This week, in lieu of our usual roundup, we’re instead sharing our other current obsessions: favorite organizations doing good in the world. In place of presents or just because, here are a few worthy places to donate to, this season and all year round.
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I love the mission of New York based organization Heart of Dinner to combat food insecurity and isolation within NYC s elderly Asian American community reports...
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...Fan The nonprofit delivers weekly care packages filled with culturally appropriate hot meals pantry items and fresh groceries to elderly AAPI in need of assistance
Julie
“My college friend Christa d’Souza is very involved in this effort to resettle 450 Afghani female students. All donations go to the girls’ needs,” says Julie.
Annie
“Maine Needs is doing a world of good locally, but they’re also setting an example for how to donate mindfully and generously no matter where you live,” Annie writes.
Margot
During the course of researching his new book Cheap Land Colorado my husband got to know La Puente a multifaceted charity that operates one of the largest rural homeless shelters in...
...one of the poorest parts of the country She also suggests The New York Botanical Garden for providing a cultivated green oasis in the Bronx where I live and the Center for Reproductive Rights for obvious reasons
Nell
Unicef has an amazing gift shop at the holidays Choose from a wide range of donations For 10 you can buy a gift box of essential supplies including high energy peanut paste water purification tablets measles vaccines exercise books and pencils A donation of 135 buys a...
...school in a box for 40 children A donation of 135 buys a school in a box for 40 children This comes in the form of an aluminum suitcase packed with educational materials including a solar wind up radio and an inflatable globe for geography lessons
Marie
“The New York Flora Association funds science and conserves plants.
Kier
“With sea levels rising, so has my interest in The Surfrider Foundation, which is dedicated to protecting the world’s beaches and oceans plus reducing the impact of plastics in marine environments.”
Joy
Gardenista contributor Joy recommends The Raptor Trust.
Melissa
Melissa says Mom’s Clean Air Force is a powerhouse nonprofit rallying parents grandparents aunts and uncles to protect children from air pollution and climate change The organization works both locally and nationally on policy issues They write We...
...consider ourselves Mompartisan Protecting children s health is a nonpartisan issue Another pick Perfect Earth Project is working to change the landscaping industry s harmful noise and poison approach by promoting toxic free lawn and landscape care