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Exercise & Fitness

Walk for a cause

As we head into spring and the weather brightens, our favorite charities start recruiting for fundraising walks and runs all over...

Christmas Holiday Tips

8 Ways to give back with food

This holiday season, amid the baking and shopping, make some time to do a good deed. Whether you opt to feed the hungry or send...

Going Green

Alternatives to throwing away old items

Spring cleaning season is in full swing, and you’re bound to have piles of household items that you no longer need or want. How will...

Pets & Animals

A guide to giving to pet shelters and charities over the holidays

The holidays are the perfect time of year to give back to the charities and organizations that you feel most passionate about -- and...

Quick & Easy Recipes

Summer snacks that give back

A few major corporations -- for example, Johnson & Johnson and Target -- are well-known for their donations to charities. While they...

Community & Human Services

5 Community-improvement programs to join

Community improvement programs vary in their organizational structures -- from large, corporate-sponsored programs to local...

Organizing & Cleaning

Organizing tips from celebrity organizer Justin Klosky

When busy celebrities need help organizing their life, they turn to a high-energy organizing professional who can streamline the...

Conditions

Kidney donor for 30 Rock ’s Grizz Chapman

When TV actor Grizz Chapman was diagnosed with kidney disease, a young Arizona man decided to help him out. He donated his kidney...

Live Green

10 Fab alternatives to throwing it away

We throw away a lot of stuff! You've heard it before, but it's not cliche: each of us can make a difference in our own little way....

Community & Human Services

Top 10 charities that make you feel good about giving

Giving to charity seems like an easy enough endeavor – choose a cause you feel passionate about, figure out how much you want to...

Animal Welfare

The best pet charities for your furry friends

Because of the current economy, animal charities are suffering more than ever. So why not do some good this holiday season and...

Community & Human Services

Haiti earthquake: How to help

On January 12, 2010, the nation of Haiti and its capital city Port-au-Prince was hit by a devastating earthquake with recorded...

Community & Human Services

Helping children worldwide: Donate your child's old video games

Every used video game needs a new home once it is no longer wanted. One hundred million used video games are traded annually in the...