their money back.” – John S. Johnson, The Huffington Post. Kiva.org is a non-profit revolutionizing the fight
Help Make A Child’s Wish Come True
The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a charity that grants wishes of children ages 2½-18 years old who have a life-threatening medical condition. The Foundation has granted the wishes of more than
One Person’s Junk (Email) Is Another Student’s Healthy Lunch!
I love this idea from Chipotle (one of my husband’s favorite restaurants)… For every ten junk emails you forward to nojunk@chipotlejunk.com, Chipotle will donate $1 to The Lunch Box Organization,
Barefoot Week for Soles 4 Souls (Plus Rascal Flatts Autographed Shoes Giveaway)
I’m taking over Giving Inexpensively from Alicia today, to tell you about a cool program I learned about at Blissdom earlier this year. Soles 4 Souls collects shoes and gives
Create Art To Feed The Hungry (The Bread Art Project)
Grain Food Foundation recently hosted a blogger event with Melissa d’Arabian (host of Food Network’s ‘Ten Dollar Dinners’) to launch the Bread Art Project in Chicago. Here’s a picture of
Give Money By Playing Games
Tonight, I stumbled upon an amazing website. The site is called Games That Give and their tagline is “You play. We give. No catch.” After playing a couple games of
Become A Mentor, Change A Child’s Life
This week on Giving Inexpensively I want to share about a wonderful organization called Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS). One could always donate to this organization but I want to