I, too, support wikipedia... I use it so often, and it does enhance my life. I also gave a very small donation to the Dance Gypsy website, after it helped me find info about a dance weekend earlier this year.
A local org that I like to support is Inside Books Project. They are a bare-bones, all-volunteer organization which sends books to inmates in Texas. I volunteered with them a few times this past year; very easy to help (fulfilling inmates' requests for materials), but it's sad that many of the requests are so outdated (6 months old in some cases). IBP simply lacks the funds to pay for the postage, even though they do send things at library rates. I'm not an expert on the subject, but I have heard that education during incarceration reduces recidivism, and well, that's good!
I never watch the public TV station, but I listen to public radio like a mild addict, I do make a donation every year (though that's generally not at the end of the year). Oh, and I also send a token amount to my alma mater. I think they have rich alumni as heavy hitters, and I'm certainly not going to give anyone a scholarship ever. But they did give me money when I needed it (still had to take lots of fed student loans), and I haven't forgotten that.
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on 2010-12-29 03:21 am (UTC)A local org that I like to support is Inside Books Project. They are a bare-bones, all-volunteer organization which sends books to inmates in Texas. I volunteered with them a few times this past year; very easy to help (fulfilling inmates' requests for materials), but it's sad that many of the requests are so outdated (6 months old in some cases). IBP simply lacks the funds to pay for the postage, even though they do send things at library rates. I'm not an expert on the subject, but I have heard that education during incarceration reduces recidivism, and well, that's good!
I never watch the public TV station, but I listen to public radio like a mild addict, I do make a donation every year (though that's generally not at the end of the year). Oh, and I also send a token amount to my alma mater. I think they have rich alumni as heavy hitters, and I'm certainly not going to give anyone a scholarship ever. But they did give me money when I needed it (still had to take lots of fed student loans), and I haven't forgotten that.