Author: creative

What you can donate to a charity other than money.

Helping another person in need can be one of the greatest gifts you can give. You do not need to give money there are many other ways you can contribute.

volunteer

YOUR TIME: volunteer your time to a cause. There are many organizations in need of helping hands such as soup kitchens and shelters.

FOOD: the many people who have no food will greatly appreciate any food donations. You can hand over your donations to the local food bank.

CLOTHING: go through you closet, you will have plenty of items you don’t use, sort out the usable ones and hand over to a local charity, not only will you be helping another person but you will be clearing your clutter as well.

MATTERSSES AND BLANKETS: these will be a blessing during the winter months, don’t throw away your old mattress call a local charity, they will come and collect it.

BOOKS: there are many children in third world countries without access to books. Collect all your old school text books and any other books and search the web for collecting centers for organizations that collect and distribute these books to the needy.

DONATE BOOKS TO CHANGE LIVES

Have you been thinking of what to do with the piles of books that have collected over the years? Consider donating them to the less fortunate.

There are millions of children worldwide with no access to books, either due to poverty, natural disasters or due to wars and civil unrest. The millions of dollars worth of books which are thrown away each year can change the destiny of many helpless children worldwide.

The books that you donate will help create libraries for schools which have never had one, and quite possibly there will be many children who will be opening a book for the first time in their lives. This will give them the opportunity to learn to read, math, science, history and will open up a world which they never even knew existed. This will give them hope to better their lives and that of the people around them.

There are organizations that collect books and ship them around the world. www.booksforthirdworld.org and www.roomtoread.org are such organizations. Find out where the nearest collection centers are.

Use your books carefully and donate them to a charity which will help make the world a better place.