Thank you for having Dana Farber on your list. They saved my life earlier this year. While I'm not in the position to donate myself, I'm always thrilled when other can and do. Thank you.

 

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Steve,

This is a great idea!! And thanks for putting the Sharing Foundation on your list!

 

Steve! You have inspired me.

 

Hi Steve,

It’s great to see your preference for charitable donations in lieu of yet more gifts.

In the next few weeks, in this country, alone, we will spend $100 BILLION on holiday gifts. Too much of that will be wasted on unwanted fruit cakes, tins of popcorn, pen & pencil sets, and worse.

This year could be different.

We’re promoting the new norm you describe: You don't have to buy something to show your love. Instead, you can do something meaningful in a friend's name to make the world a better place.

We helped created a nonprofit website for just that purpose.

ChangingThePresent.org
offers more than a thousand donation gifts, from $2 to $5,000, from hundreds of leading nonprofits, addressing a full range of causes, all in one convenient place. For instance, you can preserve an acre of the wilderness; fund an hour of life-saving cancer research; or even provide a child with her first book, so she can learn how to read. You can also contribute to any of half a million nonprofits.

You can create a wish list to let your friends know what you care about, and you can personalize a beautiful printed greeting card to be sent right from the site.

And because this is a nonprofit site, the full amount of your donation, less just the credit card fee, goes to the nonprofits you select. (Watch out for businesses that take a big cut of your donation!).

Just imagine the impact we can make together as this new kind of giving catches on!

Please help spread the word. Here are some handy links:

Site:
http://www.ChangingThePresent.org
ChangingThePresent.org

Facebook group
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6291301587

Facebook app (your $1 virtual gift goes to the nonprofit you choose)
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2551062524

very best wishes
Robert