This week's charity comes courtesy of another reader (Thanks, Terri!) who noted the work that Save the Children was doing in the wake of Hurricane Gustav. I surfed on over to Save the Children's site and was immediately impressed.Save the Children really does immense amount of work to help children through such an incredible variety of difficulties. Here in the U.S., they have literacy programs and aid for poorer kids, along with disaster relief. Abroad, they're fighting to give kids a better life no matter the circumstances -- poverty, war, disease, you name it.
They're also good with their money, too -- 90 percent of what they collect goes right to kids in need, with only 10 percent going to administrative costs and fundraising. (In nonprofit terms, that's really impressive.) Plus, they won't spam you unless you want more e-mail from them.
Really, this is just a wonderful organization, and I'm proud to slap my $5 down for them. I hope you join me. To learn more about Save the Children, click here. And to donate to the Global Action Fund, click here. You can also make memorial and gift donations, too.
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Mike YOU ROCK! My parents will be so excited to hear that Save the Children is part of Five Dollar Heroes.
Here is a link to news clip about the Red Cross children's center my parents volunteering at and Save the Children has provided special supplies for the kids.
During Gustav they had 150 children in their center. Their team was responsible to provide activities throughout the day so that the children could have fun and not feel the stress that they adults were under.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/09/02/romans.la.shelter.kids.cnn
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