I don’t know that I have a favorite, after all it’s hard to choose a favorite thing when the things you are donating to can be attached to such sad news. Most of the charities that I enjoy helping whenever I can are related to helping children, and cancer research. Those two types probably hit home for me the most. I’ll mention a few of the ones I like to get involved with here.

Love Quilts, as seen on the message boards makes cross stitched memory quilts for children with terminal illness and their families. Something special for them to keep them warm in a time that maybe otherwise dark and cold. Make a Child Smile is where you’ll find some LQ kids, MACS has been a source of support to children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses and their families. Emotional support is provided by creating the opportunity for people to visit the MACS website and learn about the children and their illnesses.

Locks of Love is also child related charity, and definitely one that I find touching. They make wigs and custom hair pieces for children who have lost their hair from disease or disease treatment. In fact I recently donated two 13 inch ponytails of my own hair to Locks of Love! With this charity you don’t have to donate dollars, hair is perfectly acceptable! And all types, textures, colors are welcome and can be either used in the hair pieces or sold at market value to help with the manufacturing costs. All the hair pieces are custom made and fitted for the recipient to look natural.

And then of course there are the many, many, many charities that cover cancer research. There are as many charities to raise money for cancer research as there are types of cancer. That’s both helpful and unfortunate. Hopefully someday we will have a cure for this awful thing that plagues us all.

this post was sponsored by Navtej Kohli and Charity Navigator to raise charity awareness ~ more things from Navtej; http://www.bumpzee.com/users/view/Navtej_Kohli/; http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/11/prweb471351.htm

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