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What is the Happiness Hotline?
Happiness Hotline is a life-line for whenever you need a jolt of happiness. We choose whether or not we are happy, but sometimes we need a little help. Happiness Hotline is here to provide you with the extra means you need to keep the smiles coming!
We want to help you help others.
Here you'll find different ways you can choose to give to others. Pay it forward...
Inspirational organizations...
These two organizations, Invisible Children and Krochet Kids, are super motivational and captivating! They're helping change the world step by step.
Check them out here.
Even more ways to give back during the season! Feel good this holiday season by leading a helping hand!
-Visit your local animal shelter and give an animal some attention and love petfinder.com -Make a "no-sew" blanket to donate to a shelter for those in need seventeen.com/fleeceblanket -Get a haircut, and donate it to Locks of Love for a child in need locksoflove.org -Send your holiday candy to troops to brighten their holiday season soldiersangels.org -Visit kids in hospitals and perform an uplifting song for them musicismed.org -Swab your cheek to see if you are a bone marrow match for someone who needs a transplant bethematch.org -Buy a journal and a child who can't afford school supplies gets one as well ecojot.com -Buy an alarm clock and 5 percent of the proceeds go to The Global Fund to prevent AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria around the world nandahome.com -Buy a pair of the new TOMS shoes and a pair of shoes goes to a kid in need toms.com |
The holiday season is finally here! You'll definitely get...but will you give?
How easy is it to spend an unnecessary amount of money or splurge a bit too much on a desired item during the holidays? All too easy. Instead of letting a few extra dollars disappear from your wallet, how about saving them to give to a good cause? In Oprah's magazine, O, the December 2011 edition, I came across an awesome article. Lauren Murrow and Rachel Mount break down how to donate to different causes from $1 to $15 and make a big difference. It's this simple: for under $130, you can make a difference to 16 different causes!
$1= two books shipped to a classroom in Africa booksforafrica.org
$2= a set of drumsticks for low-income public school student learning to play the drums littlekidsrock.org
$3= a field trip to a museum, concert, or theatrical production for a high-risk youth createnow.org
$4= two hours of prepaid phone time for a soldier overseas to call home cellphonesforsoliders.com
$5= a one-burner kerosene stove for a family that would typically rely on a open fire foodforthepoor.org
$6= measles vaccinations for 15 children in a developing country doctorswithoutborders.org
$7= a week's worth of food for an abandoned dog or cat at a shelter aspca.org
$8= a medical doll, to educate a child about his or her cancer treatment stjude.org
$10= a box of nails used to adapt a disabled veteran's house homesforourtroops.org
$10= a day's worth of fresh fruits and vegetables to feed two chimpanzees janegoodall.org/oprah
$10= two specialized bottles from babies born with a cleft palate operationsmile.org
$10= cloth and tools so an Afghan woman can become self-sufficient by taking a six-month tailoring course globalgiving.org
$11= eleven trees to be planted in Alabama communities devastated by tornadoes arborday.org
$12= twenty pounds of multipurpose soap to help keep families germ-free around the world oxfamamericaunwrapped.com
$14= two nutritious meals delivered to a housebound senior citizen (mowaa.org) meals-on-wheels.com
$15= a backpack and school supplies for one homeless or low-income urban child cradlestocrayons.org
Make a few dollars go a long way, and spread some holiday cheer!
$1= two books shipped to a classroom in Africa booksforafrica.org
$2= a set of drumsticks for low-income public school student learning to play the drums littlekidsrock.org
$3= a field trip to a museum, concert, or theatrical production for a high-risk youth createnow.org
$4= two hours of prepaid phone time for a soldier overseas to call home cellphonesforsoliders.com
$5= a one-burner kerosene stove for a family that would typically rely on a open fire foodforthepoor.org
$6= measles vaccinations for 15 children in a developing country doctorswithoutborders.org
$7= a week's worth of food for an abandoned dog or cat at a shelter aspca.org
$8= a medical doll, to educate a child about his or her cancer treatment stjude.org
$10= a box of nails used to adapt a disabled veteran's house homesforourtroops.org
$10= a day's worth of fresh fruits and vegetables to feed two chimpanzees janegoodall.org/oprah
$10= two specialized bottles from babies born with a cleft palate operationsmile.org
$10= cloth and tools so an Afghan woman can become self-sufficient by taking a six-month tailoring course globalgiving.org
$11= eleven trees to be planted in Alabama communities devastated by tornadoes arborday.org
$12= twenty pounds of multipurpose soap to help keep families germ-free around the world oxfamamericaunwrapped.com
$14= two nutritious meals delivered to a housebound senior citizen (mowaa.org) meals-on-wheels.com
$15= a backpack and school supplies for one homeless or low-income urban child cradlestocrayons.org
Make a few dollars go a long way, and spread some holiday cheer!
Take a breather and check out some pictures to make your heart feel lighter...
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