March 1 - One Way Every Day... for One Year!

Wow... it has been a year since I started this project!  My original intention was to spend 1 year highlighting worthy causes and charities.  Mission accomplished...sort of!  I did spend the year highlighting some great charities and sharing with you some awesome everyday people who are making a difference.  That was part of the mission.  The other part of the mission was to inspire others to get involved and make a difference!  That is a little harder to quantify, but I believe from some of the emails I have received that is the case. 


I started this journey to honor my sister Sherry, who we lost to Breast Cancer.  During her struggle, I watched Sherry as she raised money for Cancer charities and crafted handmade bracelets for other breast cancer patients to let them know someone was thinking and praying for them.  I was inspired by her desire to help others even as she was ill and in considerable pain.  Sherry embodied the philosophy,  Do what you can...where you are...with what you have.   I wanted to be like my sister... I wanted to make a difference!


Honestly, it has been my honor and pleasure... This journey has changed me,  I am not the same person that I was a year ago and so I want to continue the journey.  I hope you will continue to check in on me and check out the charities highlighted on this blog.   There will be some slight changes to the blog.  I am spending more time this year volunteering, so I will be posting inspirational quotes on Saturdays and Sundays.  I will also post "Best of" posts from time to time.  I am hoping to free up a little time allowing me to volunteer with a couple organizations I am interested in.   Please continue to check back everyday! 

I am reposting the original post from March 1st of Last Year in Honor of Sherry... We love and miss you!

Since this is my first post, I thought I would start out with something simple.  Please visit the Breast Cancer Site at http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/  and make sure you click on the "click here to give" button to help fund mammogram screenings for women in need.  This is paid for by the advertisers who display ads on the page. This is such a simple way to help... Let's make sure we visit this site everyday and click the give button.  You can see a breakdown of where women were helped (by state) on the results page. 

Some facts about breast cancer:

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, after skin cancer. Today, approximately 1 in almost every 8 women (13.4%) will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in women after lung cancer -- and is the leading cause of cancer death among women ages 35 to 54. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2009, approximately 192,370 women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and approximately 40,610 will die. Although these numbers may sound frightening, research reveals that the mortality rate could decrease by 30% if all women age 50 and older who need a mammogram had one.

From the site:

Your clicks count! Last year, visitor clicks funded 2,808 mammograms (down from 2008, which was 3,315). Purchases at The Breast Cancer Site store funded an additional 4,178 mammograms for women in need (down from 4,262 in 2008). Let's get those click numbers back up in 2010! Please click every day and tell others about The Breast Cancer Site! Since The Breast Cancer Site began in 2000, together we have funded free mammograms for more than 18,000 women in need through clicks alone!

Don't forget to come back everyday to see additional ways to help.

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Source:  http://www.thebreastcancersite.com

August 15 (Day 168) Greater Good Network

The very first post on this blog highlighted The Breast Cancer Site. I chose that site to honor my sister who we lost to breast cancer in 2008.  (You can read more about that on the Inspiration page) If you have clicked on The Breast Cancer Site, you have probably noticed that there are several other ways that you can "click to give."  I have always intended to revisit highlight the site as a whole and spotlight some of the alternate ways you can make a difference.

The GreaterGood Network of websites offer the public a unique opportunity to support causes they care about at no cost to them. Each person's daily click on the Click To Give™ sites displays sponsor advertising. One hundred percent (100%) of sponsor advertising is paid as a royalty to charity through the non-profit, tax-exempt GreaterGood.org.

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The Greater Good Network's websites include:  (Click on the link to visit each site.)

The Hunger Site -  The staple food funded by clicks at The Hunger Site is paid for by site sponsors and distributed to those in need by Mercy Corps, Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest), and Millennium Promise. 100% of sponsor advertising fees goes to our charitable partners. Funds are split between these organizations and go to the aid of hungry people in over 74 countries, including those in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America.

The Child Health Site -  Each click — free to the visitor — generates funds paid by site sponsors. The funding goes to The Child Health Site's charity partner, Partners in Health , who use it to:

• Distribute vitamin A, strengthening young immune systems and improving resistance to disease. Vitamin A supplementation also prevents as many as 400,000 cases of childhood blindness each year.
• Administer oral re-hydration therapy to children with severe dehydration, often due to diarrhea, a serious killer of children under five worldwide.

The Literacy Site -  The Literacy Site is dedicated to funding free books for children. On average, over 80,000 individuals from around the world visit the site each day to click the "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button. To date, more than 87 million visitors have helped provide more than 2.5 million books to children who need them the most.

The Rainforest Site - The Rainforest Site is dedicated to the preservation of rainforests around the world. Your daily click funds the purchase of rainforest land by The Nature Conservancy, The Rainforest Conservation Fund, World Land Trust-US, and Rainforest2Reef. These organizations work to preserve rainforest land in Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Paraguay and other locations worldwide.  To date, more than 150 million visitors have preserved more than 66,400 acres of land.

The Animal Rescue Site -  The Animal Rescue Site focuses the power of the Internet on a specific need; providing food for some of the eight million companion animals relinquished to shelters in the U.S. every year.  Over four million animals are put to death each year in the U.S. because they are abandoned and unwanted. Each click on the purple "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button at The Animal Rescue Site provides food and care for a rescued animal living in a shelter or sanctuary.

The Breast Cancer Site -  Your click on the "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button helps fund free mammograms for women in need — low-income, inner-city and minority women whose awareness of breast cancer and opportunity for help is often limited. Your click is paid for by site sponsors, and mammogram funding is provided to clinics throughout the U.S. through the efforts of the National Breast Cancer Foundation

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Also, on each page you will find a "Free Ways to Help" link that will provide you additional opportunities to help each cause.  You can send e-cards to raise awareness or you might want to play a game or two.  There are plenty of opportunities to make a difference.   Each page also has a "results" link that will show you exactly how you are helping. 

Supporters can also contribute directly to charity by purchasing Gifts that Give More™, where one hundred percent (100%) of their donation is given to charity, or by purchasing one of the 4500+ products that we carry, including jewelry, apparel, and gifts. There is a charity royalty of from 5-30% paid on every item purchased from any of the GreaterGood Network's online stores.

In 2009, GreaterGood.org gave over $3.07 million to charity.* Over $1.7 million was made in the form of royalty payments generated by advertising sales, product sales and miscellaneous donations from the CharityUSA.com network of websites. And over $1.3 million was generated by the sales from the Gifts That Give More™ program.  Click here to see a breakdown of specific charity donations for 2009.

This is an easy way to make a difference and it doesn't cost you a thing...
So... Let's Get Clicking! 



Source:  Greater Good Network