Featured Charity for August: Chicago Red Cross

AUGUST 2012 Living Philanthropic Featured Charity  

My friend John Wilson is donating his birthday to the RED CROSS CHICAGO,  he hates needles and will be donating blood on this birthday August 8th. He will also be throwing a party on August 11th to raise money for the Red Cross Chicago and Living Philanthropic will be partnering with John to hopefully raise more. 

On a side note, anyone who donates blood to the Red Cross gets into the party for free. 

Please consider pledging $1 a day for August or giving blood this month to celebrate the Chicago Red Cross!

The American Red Cross of Greater Chicago serves more than 9.6 million people in northeastern Illinois and northwest Indiana. Counties within our jurisdiction include Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Lake, Kane, Kendall, McHenry, Will, DeKalb, and Kankakee in Illinois, and Jasper, Lake, and Newton in Indiana.　

Today, in addition to domestic disaster relief, the American Red Cross offers compassionate services in five other areas: community services that help the needy; support and comfort for military members and their families; the collection, processing and distribution of lifesaving blood and blood products; educational programs that promote health and safety; and international relief and development programs.

The American Red Cross is where people mobilize to help our neighbors—across the street, across the country, and across the world—in emergencies. Locally we respond to 1,200 disasters every year and more than 4,000 volunteers help the Greater Chicago Red Cross deliver services. We also teach more than a quarter million people in Chicagoland each year health, safety and disaster preparedness skills.

For More information, please visit: http://www.chicagoredcross.org/

Take the Living Philanthropic Challenge Options:

Pledge $1 a day for the month of AUGUST ($31)

Give Blood this month. 

Take up a cause and give a tweet!

Give once. Give Everyday.

Thank you for being a living philanthropist!

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Join the team and donate on this page & submit your blog post about why you made a contribution here:  http://bit.ly/lp-blogger

Living Philanthropic was founded in April 2010 as one man’s mission to give to charity everyday for a year. This mission is built on a belief that you don’t have to be rich in dollars to make a difference; you only need to be rich in spirit. After completing his 365 day mission, the spirit of giving everyday carries on through his friends and in his mission to continue his micro-philanthropy for a third year. For more information, please visit:www.livingphilanthropic.com

December 2011 wrap-up

Happy New Year Everyone! 2011 was an amazing year for me and I look forward to what 2012 has in store for us!

I just got back from my expedition in Mexico, I’m working on an update post and will send it out shortly.

I wanted to send out an update about the December Featured Charity AMERICARES, we’ve raised $2,085 for Americares thanks to State Farm’s Go To Bat Program and Anonymous donor CYPHER for their contributions to the cause. If you would like to pledge your support to Americares, please visit: http://www.crowdrise.com/lp-dec11

They do amazing humanitarian relief all around the world.

Thank you for all your support and contributions to charity in 2011. Here’s to an amazing 2012!

Day 332: American Red Cross

I am back in Chicago after a great trip to Austin and SXSW, had such a great time and it was great meeting you all! It’s been nine days since the earthquakes and tsunami that hit Japan and with the radiation threat it’s more important now than ever to amp up international support for the relief efforts in Japan. 

I was inspired to see a project for the Red Cross on Crowdrise, the goal is to raise 1 million dollars for the Red Cross to help Japan. The inspiring thing about this project is that the Ogawa family will be matching all donations to the crowdrise project up to $500,000 that is just amazing and their generosity is so inspiring to me. I decided to join their team and help them reach their goal. If you would like to help or join the team, please visit: http://www.crowdrise.com/handsforjapan/fundraiser/livingphilanthropic

The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization led by volunteers. We provide relief to victims of disaster and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. The American Red Cross is where people mobilize to help their neighbors—across the street, across the country, and across the world—in emergencies. Each year, in communities large and small, victims of some 70,000 disasters turn to neighbors familiar and new—the more than half a million volunteers and 35,000 employees of the Red Cross. 

Amount Donated: $20

To support the American Red Cross, please visit: http://www.redcross.org

To donate to Japan and have you donation matched, please visit: http://www.crowdrise.com/handsforjapan/fundraiser/livingphilanthropic