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Week of Grace: Sweet Charity

Write about your favorite charitable organization: why you feel their cause is worthy, and how it makes you feel to support them.

Week of Grace is a 7-day journaling project, scientifically designed to you make you happier, healthier, and more productive. For 7 days, please join in and answer to the gratitude question posted! To get the full benefits, you should write out your response rather just think about it. Like the featured guests, you may comment here, or you can tweet #weekofgrace, email a friend, or even write out your response longhand.

Week of Grace for April 2010 starts Saturday the 24th and ends Friday the 30th.

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6 responses to “Week of Grace: Sweet Charity”

  1. I love habitat for humanity. They build houses for members of the community who might not otherwise be able to afford to buy a house of their own. The labor is all volunteer (sometimes me) and the homeowner themselves pays a portion of the material cost.

    It’s fun to spend a day painting a house for someone you have never met and it does so much good for the community.

  2. My favorite charitable organization is Toys For Tots. I was fortunate enough to have a great childhood with a loving family but not everyone is so blessed. I think so much of what happens to use as children effects how we are as adults. I think this is a great step in the right direction to help needy children have a chance at normal, fun childhood.

    Mike

  3. While I can think of several organizations that are pretty awesome, the one I’m most grateful to on a day-to-day basis is Friends of County Animal Shelters (http://focas-sandiego.org). When I volunteered there, I learned so much about working with animals (and humans, as a result!) and what makes for high quality of life. Most of all, I adopted two kitties through FOCAS, and they are a joy every day. I’ve got photos at http://facebook.com/cparkburke if you want to see them.

  4. One of my favorite organizations is Shakti Rising. “Shakti which means the life force” is a social change organization transforming the lives of women, girls, and the larger community.
    http://www.shaktirising.org/
    Their work actively promotes community well-being by creating woman and child-friendly societies that are safe, healthy, vibrant, diverse, sustainable, and culturally alive. Their mission is to empower young women to uncover, rediscover, and reclaim their whole selves.

  5. I am a big fan of supporting charitable organizations. I’m not sure that I can pick just one — so many groups are doing important work! I must say that I’m truly a believer that whatever energy/karma/vibes/spirit you put out in the world will ultimately come back to you. I love supporting my local community by giving to organizations like Brother Benno’s Kitchen (http://www.brotherbenno.org) which feeds families and people in need and is located in Oceanside, and The Angel’s Depot (http://www.theangelsdepot.org) which helps feed impoverished senior citizens and is located in Carlsbad. I regularly donate to The Red Cross (both a donation of blood and some $$) and to the American Cancer Society in memory of my father who died because of soft tissue sarcoma.

    I do feel that people sometimes feel badly about not being able to donate money because times are tough and money is a bit tighter. If you fall in that category, try to donate your time to your favorite organization! Bet they could use some extra hands on a weekend project or two!

  6. I am always in awe of all of the charitable organizations that are making a difference in the world we live in, as well as the amazing people who give so much of their time and effort to keep these organizations running. A friend of mine just recently left his high-paying, Madison Avenue job to work with Autism Speaks (http://www.autismspeaks.org/), whose goal is to change the future for all who struggle with autism spectrum disorders. It really was an eye-opener to see how prevalent autism is in our children today – autism affects 1 in 110 children; 1 in 70 boys. It’s great to see an organization take so much care in increasing awareness for something that still has so many questions surrounding it. And I am so proud of my friend for making a such a brave move to the non-profit world. It truly inspires me to do more.