It’s the seventh day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving. To recap, I’ve asked a panel of judges to review a number of deserving charities as suggested by my readers. I’ll be posting one a day for – well, 12 days (I’m clever that way).
I encourage you to check out the charities voted “most deserving” by my readers and judges. Remember that these are just suggestions and, in most cases, we can’t personally vouch for the good work that these folks do. So be smart. And be generous.
Today’s featured charity was submitted by me. That’s right. I can comment, too! I wrote:
As you may know, my grandmother died of breast cancer and I supported Komen publicly on the blog this year in her honor.
In prior years, I have “walked for the cure” — this year, I am putting together a team to “run for the cure” in May. It’s a 5k run in Philadelphia.
I think it’s important to support a cause that has the potential to affect so many women. More than 40,000 women will die this year from breast cancer in the US. That is more than 40,000 mothers, sisters, aunts, grandmothers, daughters and friends. We can make a difference.
Web site is http://www.komen.org/
A search at irs.gov (which I highly recommend any time you are considering making a donation) reveals that Susan Komen Foundation is on the IRS list of charitable organizations.
(I’ll be running a 5k on Mother’s Day 2009 to raise funds for Susan Komen.)
You can read about our prior 12 Days’ picks here:
- 12 Days of Charitable Giving: Forget Me Not
- 12 Days of Charitable Giving: DonorsChoose.org
- 12 Days of Charitable Giving: Spirit Animal Sanctuary
- 12 Days of Charitable Giving: Jamison Center
- 12 Days of Charitable Giving: ALS Hope Foundation
- 12 Days of Charitable Giving: USO
Thanks to our guest judge, Sean Kelly, for choosing Susan Komen for the Cure. It is a meaningful pick since Sean lost his mother to cancer last year. Sean writes the snarky, witty and popular Franchise Pick blog. Sean founded the Marketing Department of Auntie Anne’s Hand-Rolled Soft Pretzels, designed and implemented their national marketing program and served as their first Director of Marketing until founding the national marketing firm, IdeaFarm in 1996 – which means I think he owes me some pretzels!
