This is our new favorite charity. You can donate toys, games, books, and/or money to sick kids at children's hospitals, and all of it goes directly to the kids.
Just choose a hospital from the map on their website, and you will be taken to an Amazon wishlist for the hospital. Choose whatever you want to give them from the list. The shipping address is already in the system. All items must be new and unwrapped.
Happy shopping!
PBS has a great program on their website called A Class Divided. It is an older episode of Frontline, and shows an exercise in discrimination that a third grade teacher in Illinois named Jane Elliott created in 1968 for her students.
I also really enjoyed the interview with Ms. Elliott where she talks about how she is continuing the program today for adults, and how unfortunately, this exercise is still as necessary today as it was in 1968.
"We need to stop inculcating in our students the belief that only white is right, the belief that there's only one right way to worship, the belief that males are superior, the belief that the U.S.
Here is some information that should encourage you to take a stand and make your voice heard. These people stood up, spoke out, and brought positive change.