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For A Good Cause

By "Daisy Duke"

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I've always been a big fan of supporting charities. Certainly there are many out there, and we all probably have one or two or five that hit close to home. I'd much rather write a check to a charity than to the government or my electric company, and I try to remember to give a bit each year. I figure that my check might not make a huge difference, but as a collective society, we can foster change, cures, treatment and clean air. Right?

Being spring, Passover, Easter, and a time for new beginnings I figured I'd share two of my favorite smaller charities. Any long-time reader will know that I worked for and love St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, an institution that puts more than 80 cents of every dollar you donate straight towards research & cures. However St. Jude is armed with an amazing marketing department and a slew of celebrities that help them fund raise and I'd like to share somefoundations that are doing pretty amazing things on a smaller level.

http://thelizlogelinfoundation.org/

On March 24, 2008, little Madeline Elizabeth Logelin came into this world.

The next day, her mother left it.

From this impossibly tragic event, a community was born. A community of individuals, united in their desire to help and support Madeline and her father, Matt. This community formed the basis for what would become a worldwide charitable foundation:

The Liz Logelin Foundation ? For the Love of Liz.

After the catastrophic loss of his wife, Matt Logelin coped by turning not only to his wonderfully supportive family and friends, but to the internet. He had already begun a casual blog to keep friends and family abreast of Liz?s pregnancy; within 2 weeks of her passing, that blog became what it is today: a place where Matt can share his joys and frustrations, challenges and heartbreaks; where concerned friends, new and old, can meet, talk, laugh, and cry with Matt; and most importantly, where other widows and widowers can offer ? and be offered ? support and friendship.

So strong and large was the community that spontaneously formed around Matt and Madeline, it seemed not only natural, but necessary to harness the strength of that network and turn it into something ? something that could help ease the pain and lighten the load felt by widows and widowers everywhere.

And it all sprang from the Love of Liz.

Welcome to the Liz Logelin Foundation.

http://www.anticruelty.org/

The Anti-Cruelty Society is a comprehensive, open door animal shelter, and one of the largest humane societies in the country. Since 1899, The Anti-Cruelty Society has been committed to serving the needs of companion animals and the humans who care for?and about?them. Since 1999, the beginning of our second century of caring, we have found loving permanent homes for more than 40,000 pets, spayed or neutered more than 61,000 animals and taught messages of compassion and caring for the animals to more than 225,000 school-aged children and community groups.

If you have a moment check them out, and if you have some spare change, donate a dollar.

For every person that comments & tells me their favorite charity, I'll donate $2 to one of the above organizations, but please tell me which one you "vote" for! (Donation will come after my first paycheck. Eating is important too.) I'm feeling pretty blessed to have found a job and so I'd like to pay-it-forward in a sense. Help me out! If you link to this on your blog (and tell me in the comments) I'll put another $2 towards the cause.

Full post as published by Legally Blonde Ambition on April 07, 2009 (boomark / email).