My dear readers, I think I have finally solved the problem on this blog with leaving your comments. It’s been confusing, because some people HAVE been able to comment, but others kept writing to me and telling me they couldn’t, or they’d have to do it twice. The problem seemed to be that only people with google accounts or blogger.com accounts could easily leave comments, all others had to work too hard. So if you’ve tried to leave comments in the past and had trouble, PLEASE try again. I would love to hear from you and get your feedback.
Also, I’ve been talking a lot about gifts lately, how to stick with The Compact and be creative and buy used and that type of thing, but I also wanted to give another mention to Global Giving. It’s one of my favorite charities, and it easily lends itself to gift giving. When you give someone even a small gift card for $10, they can go online and pick out how they want to help- there are categories like children, animals, disaster relief, HIV/AIDS, and several others- and then they choose a project like buying malaria nets for a family in Mali or purchasing schoolbooks for girls in Afghanistan who weren’t able to go to school under the Taliban. It really makes people feel involved and part of the solution, and the money actually makes a real difference. Also, right now Global Giving is offering matching funds on their best women’s projects, so your dollars will go twice as far.
Please tell me about your favorite non-commercial, non-consumer, non-material gifts…
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