I hate what I’m seeing whenever I go out lately. It’s not shopping, it’s frenzied, piggish consumerism. This year it seems more insane than in years past, with people literally lunging ahead of others to get that last whatever-it-is that they have to have.
Yet, many of the bloggers I read aren’t that way at all. Dr. Parker is challenging his readers to participate in Project Good Heart by taking the money they’d spend on one present for their kids and giving it to charity instead. Colleen is raising money for the 2007 3-Day walk for breast cancer. Over on Beyond Katrina, they have letters to Santa from children who are still suffering in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
If none of these charities are ones you’d consider giving to, perhaps you’ll find one on Changing the Present, a great site for locating and giving to charities of your choice.
I think it would be great to counter the slobbering hordes of consumers and commercialism this season by taking just a small part of what we spend and giving it to others. I’ve done it — will you?
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