http://drumsnwhistles.disqus.com/photos, pugs and all that jazzenSun, 17 Dec 2006 00:24:53 -0000http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/12/16/giving-changing-caring/#comment-3778237<p>Want to support charity when you shop? One option is to shop at what the Yahoo Directory calls a "Virtual Fundraising Mall." The best of these is <a href="http://www.HEARTof.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="www.HEARTof.com">www.HEARTof.com</a>. It has over 670 well-known stores -- from <a href="http://Amazon.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a> to <a href="http://Zappos.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="Zappos.com">Zappos.com</a> -- where every purchase earns a significant donation for the charity, school, or other worthy cause of your choice. <a href="http://HEARTof.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="HEARTof.com">HEARTof.com</a> is the best because of its exceptional number and variety of stores and because it pays the web's biggest donations for sites of this type.</p>Frank FitzgeraldSun, 17 Dec 2006 00:24:53 -0000http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/12/16/giving-changing-caring/#comment-3778236<p>This was in the press release for <a href="http://ChangingThePresent.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="ChangingThePresent.org">ChangingThePresent.org</a>:</p><p>Every year, Americans spend $250 billion--$100 billion during the holiday season, alone--buying presents for one another. Imagine, for one delirious moment, what we could accomplish if even a small percentage of that gift money were redirected to nonprofits working to make the world a better place.</p>Robert TolmachSat, 16 Dec 2006 17:47:24 -0000