Birdsong Information Services

October, 2006

Charityguide.org (http://www.charityguide.org) is a website that has cut to the chase for busy people and frees us up to volunteer in a way that works for people with too few hours in each day. The goal of charityguide.org is to promote flexible volunteerism, by inspiring and facilitating acts of kindness. CharityGuide.org features volunteer service projects that can be accomplished in 15 minutes, a few hours, or during vacations.

Charityguide.org is a relief for employees and busy individuals who want to volunteer yet feel guilty because they can’t seem to take the 3-4 hours a week to volunteer. Here is an example of how easy charityguide.org is to work with and you can see how really powerful the opportunities are to help others.

I am at a hotel and have 30 or so minutes to “doodle” on my computer. I pick “how to make a difference in 15 minutes” from the main page. On the next page, the category I pick is random acts of kindness, because it is late at night, and all my real focus is gone. I choose to send a get well card to a hospitalized child and then I click on the “hugs and hope” link.

Here they have a list of kids that could really use some random acts of kindness and so I sort by state and click on a girl in Colorado. When I travel, I usually have blank greeting cards with me. Additionally, when I travel to Seattle (which is where I was this month), I go to the original Starbucks Coffee shop and pick up some gift cards with folders. I stuck two Starbuck’s gift cards in a greeting card for Hannah and her brother Kyle, and will pop it in the mail tomorrow. It did take me about 15 minutes.

So give it a try, tell your employees and friends about this site. It has a great purpose, with many ways to help others and truly make a difference. With all the needs in this world, sometimes we can do one good deed at a time and it adds up.

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