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Five Dollar Heroes

http://fivedollarheroes.blogspot.com

Five Dollar Heroes is one guy's attempt to get the rest of the Internet to join him in donating $5 a week to different charities, in the hopes that everyone's pocket change adds up to big change in the world.

Added on: Sep 18th, 2008
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: Mike
Listed in: Activism Online Activism
Tags: charity donation philanthropy nonprofit giving

Recent Posts

Weekly Charity: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

Posted on Sunday January 18th, 2009 at 17:56 in civil rights, weekly charity

More than 45 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. told us about his dream. On Tuesday, part of that dream will be realized with the inauguration of Barack Obama as the nation's 44th president.But Obama would be the first to say that his election is but...
Weekly Charity: One Laptop Per Child

Posted on Sunday January 11th, 2009 at 16:46 in technology, children, poverty, global, weekly charity

We're starting to see news articles about charities having to cut back due to the recession -- most recently it's been the One Laptop Per Child program, which, according to The Associated Press, has cut its staff in half.The program is a good one, an...
Five Dollar Heroes' first corporate partnership?

Posted on Sunday January 4th, 2009 at 13:43 in charity funding

I got a pretty unusual e-mail during the holidays. A new hotel search site, HotelsCombined.com, offered to donate $20 to a charity of my choice if I mentioned them here on the blog.Well...I admit, I'm not one for product placement or offering endors...
Weekly Charity: CARE

Posted on Sunday January 4th, 2009 at 13:27 in women, poverty, global, weekly charity

Both at home and abroad, poverty has been on the rise, and women continue to take the brunt of it, especially in rural areas and developing nations. CARE, which has been around since 1945, has focused on helping to lift women out of poverty, both he...
No excuses

Posted on Sunday January 4th, 2009 at 13:11 in Site News

Yes, it's been more than a month since I've last posted. Indeed, it's an entirely new year now. I could, of course, blame the end-of-year crunch at work, the holidays, vacation, whatever...but the fact of the matter is I didn't get it done. And I rea...
Suited for Change

Posted on Monday November 24th, 2008 at 20:36 in women, poverty, unemployment, weekly charity

The economy is bad, folks, and it's only going to get worse before it gets better. Low-income women, some of who may be either the primary family wage-earner or a single parent, are particularly vulnerable these days.Suited for Change is an excellen...