Help Someone This Holiday Season

Holiday Season. For many, this means lots of shopping, new shirts, new gadgets, new jewelry, new car, new toys, new everything. Food and shelter. These are basic necessities. Many of us have more than enough of these and we tend to take them for granted. Many more people don't have ANY of these. It's especially tougher during these hard economic times.  I hope that you'll take a moment and realize how lucky we are and be grateful for what we have.  Please consider helping someone this holiday season. 

Here are the organizations my parents and I have recently donated to:

Los Angeles Mission
Serves the poor and homeless in the Los Angeles area. Services include emergency services, recovery services, transitional services, holiday and special events, and outreach. Here a link on how to serve: http://www.losangelesmission.org/Serve/Volunteer.aspx


Union Station Foundation
Serves the poor and homeless in the Pasadena area. It helps men, women, and children rebuild their lives and end homelessness. Here are ways to get involved: http://www.unionstationhs.org/get_involved.html

See Your Impact

A revolutionary way to help those in need around the world. It's affiliated with various charities that directly impacts the areas you want to donate to. We chose to donate in these three areas: 
1) Sponsored a month's worth of meals and tuition for a girl in Sierra Leone (Door of Hope) 

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2) Donated to build a drinking well in Cambodia (The Trailblazer Foundation)

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3) Sponsored a clinical officer to see 50 children a day in Kenya. (Humanity for Children)

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