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BeadforLife is an organization that assists impoverished women in Uganda by providing them with a sustainable income making and selling handmade recycled paper beads. You can read their entire sponsor spotlight, visit their website, like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter!
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Destiny Rescue is a non-profit organization working to rescue girls from the sex industry in several Asian countries. They also provide safe houses and prevention programs. The rescued women hand make various type of jewelry and sell it on the website in order to live independently. You can read their entire sponsor spotlight, visit their website, like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter!
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Sari Bari helps to bring women out of the sex trade industry in the red light districts of India. Once these women come to the Sari Bari houses they are provided fair-wage employment and a hope of a better future. The women of Sari Bari create beautiful blankets, pillows, bags and other items out of recycled sari fabric. You can read their entire sponsor spotlight, visit their website, like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter!
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of the ones listed? or in general?
In general any form of child abuse or animal abuse makes my heart stir.
clarkmurdock@yahoo.com
I’m a huge fan of Nuru International. But I love that you have Bead for Life here! LOVE what they do!
I love that you can host parties for Bead for Life to help women escape extreme poverty AND get lovely jewelry!
My favorite cause is animal abuse as well as battered womens shelters and rape victims advocates.
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My favorite cause is anything that supports pediatric cancer. Whether it be research, support for the families, whatever! Love love love Whatchagonnado.org
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My fave is Jack & Jyl Late Stage Cancer Foundation-they provide people who are dying of cancer an ultimate memory-other than cancer with their families to make one ultimate memory!
For more info here is the link:
http://www.jajf.org/
Thank you for the opportunity:)
My favorite organization is lungevity.org. They work to find cures for lung cancer. I think this is an amazing organization. Anything that works to find cures and new treatments for cancer is amazing in my book.
frugalmommieof2 at gmail.com
I learned that works to eradicate extreme poverty by creating bridges of understanding between impoverished Africans and concerned world citizens. This is a very neat organization.
frugalmommieof2 at gmail.com
I learned beads for life has a cirriculum for their charity you can take
msboatgal at aol.com
they are all very amazing causes but I would have to say the Beads for Life cause is one that I am more drawn to.
Amy Hollingsworth
I like bead for life
I visited beadforlife.org and I learned that the farmers pick shea nuts and use those for shea butter soap and peppermint lip balm to sell also.
My favorite cause is getting Bibles into the hands of people who can’t get them. I also have a huge burden for our local Pregnancy center that helps young girls and women during and after their pregnancy with housing and training for jobs and motherhood. cwitherstine at zoominternet dot net
I always care about causes for children! They need advocates!
Beads for Life!
My favorite cause is Special Olympics. I teach special needs kids and Special Olympics means a lot to them.
kdavis1@centurytel.com
I learned that Bread for Life is a Christian based organization. Didn’t know that.
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I think Destiny Rescue is my favorite of the three.
gmbergemann@gmail.com
I didn’t realize when you said that Destiny Rescue helped girls gain freedom from the sex trade industry, you meant GIRLS not women. They are about helping children. As a mom, I am so horrified that this happens. Thank you for bringing this charity to light.
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Destiny Rescue is amazing!
From Sari Bari I learned that they make beautiful scarfs & baby changing mats
My favorite cause is March of Dimes, my nephew was born VERY premature, and is lucky to be alive today.
My favorite cause is the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano counties.
That they all give back!!
If I had to choose one cause I am passionate about it’s women’s health
The name Sari Bari is derived from the words sari for the traditional clothing worn by women in India and bari which means home in Benagli
The plight of people with albinism in Africa. They are murdered simply because they have albinism! A lot of superstitious nonsense out there 🙁
My favorite cause is ICAN for women who have felt assaulted by cesaerean sections. It give hope for healing and future childbearing. carriethegood(at)gmail(dot)com
I really don’t have one favorite cause, but anything supporting animal welfare is important to me!
Marysa {at} marysa {dot} com
i love the causes that help children
There is a no kill cat shelter that I donate to here in Oregon.
kayswederski@yahoo.com
What a wonderful giveaway idea! I like lots of causes, but one of my favorites is St Jude.
Kristinextras at hotmail dot com
Animal abuse is a fav cause of mine
I learned Ugandan women turn colorful recycled paper into beautiful beads and communities in northern Uganda gather shea nuts and press them into shea butter for cosmetics and soaps.
I have a handful. WWF (World Wildlife Fund). RAN, and a couple more. They are all animal oriented.
breast cancer, march of dimes and sickle cell
march of dimes!
hancoci_s at msn dot com
My favorite cause is Relay For Life or anything to help research a cure for cancer.
april@pinebelt.net
I learned that BeadForLife women come together and make paper beads from recycled colorful paper.
april@pinebelt.net
My favorite is United Way. Thanks.
partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com
These are all really great organizations! I am a sucker for anything that has to do with animals — and kids 🙂 There are just so many people and creatures in need around the world, and even in our backyards!
Thanks for the great giveaway 🙂
My favorite cause is Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Also, anything benefitting young children.
I’d have to say anything with animals. I donate yearly to a local shelter.
I visited Sari Bari and learned that everyone’s first day is celebrated with a cake to celebrate their freedom birthday.
What an awesome giveaway!Thanks for showing us these wonderful companies that are dedicated to giving back!
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My fav org is March Of Dimes, after delivering a 26 week baby they mean a lot to our family. We are walking in a kids March Of Dimes walk next week!
I learned that Bead for Life has a great learning curriculum to help teach children about international poverty.
relay for life!
amandahoffman35 at yahoo dot com
Anything that has to do with kids. Especially kids with cancer. Those are the causes that mean the most to me!
makeighleekyleigh@yahoo.com
I am a big supporter of Animal rights and St. Jude’s.
Destiny Rescue is a grass roots, internationally recognised Christian based
organisation.
Love Actionaid Guatemala, life is really hard there and every bit helps.
Lupus
I like them all but I think my favorite is destinychild. We need to get our young women out of that wretched life!
Mac07g10@yahoo(dot)com
As I lost my sister and mother to cancer, I favorite causes that lean toward research and treatment.
World Vision is the cause close to my heart!
I learned that Sari Bari trains women to be artisans so they can be kept from the sex trafficking industry.
What a great giveaway! Very special, thanks!
I love giving to and buying things that help out saint Jude. I just love their overall mission.
Families in need is my passion.
Thank you
Tara
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St. Judes… oh my gosh I have 4 young children and could not imagine going through one of them having cancer! So thankful for organizations like St Judes and the people who support it!
I think it is so neat that the woman who make stuff for Sari Bari are women who are freed from the sex trade industry and now are able to make a difference!
I really have a soft spot in my heart for orphaned children.
sazzyfrazz at gmail dot com
Favorite charity Susan G Komen
4-H is our favorite “cause” and the government keeps cutting the funding. It’s an amazing program which is NOT just for farmers. 4-H helps build strong and confident leaders for tomorrow regardless of where you live and how much money you make.
~Wendy
I learned that by buying lip balm at Beads for Life it “benefits 760 families in Northern Uganda, as they rebuild their lives from the devastating losses due to civil war”.
…and we think we have it bad. *sigh*
~Wendy
Our favorite causes are all related to children and animals because we feel we have to stand up and speak for those who cannot speak for themselves.
Ticklemetiffy @gmail dot com
There are so many great charities out there. I love the Love146 which help towards the abolition of child sex trafficking and exploitation. Thanks!
romapup at gmail dot com
I learned that BeadforLife helps Ugandan women turn colorful recycled paper into beautiful beads and communities in northern Uganda gather shea nuts and press them into shea butter for cosmetics and soaps.
Great company! Love companies that help other people make a livable wage. romapup at gmail dot com
I am a softie for any animal rescue or shelters.
amos404(at)netzero(dot)com
The Leukemia Lymphoma Society. My Dad has been battling Leukemia for almost threee years now so this means a lot to me.
ldombeck@hotmail.com
I would love one of the scarves at Sari Bari, but they are all sold out :(.
amos404(at)netzero(dot)com
My favorite Cause is St. Jude’s Hospital.
I did animal rescue for several years…but I also like to help children.
truwinner@gmail.com
My favorite cause would be all of the organizations/people who fight to find a cure for cancer. I lost my grandmother when I was a kid, and 8 yrs ago I lost a cousin to cancer too.
jmesparza821(at)gmail(dot)com
I learned that BeadforLife sponsors Community Development projects in health, vocational training for impoverished youth, affordable housing, and business development.
jmesparza821(at)gmail(dot)com
I volunteer for a cat rescue organization.
meltheplux at gmail dot com
I learned that the Destiny Rescue has qualified counsellors, medical staff and teachers, all with a passion to see these children made whole in body, mind and spirit.
meltheplux at gmail dot com
My favorite to support is the National Marfan Foundation.
Shoes for Souls
the american heart assosiation. i lost my mom to heart disease at a very early age.
mcveayfamily@yahoo dot com
The cause I support and is dearest to my heart is St. Jude’s Childrens Hospital. I make monthly donations. I have had the opportunity to see a child that benifted from their treatment and have seen many children with cancer. I support others but this is closest to my heart.
burnettecritz@aol.com
ASPCA is one for me (there are others)
St. Judes Children Hospital and here at my home Akron Children’s Hospital in the fight against Childhood leukemia. Anyway I can help, I always will <3
ASPCA 🙂 jessicapeeling@yahoo.com
I learned that at Sari Bari the women survivors of Kolkata’s red light areas are helped, and that each scarf has the name of the woman who made it on it. jessicapeeling@yahoo.com
definitely animal charities, and my local humane society. Also, programs to help women and children in 3rd world countries (such as Guatemala where my husband is from)
I learned that Sari means the essence of womanhood and is a garment worn by the women, and Bari means house or home in the Bengali language.
My favorite cause is breast cancer research.
textbookmommy at gmail dot com
My fav Charity is Susan G Komen.
shawnac68@hotmail.com
I’m a huge supporter of March of Dimes and Autism Awareness.
Bridget
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Humane Society of Western PA
Ronald McDonald house of salt lake city, my kids and I volunteer to make dinner one night a month here!
pauline15_01(at)hotmail(dot)com
breast cancer – (emscout9 at Hotmail dot com)
beads for life is an amazing idea!
i learned that beads for life has a cirriculum for their charity.
Definitely breast cancer awareness! My mom is a 12 year cancer survivor!
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