Want to appear on an episode of LP TV?
There is nothing GOOD on TV. At least not yet, Living Philanthropic wants to launch a new web series highlighting the joys of giving back through volunteerism.
The goal is to produce 12 socially good episodes highlighting a different non-profit organization each week as the host interacts and volunteers with the organization and helps to tell their story.
We have the idea and we only need one thing: YOU!
Your support can help launch this idea off the ground and into the interwebs, besides some cool perks, you may also have the option of volunteering along side us and appear in an episode!!
THE FIRST 10 DONORS THAT DONATE OVER $100 WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO VOLUNTEER WITH US AND APPEAR IN AN EPISODE! (Sorry, Travel & accommodations not included. But, you never know where we might end up!)
Visit http://bit.ly/lp-tv and pledge your support today!
Featured Charity : Waterkeeper Alliance
Access to clean water is a natural basic human right. I am glad that organizations like Waterkeeper Alliance and many others are out there working to keep our natural resources clean and protected.
Today wraps up Living Philanthropic’s featured charity for May and we’ve raised $337 for Waterkeeper this month.
If you would like to join the team, please visit: http://www.crowdrise.com/lp-waterkeeper
Thank you for all your support.
Question of the Day
What was the name of the last organization you donated to or volunteered with?
3rd Loan on Kiva goes to...
My Kiva loan was just re-paid for the 2nd time. Time to re-lend to another great project!
The most important part of donate is DO.
Life is full of chances to do good. #giveeveryday #dogood
Let’s win $25K for Waterkeeper!
Living Philanthropic’s featured charity for May is the Waterkeeper Alliance. Waterkeeper Alliance helps communities stand up for clean water and believe that clean water is a basic human right for everyone.
To celebrate Earth Day, Groupon is giving $25K to the green charity that raises the most funds on Crowdrise. I would love to be able to get this needed support for Waterkeeper. If you would like to help, please join the team, spread the word, or make a donation. The contest ends on May 15th, 2012.
Also, if you donate $10 or more to Waterkeeper on Crowdrise before May 8th, you will be entered to win an Eco bike from New Amsterdam Bikes!
Join the team and show your support here: http://www.crowdrise.com/lp-waterkeeper
826CHI update & a martian jellyfish!
Thanks to a donation from Ticketmaster, we’ve raised $2,040 for 826CHI, Living Philanthropic’s Featured Charity for April. I truly admire the work that they do to make reading and writing fun for kids. If you would like to help 826CHI do more excellent work, consider joining the team and pledging your support: http://www.crowdrise.com/LP-826CHI
And now story time courtesy of the 2nd Grade Class at Wicker Elementary in Chicago!
The Story of Lary Snakefish, the Martian Jellyfish
Once upon a time lived a Martian jellyfish named Lary Snakefish. He had dragon wings and was orange with blue and yellow polka dots. He lived in a seaweed house in Jellyfish Ocean on Mars. Lary was no ordinary jellyfish. All the jellyfish on Mars had dragon wings, but Lary had the special ability to breathe fire.
Every morning, Lary would wake up feeling super grouchy because he hated waking up in the morning. He would go and drink some of his favorite jell-o coffee with a side of cranberry juice. Then he would put on his jellyfish hat and gracefully float to work.
Lary worked at the library. His favorite thing to do in the whole wide world was to read. He liked to read books about dragons, baking, dolphins, and Power Rangers. The only problem was that everyone in the library hated when Lary worked because he breathed fire, so he would sometimes burn the books.
One day, the head librarian, Mrs. Seahorse, who was surprisingly an elephant, came up to Lary and said, “Lary, you keep burning all of the books. I’m going to have to fire you.”
Lary replied, “I understand. I’m so sorry. Could I pay for the books?”
“Yes, but the books are really really expensive! You burned 100 books so you will need to pay a trillion dollars!” said Mrs. Seahorse.
Since Lary no longer had a job, because he got fired from being a librarian, he had no idea how he was going to earn a trillion Martian dollars.
“Oh no!” said Lary, “What am I going to do?”
Read more stories at 826CHI’s Writing Gallery: http://www.826chi.org/writing_gallery
Excellent Video from Mama Hope. http://www.mamahope.org/
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