Category Archives: good deeds
Locks of Love
I’m clearing off my desk and getting a pile of parcels to post. I got my hair cut last week and decided to send my cut hair to Locks of Love. I’ve heard that there are other organizations that are … Continue reading
Donate Used Running Shoes
Blogging overload. Yesterday was a little too much time on the computer thinks I. My blogger’s forearm is acting up and I’m feeling verrry spacey. I got a comment today on my post, “How to pick a Good Running Shoe,” … Continue reading
How to Get Rid of an Old Car
Now that Chad has a new car, it is time to get rid of the old one. Chad is donating his car through this site here. It is a site that hooks up the person getting rid of a car … Continue reading
the goodness of yuk yuks
I have to admit that I have been guilty of occasionally poking a little fun at the denizens of my hi-des town, but not tonight. Tonight a complete stranger called me. He called me because he found two of my … Continue reading
buy from Schwan's to support science camp
I don’t want to make a habit of posting fundraisers, but this is a good cause: Yucca Vally Elementary School’s science camp to Catalina Island. Who doesn’t remember long painful fundraisers in school to fund 6th grade science camp? I … Continue reading
Microcredit
Muhammed Yunus just received the Nobel Prize for giving tiny loans (average is $150) to poor people in Bangladesh. Apparently microcredit systems have become a favorite way of combatting poverty in the last ten years. Read the article in the … Continue reading