Anne Sanders, Author, Volunteer and Charity Expert

Why Help Others?

I am writer and blogger Anne Sanders and I like to help people. Why? As a Christian, I know God calls us to help others: to love our brother, help our neighbor and carry each other's burdens. As a person, I have found that we all need help and we all need to help others.

What is Charity?

Perhaps you have learned that helping others is fun. That’s what this website is about--hearts helping other hearts. Helping is a way of connecting with other people, some whom you will never see and others who will thank you with their words, smiles and hearts.

How to Make a Difference

If you like what you see, sign up in the column at the right to get a monthly email newsletter. I will include links to my blogs for the month along with the latest ideas for helping others from my “Today’s Ways to Help.” It has immediate actions you can take to help others, from buying a bracelet that supports children’s health, to uploading a photo of yourself wearing a green scarf to support women’s rights in Afghanistan.

Inspiration

Please enjoy the site. I have a new feature I've added called "Inspiration in Action" which is the story of an inspirational volunteer. I'll have new ways to help others and inspirations in action, along with inspirational quotes so check back to see what's new. I just added a list of kid's service organizations to encourage them to make a difference. I'm also adding a feature called retail charity (like retail therapy but buying items to generate money for nonprofits). Thanks for stopping by.

God Bless,

Anne

"This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another." 1 John 3:11

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Today's Ways To Help

Every day there are ways to help others. Listed below are today’s ways. Ideas that will cost you nothing but time have an asterisk next to them.

*Hunger Games, World Food Programme and Feeding America

Makers of the movie based on the popular book The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins are teaming up with World Food Programme and Feeding America to fight hunger. Go to the Hunger Games website and take a short quiz to feed the hungry and you will also be entered into a contest to win a signed Hunger Games poster.

Overture Center for the Arts

The MG&E Foundation and Madison, Wisconsin resident, Dianne Christensen have offered matching grants for donations made to help support Overture Center’s free and low-cost community programming in Madison, Wisconsin. Donations can be made through June of this year at this website.

Sobieski Vodka and Fisher House

Polish-made Sobieski Vodka will contribute to the Fisher House each time you buy a bottle of their vodka up to $250,000 through September 1. The Fisher House provides housing for military families when their loved ones are recovering in a military hospital. Actor Bruce Willis is a part owner of Sobieski and is happy to be helping Fisher House with this promotion. Just for fun, try out his humorous “Ask Bruce” application on the Sobieski website.

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