Every Friday I'll usually donate five dollars to a random charity. It is not a lot of money, but with a mortgage size daycare bill, it is really all I can afford. Still, just the act of finding a new charity to donate to each week makes me feel more connected to the world we live in. And it makes me happy. For awhile I was sharing those charities here on Ask Your Dad in my somewhat-weekly Five Dollar Friday posts. Those tapered off because, while I still had five dollars every Friday to donate, with the arrival of Captain I rarely had an extra five minutes to write about where I donated those dollars.
This week, thanks to my dear friends at gDiapers, we make up for that!
Here's the deal:
- Find a random charity that interests you.
- Donate $5 to that charity.
- Fill out the nifty little contest form below.
- If you want, leave a comment in the comments section below the blog telling us about your charity so everyone can see it. (Not required)
Simple. This is all on your honor. I won't be checking to make sure you donated. I trust you! And honestly, if you don't have an extra five bucks, just let me know who you would have donated it to if you did. You can still enter!
(Some of you with extra bucks, feel free to donate extra to your charity to make up for those who have no bucks. We've all been in each other's shoes at some point.)
Next Friday I will pick a random winner and they will receive an awesome gDiapers Newborn Bundle from gDiapers ($149.99). If you don't have a newborn or a pregnant friend who would be flabbergasted at the amazing gift that you wouldn't necessarily have to tell them you won on the Internet, then we'll work something else out.
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| This could be yours! Or you could one up all of your friends at the next baby shower you go to with a $150 gift! |
So there you go! Let's make the world a better place while trying to win environmentally friendly and incredibly easy to use cloth diapers.
Love, Dad (John)
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(BTW, I approached gDiapers about this and they are happily donating the prize. I am not being compensated monetarily for this post. They are just really good people over there. They did send Stevie and I some diapers once awhile ago and we wrote about them here. )
Congratulations to Renee M, the winner of the gDiapers Newborn Bundle. Together, we raised money for 185 different charities/causes/
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Raymond Schools Foundation
Red Cross
Safe House (safehousenm.org)
Community Action Partnership (www.capmadco.org)
Davidson College Scholarship Fund
American cancer society ( cancer.org/donate)
The Road Home
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Share our Strength
Boy Scouts of America
WorldVets
American Cancer Society
Travis Roy Foundation
Variety - the children's charity
MSC - Multi-Service Center (http://www.multi-servicecenter.com/)
The Kappa Phi Club
Hope Chest Hospice of Modesto
Gideon's Bible
Ennis Lions Club
North Texas Food Bank
CCF Missions
Immanuel Lutheran church walk for water
Operation Homefront
Vietnam Veterans of America - (http://www.vva.org/) - in honor of my grandfather.
Humane society of west Michigan
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Cat Network
Boston children's hospital (http://childrenshospital.org/)
The homeless man outside my grocery store
The Make A Wish Foundation
St Jude Children's hospital
Habitat for Humanity
National Down Syndrome Society! (http://www.ndss.org/)
American Red Cross
Cancer Research UK
American cancer society - in remembrance of my Gama
Neighborhood Ministries, Phoenix, AZ, (http://nmphx.com)
St. Bladricks
American Cancer Society
Ontario SPCA Animal Shelter
Recce's Rainbow (Reecesrainbow.org)
American Family Children's Hospital (Madison, WI)
65 roses
Crossover Clinic (http://www.crossoverministry.org/)
UNICEF
Spokane Humane Society (http://www.spokanehumanesociety.org/)
The Black Forest Fire Victims
International Cesarean Awareness Network
Second Helpings
Ronald McDonald House, United Way and Special Olympics!
Valparaiso University scholarship fund (valpo.edu)
One Fund Boston
Gleason House (Team Gleason)
Trisomy 13 foundation
The National MS Society
General Missionary Fund for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
American Red Cross
Special Olympics
Ryan's trail run to support suicide awareness and prevention
Amnesty International Canada (www.amnesty.ca)
SPCA (http://www.ontariospca.ca/)
Carenet Pregnancy Center
N.O.A.H. Clinic for spay and nuetering animals in washington
Willapa Harbor Helping Hands
Coaches vs Cancer
Guide Dogs of America - (http://www.guidedogsofamerica.org/1/how-to-help/donate/)
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals
Pass Love Charity Foundation
Riley's Children's Hospital
Canadian Cancer Society
World Wildlife Fund
Cystic Fibrosis Canada
Big brother big sister Kansas city
March of Dimes
4paws for ability
Red Creek Wildlife Center (http://redcreekwildlifecenter.com/) It's a non-for-profit org that helps wildlife. Babies come in all species.
Operation Smile Canada!
Relay for Life
Starfish Initiative (http://www.starfishinitiative.org/). I donate $5 to them multiple times per year, actually, and I also mentor one of their scholars..
Regional Service Corps-AmeriCorps in Tri-Cities, WA
Jacksonville Humane Society
Children's Miracle Network
Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter, Inc. (BARCS)
International Rescue Commitee (www.rescue.org)
PETA!
National Down Syndrome Society
American Cancer Society
Taysia Blue Siberian Husky Rescue (www.taysiablue.com)
There's a homeless center around the corner from my office. I stopped by there and dropped $5 in their donation box. And gave some pieces of fruit I had in my purse away while I was walking away.
Sweet contest! I should probably do this more often with needing the incentive.
ReplyDeleteI love Share our Strength and happily donate to them throughout the year.
ReplyDeleteJohn, is this contest open to people outside of the US? Coz I hate to think how much postage this prize would cost to send to Australia! Either way, I have donated to Variety the Children's Charity here in Victoria Australia. They do lots of awesome work with mentally and physically disabled children. They also have donated wheelchair swings in most large playgrounds around Victoria.
ReplyDeleteUS and Canada only :( Sorry Carlz. Thanks for donating though. You are now in my top five Australians.
DeleteBless you for coming up with such a thoughtful contest! My husband regularly donates to organizations who conserve wildlife areas and I donate my time (& stamps) to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Your idea to pick a new, random org will give me something to think about next time we have an extra couple bucks. Really a neat idea.
ReplyDeleteI donated to the Vietnam Veterans of America in honor of my grandfather. These men came back with lots of mental and physical issues and to little or no support. My grandfather was a Vietnam veteran and I always wished there was more that I could do to help him and his friends. So thank you for the opportunity, it's not one of our normal charities so I probably wouldn't have thought about donating if you hadn't done this :)
ReplyDeleteI donate to the Make-A-Wish Foundation regularly. Last year my husband and I dressed up as superheroes and mounted our bikes to run the "Amazing Race" here in Downtown Salt Lake City. We raised around $500, and acted like fools all morning. My family is "Wish Granters" where we help organize wishes for children. We were given a wish when my younger brother was enduring cancer. He wished to see Conan O'Brien in New York, awesome right? That brother is now a 26 year old father of twins! I love this contest, thank you for what you're doing. Your recent posts have me seriously considering cloth diapering. My baby will be earthside in October so I still have a couple months to decide. Love your blog!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is an awesome giveaway! Love my gDiapers! I really truly don't have an extra five bucks until I get paid next week, but if I did I would totally donate to St Jude. The infomercials make me sad, but as a nurse and a mother their mission speaks to my heart in a way few charities can.
ReplyDeleteWe love the National Down Syndrome Society because they work towards helping people with Down Syndrome and their families. Our baby girl has DS, so this is very close to home. We are looking forward to our first Buddy Walk coming this October!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ndss.org/Buddy-Walk/
I would donate to the Soldier's Promise charity. It was started by my fiance's battle buddy from when they were both in the Army. It is intended to send cards and small gifts to the family members of soldiers, sailors, airmen,and Marines who were killed while serving. It is just something small to let these families know that their sacrifice hasn't been and will never be forgotten.
ReplyDeleteI donated this past week to our local Community Action Partnership. This group supports families in Madison County, NY and has active Mom's and Dad's groups that help parents better care for their children! From school readiness to parent/chid bonding, they help all types of families make their children's lives better!!
ReplyDeleteAs a family with 5 kids including two sets of twins, both time and money are hard to come by. However, our most recent charity was a donation to Finn Grahame-nye to honor his attempt to climb Mount Kilimanjaro for the benefit of EMC: Every Mother Counts is a campaign to end preventable deaths caused by pregnancy and childbirth around the world. Finn is the oldest son of the owners of gdiapers. I can't remember but think he's only 10 years old. the US would be a much better place if we had more kids like him around.
ReplyDeleteI am a poor student so money is tight right now, but I do like to donate my time. Recently I have been volunteering at Crossover Clinic in Virginia which provides medical care for people who have no health insurance. When I graduate, I am going to try to keep donating my time because I think health care is a right, not a privilege.
ReplyDeleteI am about ready to make a twitter just to tell everyone about this contest! lol With our first little one on the way due September those Gdiapers would be helpful! If the kind soul who wins doesn't need them; we are happily accepting donations ;).
ReplyDeleteI donate to the Ronald McDonald house; they were there for my cousins when my baby cousin was born with an undetected congenital heart defect. I happily donate every chance I get to them for being there for families when they are in a huge time of need. Although clowns scare me a bit, I enthusiastically toss money every chance I get at that scary read headed man.
What a great contest!!!
ReplyDeleteI picked Special Olympics NC. My family and I have volunteered at their summer games and have just loved what they do for these kids. It's so awesome to see the participants competing in their chosen sport. They put their all into it and deserve to be rewarded for all their effort. Special Olympics also hosts a dance for all the participants as well. It's a wonderful time for them all to get together and meet one another. You can't put a price on that joy or those smiles and volunteers get as much out of it as the participants do!
ReplyDeleteWe just donated to the children's Miracle network hospitals yesterday.
ReplyDelete4paws for ability. A charity that my cousin-in-law helps foster and train puppies for. She just got their permanent dog, a female who will have a couple of litters of puppies who will be trained and given to people with disabilities, physical and mental. The dogs are so sweet, and it's always nice to meet a new one at every family event!
ReplyDeleteI don't have enough money right now for a donation, but if I could I would donate to Operation Smile Canada! In fact, I'm hoping I can save some money up to donate to them soon. You've inspired me!
ReplyDeleteWe donate to Relay for Life every year and walk for Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer and Ovarian Cancer.
ReplyDeleteI hope to win this for a friend who is having a girl :)
Great contest. With a little one on the way (hopefully soon as we're now five days over-due), money is a little tight but those gDiapers have been intriguing me. I made my donation to the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter, Inc. (BARCS)and their medical care fund. A great organization but one that I have never donated to before. Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteI donated to the International Rescue Commitee www.rescue.org. WoMAD used to do a lot of work with the Salt Lake City location.
ReplyDeleteI'm broke, but if I had extra money to give, I would give to the wounded Warrior Project.
ReplyDeleteYour mom’s birthday is one the most important anniversaries on which you should do your ultimate best to present her with a heartfelt gift.
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