***Worthwhile Causes***

[iKermit]

In the mood to help?

Fantastic!
Please take a moment of your time to browse this thread and donate some of your time to causes that are important to you.
Most only take a few seconds to make a difference.






edit: i need help designing logos for certain causes. if i use your logo for a cause that doesn't currently have one, i will rep you. PM me your logo. thanks.

[iKermit]

Bodybuilding.com has a group setup within Folding@Home, which is a distributed computing program working to cure diseases. It runs on your computer in the background and completes work units, which work to examine the molecular structure of certain proteins. By using a distributed computing system, Folding@Home can work on doing these processes in the time it would take even supercomputers years to do.

Help Cure Diseases with Folding@home (Join the Bodybuilding.com Team!)

[iKermit]

The mission of Let's Say Thanks is to provide a way for individuals across the country to recognize U.S. troops stationed overseas. By submitting a message through this site you have the opportunity to send a free personalized postcard greeting to deployed servicemen and women.

The postcards, depicting patriotic scenes and hometown images, were selected from a pool of entries from children across the country.

All you have to do is click on your favorite design and either select the message that best expresses your sentiment or draft a personal note. The postcards are then printed on the Xerox iGen3? Digital Production Press and mailed in care packages by military support organization Give2TheTroops?.

Xerox is committed to helping people across the nation express their gratitude to our troops overseas. The launch of this program is aimed at reminding them how much Americans appreciate their service.

** Let's Say Thanks To Our Troops **

[iKermit]

banner by PS_Detective

The Hunger Site was founded to focus the power of the Internet on a specific humanitarian need: the eradication of world hunger. Since its launch in June 1999, the site has established itself as a leader in online activism, helping to feed the world's hungry. On average, over 220,000 individuals from around the world visit the site each day to click the yellow "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button. To date, more than 300 million visitors have given more than 500 million cups of staple food.

Click to help. World Hunger









banner by IKermit

The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their site daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on "donating a mammogram" for free (pink window in the middle). This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate mammogram in exchange for advertising.

Breast Cancer - Click to help









banner by PS_Detective

The Child Health Site is dedicated to funding simple and very effective preventatives and treatments with the goal of robust child health around the globe. Your daily click funds the administration of Vitamin A to prevent life-threatening childhood illness and disease as well as one preventable cause of childhood blindness; the manufacture and fitting of children's prostheses so that a child injured by a landmine or other accident can still walk, run and play and still has a fighting chance to be a productive contributor in his or her society as an adult; eye surgeries that can reverse one kind of childhood blindness; and HIV testing that will alert medical personnel that a mother may pass the infection onto her child at birth so that she can be treated and the newborn spared of this terrible disease. When you click, once per day, every day, you are helping to get these types of treatments and services to the children who need them most.

http://www.thechildhealthsite.com/cl...faces?siteId=5









banner by PS_Detective

The Literacy Site provides a feel-good way to help promote awareness of the importance of books in the home as a key indicator of a child's literacy ? through easy and quick online activities.

With a simple, daily click of the "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button at The Literacy Site, visitors help provide free books to children in need. Visitors pay nothing. The distribution of these books are paid for by our site sponsors and accomplished through our charitable partners, First Books and Room to Read.

http://www.theliteracysite.com/click...faces?siteId=6









banner by PS_Detective

The Rainforest Site is dedicated to the preservation of rainforests around the world. Your daily click funds the purchase of rainforest land by The Nature Conservancy, The Rainforest Conservation Fund, The World Parks Endowment, and Rainforest2Reef. These organizations work to preserve rainforest land in Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Paraguay and other locations worldwide.

http://www.therainforestsite.com/cli...faces?siteId=4









banner by dean.69

It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on the purple
box "fund food for animals" for free. This doesn't cost you a thing.
Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to
donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange for advertising.

Animal Rescue - Click to help (reps)

[Bears]

with support from Iron_Chef

ONE is Americans of all beliefs and every walk of life - united as ONE - to help make poverty history. We are a campaign of over 2.4 million people and growing from all 50 states and over 100 of America's most well-known and respected non-profit, advocacy and humanitarian organizations. As ONE, we are raising public awareness about the issues of global poverty, hunger, disease and efforts to fight such problems in the world's poorest countries. As ONE, we are asking our leaders to do more to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty. ONE believes that allocating more of the U.S. budget toward providing basic needs like health, education, clean water and food would transform the futures and hopes of an entire generation in the world's poorest countries.

ONE is nonpartisan; there's only one side in the fight against global AIDS and extreme poverty. Working on the ground in communities, colleges and churches across the United States, ONE members both educate and ask America's leaders to increase efforts to fight global AIDS and extreme poverty, from the U.S. budget and presidential elections to specific legislation on debt cancellation, increasing effective international assistance, making trade fair, and fighting corruption. Everyone can join the fight. The goal of ending poverty may seem lofty, but it is within our reach if we take action together as one. You can start now by joining the ONE Campaign and pledging your voice to the fight against extreme poverty and global AIDS.

http://www.one.org/






http://www.oneclickatatime.org/animal.html

"For some reason there are not many free donation sites focusing upon animals. We have located the following click to donate web sites helping defend the creatures placed under our stewardship."

http://www.freewebs.com/1click2donate/

"...if you have the time and inclination - and sponsors will donate money to nominated charities on your behalf."

http://www.charityclickdonation.com/bulk.html

"Your click below gives free donations to 10+ great causes dedicated to helping the environment!"

Side note: "Please only click one time per day. If you click more than once, it will not help the sites and be a waste of your time since these sites only count one click from the same computer each day."






http://www.freerice.com/index.php

"For each word you get right, we donate 20 grains of rice through the UN World Food Program to help end hunger"

http://www.hungrychildren.com/

"Hungry Children's mission: to assist one child at a time, with YOUR click"

[iKermit]

by Majestyc

http://www.ripple.org/

Ripple lets you raise money for charity by viewing an ad a day, or running a web search powered by Google.


o Click to give 6 days access to clean water

o Click to help a village feed itself

o Click to give 2 days access to education

o Click to finance a $100 loan for a day


Please click on the links daily.

Thank you.














http://www.kiva.org/

Kiva's mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.

Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world.

[Majestyc]

1. You click everyday.
2. Ad sponsors pay for food.
3. Food gets distributed by charity programs and donation organizations worldwide, such as the UN World Food Programme.

Simple Games:

FreeRice - Play the game
FreeFlour - Play the game
FreePoverty - Play the game
FreeThirst - Play the game

Just Click:

Ripple - Click on all 4 buttons
TheHungerSite - Click on all 6 buttons

http://www.bhook.com - Click the green button
http://www.pajacyk.pl - Click the green button
http://www.porloschicos.com/PorLosCh...ex_english.htm - Click the blue button
http://www.feedsa.com - Click the white button
http://www.hungerfighters.com - Click the green button
http://www.povertyfighters.com/ - Click the blue button
http://www.okruszek.org.pl - Click the bread button
http://www.chintai.net/contribution/index.html - Click the blue box
http://www.kct-uk.org/click - Just visit the website
http://www.straatkind.nl/ - Click on the red ball
http://children.care2.com - Click the blue button
http://www.youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=2335 - Click the orange button

Please click and bump this thread daily!
Thank you.

Edit: Post copied from this thread.

[BillyMaysHere]

NJ has something called the EMT training fund which lets volunteer members of first aid organizations obtain free training. Last week, Gov Corzine withdrew $4 Million dollars from the fund to balance his budget. He left $400,000 which is only enough for another 2-3 months.
Volunteer EMT's save taxpayers millions of dollars they would otherwise be spending on paid ambulance services. Please take 2 mins and send a quick email to distribution@njemsea.org letting them know you disagree with the Governor's decision. That email automatically goes to all of the NJ Legislators.
you can use this sample letter

Originally Posted by sample letter (subject) EMT Training Fund

Dear Sir / Madam

I am writing to you requesting your assistance in supporting New Jersey's Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT's).

As you might know, Governor Corzine has withdrawn $4,000,000 from the EMT Training Fund in an effort to balance the State Budget. This withdrawal will leave $400,000 in the Fund as of 7/1/09. This Fund does not have a surplus - in fact, the fund expenses more than it takes in every year. This action by the Governor will rended the Fund defunct and force EMT's to pay for courses out of their own pocket. This action, in a recession where individuals do not have the disposable funds to pay for this training, is expected to force many volunteers out of EMS. Replacing these EMT's will be costly to municipalities.

This action by the Governor is especially unfair because:

- The EMT Training Fund is NOT tax money - it is a public trust created by legislature by taking $0.50 from each moving violation, and dedicating those funds to training EMT's.

- A $400,000 study commissioned by the Department of Health said the Fund was critical to the health of NJ's Emergency Medical Services and recommended expanding it.

- Replacing volunteer EMT's with paid staff will cost municipalities thousands of dollars per year. Reallocating the dedicated training funds will have dire effects on municipal budgets.

I need your support in this matter. I ask that you:

- Call or email the New Jersey Emergency Medical Services Educator's Association and pledge your support at 201-390-2608 / president@njemsea.org

- Urge the Governor's office to reconsider, and tell them your constituency strongly supports keeping the EMT Fund intact.

This matter is important to me, and it will likely affect how I vote in future elections. Please help us keep dedicated funding where it belongs - supporting individuals who donate their time to their communities and make our healthcare and domestic preparedness strong.

Thank you for your time in considering my request.

Sincerely,

YOUR NAME HERE

reply here if you send the email. thanks brahs

cliffs:
copy and paste sample letter and send to distribution@njemsea.org
reply here when done

Edit: Thread: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=115981541

[skinnygymboy]

For Alex Pratt Takes 1 min max, real time

It's a person i know(diff forum's wife).




But voting takes no time at all and well, you could change her life.

I'll hit as many as i can on charge for your kindness.

http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/me/m...ath=me/my_life

PLEASE

Edit: Thread: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=116032121

[Arlecchino]

Lizzie Velsasquez has a disorder that doctors do not understand yet and cannot diagnose yet because it is so rare. Please visit this website and see her story. Watch the vid.

http://aboutlizzie.weebly.com/


If you can join the facebook group "Help Get Lizzie on Oprah!!" and send this to all of your friends. I do not know this girl, but one of my friend's goes to school with her and knows her really well. We can all benefit from her story.

I can really feel this going somewhere. Please do all you can to support her and help her dream come true. Help get her story out there so more research can be conducted on these types of disorders.

If you really want, you can send Oprah a letter or do anything else possible to help this girl out! I will do everything I can to help her too!


Original thread:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=112667721

[iKermit]

Special Operations Warrior Foundation Fundraising Page




Midshipman 2/C Luke Finney and I, Midshipman 3/C Blaine Tonking, will compete in the 2009 Arrowhead 135 Ultramarathon held this February. Each competitor is given 60 hours to traverse 135 miles by foot pulling a sled containing all necessary gear and clothing. The Arrowhead 135 is held on the Arrowhead Trail bordering northern Minnesota and Ontario, Canada, where temperatures can average -20 to -40F. This event serves as a true test of character and moral, mental, and physical fortitude.

Our reason and ultimate goal for running this race is to collectively raise $10,000 in honor of fallen warriors through the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. The SOWF provides free scholarship grants, financial aid, and educational counseling to the children of Special Operations personnel of all services who have been killed in an operational mission or training.

http://www.firstgiving.com/arrowhead135

[Arlecchino]

While these are not causes as such, they are very helpful threads that can provide a bit of support, and as such are very worthwhile:

Inspirational Videos

Official Sobriety Thread

[GApump]

Animal Rescue - Click to help (reps)

Dying woman's insurance rejects to cover her operation that could save her life (srs)

[Arlecchino]

Prayer Request

Depression/Anxiety support thread