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    Do Good December

    2013
    If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.
    Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday

    It is in giving that we receive.


    Thursday Friday Saturday

    1
    Support the troops with warm socks, deodorant, Cheez-Its: Find their wish lists at anysoldier.com.

    2
    Give up bottled water for a week; donate the savings to charitywater.org, where $10 can give one person drinking water for 10 years!

    3
    Send a free holiday card to a soldier abroad via http://www.redcross.o rg/support/getinvolved/holiday-mailfor-heroes.

    4
    Help get PJs to kids in shelters so they wont have to sleep in their clothes by giving just $10 at pajamaprogram.org.

    5
    Chicago Cares: Read with children at Good Shepard shelter from 6:30-7:45 PM.

    6
    Fight malnutrition. A $1 gift to vitaminangels.org will provide much-needed vitamin supplements to children in places like Honduras, Haiti and even poor areas in the United States.

    7
    Donate books youve already read to your library. (Most public libraries accept them.)

    8
    Each dollar donated to roomtoread.org promotes child literacy in the developing world.

    9
    Take a minute to write a note or card to someone; let them know that youre thinking of them and brighten their day.

    10
    Click and give: at care2.org, every click you make prompts a sponsor to make a donation that will fight breast cancer, global warming and more.

    11
    Chicago Cares: Bingo at St. Stephens Terrace from 5:307:30 PM.

    12
    Friends Giving: Project Linus blanketmaking party

    13
    Use GoodSearch.com to find what youre looking for online, and every search will send money to a cause of your choice.

    14
    Chicago Cares: Caroling at nursing homes from 9:30 AM12:00 PM.

    15
    Build your vocabulary. For every word you get right on freerice.com, the World Food Programme donates 10 grains of rice to end hunger.

    16
    Share the joy of reading! Join in2books.com to become a reading mentor for third to fifth graders.

    17
    Play trivia. At freekibble.com, every answerright or wrongsends 10 pieces of dog food to an animal shelter in need. Go to freekibblekat.com to help hungry kitties in the same way.

    18
    Chicago Cares: Help seniors create a newsletter at Lakeview Nursing Center 6:30-8:00 PM.

    19
    Help women recover after childbirth. Fistulafoundation.org helps train doctors to care for the 2 to 3 million women who have injuries from prolonged or obstructed labor.

    20
    Be tree-friendly and wrap gifts in newspaper or your 2013 calendar.

    21
    Buy a bag of beads handmade in Uganda for $15 at beadforlifestore.org; 93 cents of every dollar goes toward health care, job training and affordable housing in local communities.

    22
    Smile at 5 strangers today.

    23
    Chicago Cares: Create crafts with Misericordia residents from 6:30-8:45 PM.

    Christmas Eve

    Christmas

    24
    Get the word out. Add a Facebook link to a charitys donation page.

    25
    Feed four children in Tanzania a healthy breakfast for just $1 at gocampaign.org, a nonprofit run with the help of kids from the United States. Buy a Streetwise today.

    26

    27
    Keep someones lights on. Even $5 at smallcanbebig.org makes a difference to a family who needs help with bills due to illness, domestic violence or other tragedies.

    28
    Give to donorschoose.org; a small donation can help create cozy reading nooks for underfunded classrooms.

    29
    Loan money to a budding entrepreneur in the developing world at kiva.org.

    30
    Visit a local nursing home or shelter the week after Christmas, when the flurry of giving starts to die down.

    New Years Eve

    31
    Pick 1 thing I did this month and make it a New Years Resolution to continue it throughout the year.

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