The Season of Giving, My Challenge for You

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Halloween is over and it is now the season of giving. While you and your family are sitting down to wonderful dinners of turkey, ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and corn, there are children all over the world that will not be able to experience those things because they lack the funds, supplies, and/or ability to do so. There are children and families, even here in the United States, that cannot have the Thanksgivings and Christmases that we celebrate every year.

Last Saturday, October 30, I volunteered with the Indiana organization American Bikers Aimed Toward Education (ABATE) to raise funds for Toys for Tots. Fifteen volunteers stood on the busiest intersection in our city and took donations from passing cars. In just three hours, we raised $1400. All of the proceeds will go straight to the United Ministries to give Christmas to children whose parents cannot.

My challenge for all of you this season of giving is a simple one. At one point or another we all have $5 we can spare. I want all of you to find a charity that you love and give that spare $5 to that charity. You can give it to any charitable organization you choose, a local one, a worldwide funding network, even a church offering in which all proceeds will go to a charity they choose.

I have five hundred friends on Facebook alone. If all five hundred of those people give just $5 to their favorite charity, we will have raised $2500 to charities all over the world.

If you're having trouble choosing a charity to give to, visit here: listofcharities.net/

"List of Charities" will help you make an informed decision about which charities are the best to give to this holiday season. Many charities have webpages that give several options on how to give, which include addresses to mail money orders to and PayPal accounts that can be paid into online. However, if you don't want to send out a money order and you don't have a credit/debit card to pay online, you can look around your city for plenty of places that are asking for donations.

Be weary, however. Make sure that the organization you are choosing to give to is a legitimate charity. There are loads of scams out there.

The charitable organization that I am choosing to give to this year is, as always, Music for Relief.

Music For Relief is a grassroots effort comprised of musicians, music industry professionals and fans who believe that together we can create positive change. Established in 2005 to provide aid for those affected by the tsunami tragedy in South Asia, the idea for Music For Relief originated amongst the members of the band Linkin Park who wanted to do something to help the victims. The idea was that if they made a donation, and then asked their musician peers and their fans to make a donation as well, a huge impact could be made in assisting relief efforts. With this in mind, they started reaching out to others in the music community to get involved and became the founders of Music For Relief.

As proof: i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd…

I wish you all a happy holiday season, hoping that you, your family, and your friends have the health and happiness they deserve. I also hope that you can all help other families around the world achieve these wonderful things as well.

Happy Holidays;

Jade
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