charities

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charities

Responding to emergencies

2012
Explores the work of charity and volunteer organizations that help respond to emergencies and provide natural disaster relief around the world. Offers advice on volunteering with emergency response charities.

Protecting and caring for children

2012
Explores a variety of charity organizations around the world and what they do to help impoverished children. Offers advice on volunteering for charity work.

The power to do good

money and charity
2011
An introduction to charitable giving. Describes different ways to donate money, volunteer time, or used items. Also discusses the benefits of giving and how to find the right charities to support.

United we stand

the war on terrorism
2002
Describes many of the things corporations and individuals did to help, both in the United States and in other countries, after the terrorist attacks of September 11, such as donating money, blood, food, and supplies, creating memorials, and volunteering in various capacities.

With charity for all

why charities are failing and a better way to give
2013
Investigates charities and discovers deep structural flaws.

Volunteering

a how-to guide
2012
"Learn about different kinds of volunteering, reasons why people volunteer, and organizations that you can join to get involved"--Provided by publisher.

Change the world, change your life

discover your life purpose through service
2010
Describes ways that individuals can take on global and community problems to improve the state of humanity and the environment in the twenty-first century, discussing how to start a nonprofit organization, service opportunities for college students, and related topics.

A patchwork planet

1999
Barnaby Gaitlin, a thirty-year-old who was frequently in trouble as a youth, has been working steadily for eleven years for Rent-a-Back, Inc., but it seems as though his family, his ex-wife, and even the woman who seems to be interested in him, just cannot get over his past.

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