Raising Blessings

Serena is a 3 year old girl from Britain who has been fighting neuroblastoma for 18 months. Neuroblastoma is a cancer of the nerve cells. Most people who are diagnosed with this cancer are younger that 5 years old. Serena’s doctors have said that there is nothing more they can do to cure her but there is a [...]

D’s Keepsakes is selling a beautiful “I Said A Prayer For You” bracelet for $9.95 on their website dskeepsakes.com. All of the profits made from this bracelet will go to a charity called Alpha Relief which helps to feed people in China and North Korea. D’s Keepsakes has a wide variety of beautiful jewelery. Customers may purchase jewelery individually or buy [...]

Today I learned about a charitable organization called Boat Angel that is asking for boat donations. They will pick up used boats (whether or not they run) for free and use the money from the sales (that they sell in auctions) to give to a charity. They have a long list of approved charities they support that [...]

Two months ago my sister (pictured) who just turned 8 years old last week was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. She is one of millions who live with diabetes and wish that someone would find a cure.  Courtney is trying to something about that. Next week she will be participating in her 3rd Tour De Cure which is fundraiser to benefit [...]

In a previous post I challenged myself to use the next $25 I earned from blogging to lend to someone to help them start a business in a developing country from Kiva.org. The person I chose is Esther who lives in Nigeria and runs a restaurant business. Once I am paid back I look forward to [...]

Kiva.org is a unique charity where you don’t donate money to the poor but lend money to people in developing countries to help them start businesses. Over 99% of loans are repaid and Kiva puts that money back into your account when the lender pays the loan back. Imagine how many people you can help with [...]

Did anyone else watch the Oprah special called “Building a Dream”? It was about the school that she built in South Africa that will allow over 100 under girls to recieve a good education. These girls live in poverty and have been through far worse than most of us have been through. I thought that this documentary was so inspiring and I [...]

If you know how to crochet or knit and would like to do some service then you can make hats for newborns and help save their lives. “Four million newborns die each year within the first month of life half within the first 24 hours of life.” This number could be lowered with keeping babies [...]