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Good morning all.
I have a request for help going out this morning.
A former student of a friend of mine is about to graduate from my alma mater (how’s that for six degrees of separation), but she can’t get her diploma until she pays her last fees.
She’s a good kid who’s been through some hard times, and she’s so close to getting out. Please do whatever you can to
Even if you can’t contribute, please share.
Thank you.
A friend of mine from high school has breast cancer. Her daughter has set up a Gofundme to help with expenses. Please help if you can, and share far and wide. Thank you.
Hey all.
These are dark times. Some of the darkest I’ve ever seen. Heck, my grandmothers are in their nineties, and while they’ve certainly seen dark days before (WWII, anyone?), they’ve never seen anything quite like this.
I, personally, am doing okay. Frankly, I consider myself to be literally one of the luckiest people on the planet. My family and friends are almost all healthy (well, at least in terms of Coronavirus). The few people I know personally who have contracted COVID-19 were young (well, early middle-aged like myself) and healthy and as such have recovered. Both my wife and I have jobs that are in no immediate danger of being shut down by the pandemic, and both of us are able to work safely from home.
All of which means it’s my responsibility to help out in any way I can. If you would also like to help out, I have a few suggestions for you:
Continue reading “Quarantine Charity”Fred Clark, the Slacktivist, whom I consider to be both a friend and teacher, has had an absolutely terrible June. His father passed away, and then…well, he experienced the string of events recounted at this linked post. Please help if you can, or share if you can’t.
Or even if you can. The farther this reaches, the better.
Hey all! AIDS Walk 2019 is coming up soon, and I am enrolled. I look forward to it every year – it’s a little bit of good that’s easy for me to do. If you want to contribute, go here. If you can’t donate, please share.
Hey, all! Time for a little bit of good that’s easy to do.
First, here are two links if you’re interested in supporting arts and culture:
A Kickstarter for Schoolbooks and Sorcery – LGBTQ-Inclusive YA Anthology (Only 8 days left. This one is the most time-restricted. I would very much like to see this succeed, since a dear friend is a contributor. They’re painfully close, but you know how Kickstarter works: all or nothing.)
Donations for Coney Island USA, the arts organization the preserves Coney Island culture, maintains the Coney Island museum, and puts on such programs as the Mermaid Parade (includes pictures of Mermaid Parades past, so may be NSFW)
Then there are some fundraisers to help some online friends of mine.
First, a fundraiser for a friend who’s temporarily down on her luck and needs help making her bills.
Finally, a fundraiser for a friend who has a more specific need for help with his medical bills.
Give what you can and pass the word!