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V-Day is a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money, and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM), and sex slavery.

Improve your vocabulary while ending hunger. For each correct answer you give playing the word game at freerice.com, 10 grains of rice will be donated to the United Nations World Food Program. Learn the lexicon and watch the pile add up! 

Support MUSC Children’s Hospital by supporting the Kids Helping Kids Holiday Card Project. Twenty-eight illustrations by patients and friends of the hospital will be used on holiday greeting cards. Packs of 15 cards are $15 and all proceeds go back to the hospital.

A Sweet Way to Make Everyone Smile: The Halloween Candy Buy-Back Program!

Every kid loves Halloween! So do adults.

As responsible dentists, community members, and US citizens, Halloween Candy Buy Back dentists have found a way to keep the fun, while helping kids and our troops deployed overseas.

Find a participating dentist in your area!

Cleaning For A Reason is a nonprofit organization partnering with maid services to offer free professional house cleanings to improve the lives of women undergoing cancer treatment.

We are fighting cancer a different way: CATCHING IT EARLY.  By shifting this nation’s focus from just searching for a cure to education, prevention and early detection, we can save lives TODAY.  By empowering ourselves and the women we love to become medical consumers; to listen to our bodies, ask the right questions of our doctors and seek second opinions, we can prevent cancer and, if we still end up with it, detect cancer in its earliest stages.  At Cancer Schmancer, we aren’t reinventing the wheel.  We are

Find out what a shelter or rescue dog can bring to your life this October during Adopt-A-Dog Month!

Your local shelter is the perfect place to find dogs of every type, size, age and personality -- all waiting for a loving home. Or, if you prefer a particular breed that isn’t currently available at a shelter, go online to find a breed-specific rescue group in need of adopters like you.

Visit the American Humane Society for more information.

Tell one of the spectacular women that you know that she should run for office. Women win elections at the same rate as men—but they don’t run as often. Women are more likely to run for office if someone else asks them to run. Do your part and make the suggestion that might change the world.

Find a pick your own farm near you! This website provides local listings of pick your own (also called U-pick or PYO) farms in the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and other countries.

Beginning at 7pm our time, The Climate Reality Project will broadcast 24 Hours of Reality live online from September 14 to 15. Each hour people living with the reality of climate change will connect the dots between recent extreme weather events, including floods, droughts and storms, and the manmade pollution that is changing our climate. They will offer a round-the-clock, round-the-globe snapshot of the climate crisis in real time.

Register for something other than another food processor. Brides and grooms can go to justgive.org and have guests donate to a charity in the newlyweds’ name. Pick one specific charity or several you want to support.

On August 26, 1920 the19th Amendment was certified, giving women the right to vote.  In 1971 a Joint Resolution of Congress designated August 26th of each year as Women's Equality Day.

You can develop asthma as an adult.  If you wheeze after exercise, when exposed to cold air, car exhaust or allergens like dust or pet dander, or if you have a cough that lasts longer than seveal weeks, consider having a lung-function test.  Visit the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology for more info.

Eco-gardening.com not only educates you on environmental statistics, but also sells gardening tools that conserve our natural resources.