‘Organizations’ Archives
Ask a Gay!
WARNING: Self-promotion ahead. I've always got a number of projects going. One that has received a lot of positive feedback is Ask a Gay! After a number of conversations with friend, family and coworkers (including the co-founders of 365Awesome) I decided there was a need for a safe place to ask questions about GLBT issues. Here's the [...]
Stand Up For Mental Health
Stand Up For Mental Health teaches stand up comedy to people with mental illness as a way of building their confidence and fighting public stigma, prejudice, and discrimination. If that isn't awesome I don't know what is. In an article on WTOP.com, founder and teacher David Granirer said, "People see these folks with labels like 'bipolar' [...]
Sisters of the Road
Sisters of the Road is more than your average soup kitchen. Addressing the need for a safe place for people, especially homeless women, to eat a good meal, and to get job training, the founders created Sisters of the Road. A place that would listen to and address the needs of the community it served. According to the website: All of [...]
KarmaTube
Ever feel like there are 12 million channels and nothing good to watch? KarmaTube is a collection of short, "do something" videos coupled with simple actions that every viewer can take. Their mission is to spread the good. Awesome.
The dogs of Pompeii
Pompeii is known as the resting place of Italians caught in a volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. It's also known for the dogs that lived and died along side their owners. And for the dogs that live there now. One of the most well preserved mosaics of Pompei is the "Cave Canem" mosaic in the House of the Tragic Poet. The "Beware of [...]
HARO
Help A Report Out, or better known as HARO, is a great and wonderful thing. It's a way for reporters and journalists to find experts and sources on whatever they're writing about. It also allows experts and sources a way to get exposure for their product or service. Don't feel like an expert? HAROs motto: everyone's an expert at [...]
Gazelle.com
Today's recommendation comes to is from Cathy Wellner of Hailey, Idaho. Thanks, Cathy! Gazelle.com is an organization that will help get your old electronics off your hands and back into circulation. Using a “reuse first” model, gazelle will purchase usable items for resale. It will even help orgs set up electronics collections for [...]
TerraCycle
You can't get much greener than TerraCycle, a company that recycles collected garbage into products. Here are some fun facts about the company: * 2009 revenue: $7.5 million * 63,347 collection locations worldwide * 8,866,368 people collecting waste * $607,295.84 money contributed to charity * 1,263,589,839 units of waste diverted Read [...]
Ample harvest
Thanks to Cathy Wellner of Hailey, Idaho for this suggestion. Ampleharvest.org is an organization that connects gardeners with food pantries. According to its website it is: a nationwide effort to educate, encourage and enable gardeners with extra extra produce to easily donate to a local food pantry. AmpleHarvest.org gives food pantries [...]
Cafe Give
CafeGive provides a wonderful service. It brings together online shoppers with non-profits and everyone wins. Shop online through their site, select a charity as a beneficiary and a portion of the proceeds from your purchases go to that charity. Awesome.
