Don't Be A Scrooge

Instead, donate rice and learn at the same time. I’ve donated 280 grains of rice today through FreeRice, an online charity. The site challenges you with vocab words and for each definition you are are smart enough to know, they’ll donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations. No word on who’s actually counting my 280 grains yet…

Another way to be super-noncomformist and do something good for man…er, dog kind is through Tripods. Vet bills ain’t cheap, especially when dealing with serious ailments like cancer and glaucoma. The creator of Tripods Charity Wear is Sonia, the “mama” of Lulu. This little pup had bone cancer in his hind leg and after it was amputated, Sonia had credit card bills of over $10,000. Yikes! After settling her own debts, the clothes and tote bags kept selling and now Tripods wants to help other owners to save their animals by affording these and similar treatments. I’ll woof to that!

Don’t like rice or amputations? Try DonorsChoose.org. Here you can purchase gift certificates to fund educational projects at local public schools (mostly low-income). Those noisy neighborhood kids need an education too! Plus you get sweet thank you notes, and who doesn’t love those.