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Giving On A Budget: How To Make A Big Impact With Very Little $$

DivineCaroline | : Bill Browne (View Profile) | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Generosity, All for Good, Drugstore, Service, Budget, Summer of Service, Helping Others, Drugs, United We Serve, Giving, Aids, The Giving Life, Recession, Living News

With the price of gas, food, and other amenities on the rise we all have been cutting back on the things we normally spend on. Unfortunately one thing...

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Michelle Obama To Announce "United We Serve" Today

nytimes.com | Rachel L. Swarns | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living

Read More: All for Good, United We Serve, Giving, Michelle Obama, The Giving Life, Service, Summer of Service, Living News

First Lady Michelle Obama plans to urge Americans to participate in a summer of service by volunteering their time and energy to help the needy. Th...

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The Role Of Private Citizens In Service And Giving

Bruce R. Lindsey | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living

Read More: William Jefferson Clinton, Clinton Foundation, All for Good, Americorps, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Living News
Bruce R. Lindsey

As President Clinton often says, intelligence, ability, and aspiration are evenly distributed across societies -- organization, investment, and opportunity are not.

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DC Corporate Types Help Inner City Kids Learn to Spell

Debbie Lister | Posted 07.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Akeela and the Bee, Community Service, Spelling Bee, All for Good, Higher Acheivement, Service, Community, Spellbound, National Spelling Bee, Living News
Debbie Lister

I was able to channel my inner fourth-grade self, tap into the spelling bee movement, engage professionals with the community and help underserved kids all at the same time.

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How Being a Tutor Improved My Education

Rachel Lerman | Posted 07.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Tutoring, DC Public Schools, Citybridge, Service, For Love of Children, All for Good, Living News
Rachel Lerman

I (naively) believed I was more than qualified to help "disadvantaged" children improve their learning skills. However, good intentions are not enough.

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Why Don't We Volunteer? The 'Dare to Care'

Kari Henley | Posted 07.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Google, Community Service, Craig Newmark, All for Good, Service, Youtube, United We Serve, Giving, Living News
Kari Henley

What cures activism apathy? Bottom line, we have to care.

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CharityHelp: An Electronic Bridge to Kids in Need

Jim Luce | Posted 07.21.2009 | World

Read More: Kabul, Tele-Mentoring, The Tech Awards, Human Rights Watch, Afceco, Taliban, Afghanistan, Afghans for Child Education and Care Organization, CharityHelp International, Orphans International Worldwide, Ripples International, Johns Hopkins International Medicine, Prince Albert II of Monaco, All for Good, Paul Stevers, World News
Jim Luce

"When you help a child, you help an entire family. That family, in turn, inspires a whole village. That village affects a whole society; and a changed society impacts the world," the orphanage director explained.

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She Needed It More Than I Did

Jack Miller | Posted 07.21.2009 | Living

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Jack Miller

My dad, a minister, would find parents who wrapped boxes filled with rocks or clothes already worn by the children, because they didnʼt know how to tell their kids they didnʼt have money to buy gifts.

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How Can I Help? Stepping Into Service and Discovering Joy

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 07.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Inner Life, Service, Happiness, Community Service, All for Good, Giving, The Giving Life, Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

As one of our teachers told us, "Who is the most selfish person? It is the one who is most selfless! Why? Because by being selfless, you will always retain your happiness."

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A Billion Serving a Billion

Josette Sheeran | Posted 07.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Online Service, Hunger, World Hunger, Soup Kitchen, Service, All for Good, Living News
Josette Sheeran

A billion people go to sleep hungry every night. There are also more than a billion people today fortunate enough to have access to the internet. You are one of them.

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How You Earn Your Living Can Become The Way You Give Back

Julia Moulden | Posted 07.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Organic Farming, Kye Marshall, Design, New Radicals, Innovation, Teach for America, North South Project, Greenpeace, Rocco Rossi, Kiva.org, Ecosphere Technologies, Doctors Without Borders, Patty Johnson, Solar Energy, Matt and Jessica Flannery, Jamie Kennedy, Stanley Bostitch, Julia Moulden, Ed Sutt, Careers, Wendy Kopp, All for Good, The Giving Life, Giving, Living News
Julia Moulden

New Radicals are appearing in each field, every sector, and around the world.

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Giving Made Simple - HuffPost Readers Tell How They Give Back

Katie Saddlemire | Posted 07.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Readers, Stories, Volunteering, Giving, The Giving Life, Community, All for Good, Service, Living News

So many of us would like to volunteer, but feel we lack a valuable resource - time! But giving back doesn't have to mean making huge sacrifices. Ch...

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14 Lessons In Leadership From My Dad And President Obama

Anne Naylor | Posted 07.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Leadership, Courtesy, President Obama, Trust, Time Management, Humour, Consideration, All for Good, Giving, The Giving Life, Living News
Anne Naylor

This year, my Dad celebrated his 90th birthday. In December, he and my mother celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary. I have a younger brother and ...

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Iraq Refugees Look to President's Lincoln and Obama

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 07.21.2009 | World

Read More: Iraqi Refugees, Iraq Refugees, Department of Defense, United Nations, President Obama, War in Iraq, Barack Obama, State Department, Iraq War, Iraq Veterans, Iraqi Refugees in Jordan, Middle East, Abraham Lincoln, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, World-Refugee-Day, Iraq, Refugees, Refugee Crisis, Iraqi Refugees in Syria, All for Good, World News
Luis Carlos Montalván

Why is there still no US-formulated "international strategic plan" to deal with the world's largest refugee crisis caused when our nation invaded Iraq over 6 years ago? On World Refugee Day, we can do better.

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Kansas, Iran: Help Harvest A Better World

Eli Davidson | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Iran, Eli Davidson, Giving, Service, Farming, All for Good, Kansas, The Giving Life, Compassion, Living News
Eli Davidson

Minus the machinery, life on the Bucyrus Kansas farm I grew up on was much like life has been around the globe for thousands of years. Transfixed by t...

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Can Volunteerism And Service Become Profitable?

Sheila Shayon | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Cause-Wired, All for Good, Business, Volunteering, Philantrophy, Service, The Giving Life, Living News
Sheila Shayon

'Cause-wired' online social activism is a reality, unleashing the potential of a golden age for causes. Innovative web tools, online story-telling and social media are coming of age. Gathering people online is easier and less costly than ever before, and the opportunity of digital citizen engagement to create social movements is unprecedented.

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All for Good: A New "Craigslist for Service"

Arianna Huffington | Posted 07.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Community Service, All for Good, Obama Summer of Service, Where to Volunteer, Michelle Obama Service, Allforgood, Obama Service Initiative, How to Volunteer, Obama Service, Allforgood Service, Volunteering, Craigslist for Service, Allforgood Web Site, Service, The Giving Life, All for Good Service, Obama Service Web Site, All for Good Web Site, Community Organizing, Volunteer Opportunities, Summer of Service, White House Summer of Service, Living News
Arianna Huffington

A group of individuals, inspired by President Obama's vow to make service a "a central cause" of his presidency, have banded together to create a new website that aims to become a craigslist for service. It's called All For Good.

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Mississippi Shining: Good News for All

Gangaji | Posted 06.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Mississippi, All for Good, James A. Young, Forgiveness, Love, Peace, Civil Rights, A Spirituality, Living News
Gangaji

Mr. Young won, and we all win if we allow his story to inform our inner struggles, the struggle with the parts of ourselves we deem hateful and unworthy; the struggle with others we deem hateful and unworthy.

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Paying It Forward: A Breakfast Surprise In Maltby, WA

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Giving Back by Paying It Forward, Random Act of Kindness, Random Acts of Kindness, Goodwill, Maltby, Wa, Pay It Forward, The Giving Life, All for Good, Small Good News, Living News

With all the bad news swirling around these days, we have been sharing stories of good news, particularly random acts of kindness, and asking our read...

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Homeless Couple Marry In Dream Wedding Thanks To Church Parishioners

news.yahoo.com | Karin Zeitvogel | Posted 06.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Homeless Couple Wedding, All for Good, The Giving Life, Living News

The groom wore a black tuxedo, a damask-rose pink waistcoat and tie, and an ear-to-ear smile. He picked out his wedding outfit at a mall in Virgini...

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Laid-Off Worker Creates "We've Got Time To Help" Volunteer Group

Razoo | Razoo | Posted 06.07.2009 | Home

Read More: All for Good, Volunteering, We've Got Time to Help, The Giving Life, Portland-Oregon, Home News

Like many people in the current economy, Seth Reams of Portland, Ore., lost his job several months ago. But he soon realized that there were only so ...

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Two Local Businesses Come Together To Help Brighten People's Day

The Huffington Post | Willow Lindley | Posted 06.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Cambridge Massachusetts, Beantowne, Random Act of Kindness, Random Acts of Kindness, Hampstead New Hampshire, umademyday.com, The Giving Life, All for Good, Living News

Two local businesses, based in Cambridge, MA, are joining forces to encourage random acts of kindness in their community. Umademyday.com is a websit...

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The Power of Youth and the Winnable Battle Against Global Hunger

Drew Barrymore | Posted 06.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Hunger, All for Good, World Food Programme, Celebrities Talk Politics, World Hunger, Drew Barrymore, The Giving Life, Living News
Drew Barrymore

If our youth don't have the priorities to help others, we are in trouble. If children who need and fundamentally deserve that right for food and education, don't get it, we are in trouble.

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Measuring Random Acts Of Kindness: Track The Trajectory Of Your Good Deed

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.04.2009 | Living

Read More: All for Good, Random Acts of Kindness, Random Act of Kindness, Paying Good Deeds Forward, Tracking Random Acts of Kindness, Pay It Forward, The Giving Life, Living News

The concept of "paying it forward" is one of the best aspects of a random act of kindness -- all it takes is one person and one good deed to start a c...

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Small Good News: Extra! Extra! (Help Someone) Read All About It

Karen Stabiner | Posted 06.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Adult Literacy Programs, All for Good, proliteracy.org, Adult Literacy, The Giving Life, Small Good News, Living News
Karen Stabiner

You can't read this, and it has nothing to do with your computer. You can't read your kid's history report or the warranty on your cell phone or a med...

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