Birthday Giving Update

Thanks to everyone who gave me great charity ideas and helped make my birthday wonderful.

Here are the 10 places I donated:

1.) BARCS Franky Fund Each year, the Baltimore Animal Rescue & Care Shelter (BARCS) receives hundreds of animals that are seriously sick or injured and in need of immediate medical attention.

2.) This American Life  I listen to their weekly free podcast regularly. This show has done an amazing job reporting on the financial crises. It has made a difficult topic easy to understand. While their show is usually poignant, funny and interesting, I can now say that I understand credit default swaps because of This American Life.

3.) Honduras Outreach Inc.  The Olancho region of Honduras has one of the highest concentrations of infant mortality and poverty in the country. Honduras Outreach, Inc. arranges for groups of North American volunteers to visit nearly every week of the year to work on community projects ranging from home improvement to school and medical clinic establishment.

4.) Relay for Life  Relay For Life® is the American Cancer Society's signature event that brings more than 3.5 million people from 4,900 communities across the country together each year to celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against a disease that takes too much.
This donation was to support a family friend in Arizona. She also has a personal Relay for Life fundraising page.

5.) Human Rights Campaign  HRC seeks to improve the lives of LGBT Americans by advocating for equal rights and benefits in the workplace, ensuring families are treated equally under the law and increasing public support among all Americans through innovative advocacy, education and outreach programs. HRC works to secure equal rights for LGBT individuals and families at the federal and state levels by lobbying elected officials, mobilizing grassroots supporters, educating Americans, investing strategically to elect fair-minded officials and partnering with other LGBT organizations.

6.) Orphans of Rwanda Dedicated to helping orphans and other socially vulnerable young people in Rwanda pursue a university education and ultimately become leaders in driving economic development and social reconciliation.

7.) Guide Dogs for the Blind  Guide Dogs for the Blind provides enhanced mobility to qualified individuals through partnership with dogs whose unique skills are developed and nurtured by dedicated volunteers and a professional staff.

8.) Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Building Addition Fund  The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing is a place where exceptional people discover possibilities that forever change their lives and the world. With more than a century of established excellence in connection with the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the University, the School of Nursing is both connected to the past and focused on the future.

9.) Planned Parenthood  The mission of Planned Parenthood Federation of America shall be to provide leadership in ensuring the provision of comprehensive reproductive and complementary health care services in settings that preserve and protect the essential privacy and rights of each individual.

10.) Student Radio at The Ohio State University  Student Radio Project includes, but not limited to, Improving Station's Service to University and Surrounding Communities, Efforts to Explore and Develop New Communications Technologies and Paradigms Fund Number: 301438

Thanks again!

Comments

[Terri]

Em, what amazing causes! This was such a great idea. I've enjoyed hearing about your selections along the way.

PS - We drove past you and Turk sitting outside of Baba's on Saturday night on our way to a birthday party!

[Dolly]

Good for people to know.