What can you do when the news casters tell you about the current flood/hurricane/tornado/earthquake/fire to wreak havoc? You can donate money to the relief fund or you can sign up to volunteer to help. Volunteers are currently needed in California with the forest fires.
We are entering an era of participatory democracy, and what better way to participate than to call your Congress members. Use Cause Caller to create a phone bank and call all the congress people involved in the issue you care about. Cause Caller will do all the dialing for you; every time you are finished imparting your opinion to one representative, they next will be called so you can continue to spread your opinion. It also makes it very simple for others to call on regarding any cause you have posted.
United Nations World Food Program has launched a hunger abolishing video game: Food Force!
No more slogging through the internet to find the news you really care about. Idealist now has news! News for and about and by NPOs. NGO post, also works for the same purpose.
Suggesting ways to be the change that you want to see in the world, the So What Can I Do blog, gives those to you in easy bite size pieces.
Sunday, a choir from Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids Iowa, volunteered to perform for the residents at our housing site at 171 Lexington Avenue. Everyone had a smashing time! Thank you to the choir for a lovely morning!
Idealist has published guides to finding jobs in the non-profit sector, for first time job hunters as well as career changers. And they are free on Google!
Twenty-six people walked away with jobs and 11 with scheduled interviews at a Met Council job fair this past week, showing that despite the hard times, job-seekers can find a welcome career in healthcare. Nearly 70 graduates of Met Council career services, including EMTs, home health aids, registered nurses and other individuals circulated amongst a dozen employers from staffing agencies, healthcare agencies and more, landing interviews and job offers. Nearly half of the participants will have gained employment by the time next week rolls around.
Check out author Tim Ferriss on Twitter (tferriss), for all those who follow him by the end of the day today (he's been doing this for two weeks already) he will donate $1 to public schools, and an anonymous donor will match another $2 to that. Good deal for schools.Got a jar of change not doing anything on your dresser? Take your coins to a CoinStar machine and you can choose to donate your change for change by giving it to the non-profit of your choice right at the machine.Donate blood. Probably one of the easiest things you can do to make a huge impact. Check out the Red Cross website to find a place to donate. And the cookies are free!
What can you do when the news casters tell you about the current flood/hurricane/tornado/earthquake/fire to wreak havoc? You can donate money to the relief fund or you can sign up to volunteer to help. Volunteers are currently needed in California with the forest fires. 
