Kisses & Lingo

Hello to all of my friends. Thank you for all of the birthday wishes. I could write a huge message for you all to understand how important this is to me. I will not. 

I will say, thanks for showing me all of this wonderful love. Now, please take that energy and pass it on to others as your b-day gift to me. 

Below you find a list of things you could do to give back

This Birthday Wish List was found on http://www.creatingreallyawesomefreethings.com/2011/09/25-ways-to-give-back-to-your-community.html 

Some ideas were modified or omitted.

-Put together a birthday bag for a child living in a shelter. 

-Enter your zip code at  www.volunteermatch.org/ to get a list of volunteer opportunities. 

-Volunteer at one of the 3,190 shelters in the USA.  http://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/

-Donate, shop, volunteer, advocate for Good Will. http://www.goodwill.org/get-involved/volunteer/

-Host a garage sale, and give the proceeds to a local charity.

-Find local charities 

http://www.lic.org/search.asp. 

-Take your kids and their friends on a trash walk and clean up a local park. 

-Team up with a friend and find a local Meals on Wheels program. 

http://www.mowaa.org/page.aspx?pid=253

-Have an idea for a service project? Learn how to turn your volunteer idea into a successful service project using our do-it-yourself toolkits from our government.  http://www.serve.gov/toolkits.asp

-Volunteer or donate to a local food bank. http://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/foodbanks/index.html 

-Be a big brother or a big sister. http://www.bbbs.org/site/c.9iILI3NGKhK6F/b.5962345/k.E123/Volunteer_to_start_something.htm

-Volunteer to tutor kids after school. 

-Quilt for charity.  http://www.milesofquilts.com/charity.htm

-Handmade crafts for a cause: Craft Hope.  http://crafthope.com/craft-hope-book/

-Collect and turn in your box tops for education. http://www.boxtops4education.com/

-Adopt a pet or foster a pet. http://www.adoptapet.com/  or http://www.petfoster.org/

-Plant a tree. 

http://www.plantabillion.org/

-Improve vocabulary and give rice. http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1400

-Host a movie night dedicated to exploring a social issue and discussion. Be sure to review ratings and content before introducing any film to children. 

Examples: Tom Boys, Tough Guise, Two Spirit, 

Spin the Bottle: Sex, Lies and Alcohol, Hip Hop: Beyond Beat and Rhymes, The Pornography of Everyday Life, Persepolis, NO!, The Price of Pleasure, The Business of Being Born

-Pick flowers, put them in mason jars, and brighten up your local senior center or hospital

-Send a letter to a solider. 

http://www.amillionthanks.org/

-Start a community garden. 

Here are some organizations to keep in mind:

Wigs for kids 

http://www.wigsforkids.org/

Milaria No More

www.malarianomore.org/

The Florida AIDS Walk 

www.floridaaidswalk.org/

Sunserve 

www.sunserve.org/

Equality FL 

http://eqfl.org/

HRC.org

Planned Parenthood

www.plannedparenthood.org/

I love you all. Thanks again. 

I hope this inspires you to act.

It is far too hot.