Support the Greater Good Network

I have written many posts about the various sites, online shops and causes supported or owned by the Greater Good network. Today’s post is supporting this network as a whole, rather than posting on a specific aspect or cause that they support. GreaterGood.org is an independent charitable organisation devoted to improving the health and well-being of people, animals, and the planet. They achieve this by providing funding to other registered charitable organisations that focus on core areas including:

•               Alleviating and addressing the root causes of world hunger and food insecurity, and promoting peaceful co-existence;

•               Early detection and treatment of breast cancer and other widespread health concerns, particularly in women;

•               Preventing and treating childhood illness, disease and other children's health and well-being concerns;

•               Promoting children's literacy and education;

•               Protecting and restoring the environment; and

•               Providing care and feeding of rescued animals in shelters and sanctuaries and addressing the root causes of their conditions.

GreaterGood.org grants funds generated through its Gifts That Give More™ program and the GreaterGood Network family of websites to the nonprofit partners and charities responsible for implementing and sustaining the programs described on the GreaterGood Network websites. GreaterGood.org also provides grants directly to worthwhile organisations dedicated to the welfare of the global community.

You can donate to the Greater Good Network online. If you are unable to donate financially, you can go to the following of the Greater Good Network sites to make a free click, which then prompts the online sponsors to donate to that cause:

The Hunger Site: Your click gives the value of 1.1 cups of food to the hungry.

The Breast Cancer Site: Your click helps a woman in need get a free mammogram.

The Animal Rescue Site: Your click gives the value of 0.6 bowls of food for rescued animals.

The Veteran Site: Your click helps a homeless and hungry veteran get a free meal.

The Autism Site: Your click helps provide therapy for children living with autism and their families.

The Child Health Site: Your click helps provide a child 
with lifesaving health care.

The Literacy Site: Your click helps give a child in need 
a book to read and treasure.

The Rainforest Site: Your click helps protect 
11.4 square feet of rainforest habitat for wildlife.

Blessings!

Ronell x

“The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled the more I gain.” {Susan B. Anthony}

Send a FREE e-card to promote awareness and generate funding

So in the spirit of Christmas, I would like to recommend sending a free e-card (instead of paper Christmas cards) to your friends and family. These cards can both promote and raise awareness for a cause that you are passionate about, and are often sponsored, which means that it does not cost you anything to send them, but the sponsor donates to the related cause on your behalf!

The e-cards that I am suggesting are The Hunger Site e-cards. You can send cards from: The Hunger Site, The Breast Cancer Site, The Animal Rescue Site, The Veterans Site, The Autism Awareness Site, The Child Health Site, The Literacy Site or The Rainforest Site, dependent on the cause that you are passionate about promoting and supporting.

The categories you can choose from include:

·      Christmas

·      Animals

·      Favourites

·      Inspirational

·      Thinking Of You

·      Special Occasions

·      Blank

·      Promote The Cause

·      E-Cards That Give

So send an e-card to your friends and family today to support the work of The Greater Good Network.

Blessings!

Ronell x

“Awareness without action is worthless.” {Phil McGraw}

The Literacy Site: Free Clicks to Promote Literacy for Children in Need!

Today's post also links back to my post from on Thursday about supporting underprivileged girls' futures ( http://365days2changetheworld.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/plan-ukorg-international-day-of-girl.html?m=1 ), this time focusing on helping to promote higher levels of literacy for children in need.
This is another site run by The GreaterGood Network. It is pretty much the same principle as The Hunger Site, The Breast Cancer Site, The Animal Rescue Site and The Child Health Site free clicks, except that it supports charities that provide free books and promote literacy for children in need. The Literacy Site is a charitable site that sells a whole host of items that donate to supporting these charities. It also has a lot of excellent information on different causes that need supporting and how we can help.
In 2011 alone, The Literacy Site funded 389,872 books for children in need directly through the 'free clicks' initiative. You can help with this for free too! This has got to be one of my favourite features of the site (which I use every day that I log onto the internet using my laptop): using the 'daily free clicks' to donate. Basically, you visit http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=6&link=ctg_lit_home_from_chs_home_sitenav
and click on the 'Click Here to Give - it's FREE' button, which generates money for charity, paid for by site sponsors. When you click, these companies and groups actually pay for your click! That's 365 free chances each year to help! The Child Health site gives 100% of sponsor advertising fees to their charitable partners- so all of the money generated by your daily clicks will actually go to helping to provide books for children in need!
I have added a bookmark called 'click' to my bookmark bar at the top of my web browser to help me remember. Other suggestions would be to set The Child Health Site (http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=6&link=ctg_lit_home_from_chs_home_sitenav
) as your home page, or to sign up for a free click reminder email (under the big 'Click Here to Give - it's FREE' button). You control how often you get a reminder! Bonus: if you are a new registrant to the GreaterGood Network (owners and operators of The Literacy Site), they will make an extra donation to the cause when you sign up.
The Literacy Site works in conjunction with many charitable partners. One of these is First Book (http://www.firstbook.org/). They aim to give new books to children in need. They are determined to see that all children, regardless of their economic conditions, can achieve more in school and in life through access to an ongoing supply of new books. With the help of partners (such as The Literacy Site), volunteers and donations, First Book have provided more than 90 million new books to schools and programs serving children in need. Higher levels of literacy can help to break the poverty cycle that so many people are trapped in! You can help!
Thank you click sponsors!
Blessings!
Ronell x
"A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge enhances his might" {Proverbs 24v5}
"Knowledge is power" {Francis Bacon}