We are doing some financial planning and I need to get four charities which we will focus on. One for me, one for DH (though I know that will be Habitat), and one for each of the kids. So, I have a few in mind, but I want to hear your favorites.

hfh gets my vote, and my $ :)

Hope Worldwide (http://www.hopeww.org/index.htm)

St. Jude's Cancer Research Center
Every year we renew our Partner in Hope membership and thank God that we have healthy children.
I'm going to the Mall of America tomorrow to volunteer with the local radio station radiothon for St. Jude.

american heart association
susan komen breast cancer foundation
st. judes children's hospital
and we sponsor a couple of international missionaries as well.

We're a St. Jude family here, too.

HFH and The ARC get our moola and help. :)

http://www.ebkids.org/

Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation. This is the foundation trying to find a cure to save my daughter's life.

My dd2 is doing a mathathon through her school to raise money for St. Jude's. I'm so proud. She's already raised $90!

I like Marion Medical Mission. They're based in Marion IL and help villagers in Malawi Africa build wells for safe drinking water. They also establish schools and provide help where they can.

V Day (http://www.vday.org/main.html) and March of Dimes.

La Leche League

www.TTTSRaceforHope.org
Twin to twin transfusion syndrome foundation.
Also locally I like birthright.

Several that we are most drawn to:

-American Heart Association - for our DS, born with VSD
-Habitat for Humanity
-Hospice
-American Cancer Research - this and Hospice for my grandmother who recently passed away due to ovarian cancer

la leche league
heifer international
habitat
big brothers big sisters

Cure Autism Now
National Alliance for Autism Research
Autism Research Institute
Families for Early Autism Treatment (FEAT)
Boundless Playgrounds
Mission to Unreached Peoples (my dad works here, so I'm partial) :)
Cure International
UNlocking Autism
American Cancer Society

http://northwestmedicalteams.org/

http://www.mercycorps.org/

We buy as much as we can at the habitat for Humanity store and dh is going to volunteer as a worker. They ahve asked him to do some projects, but not exactly sure what they are having him do.

Heifer

the local children's hospital

St. Jude Children's Hospital

CASA (court appointed special advocates - helping children in abusive families - we buy their Christmas cards every year and their pins, plus "adopt" the kids over the holidays and buy them gifts)

American Cancer Society (we do this instead of Komen, quite deliberately - but I won't go into it here)

Make A Wish

http://www.ebkids.org/

Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation. This is the foundation trying to find a cure to save my daughter's life.


adding eb to my list-thank you for the reminder, logan. -hey, is there a way i can put it in your kids names?

We donate to the American Cancer Society in honor of me....I have been in remission for 13 years, and the Make A Wish foundation, and we donate to the March of Dimes.
We also donate to the AIDS Foundation...in memory of my Dad...he died a year ago in April.

Jessica