The Philanthropist's Lounge

Welcome to Philanthropists' Lounge! Here's the place to find out what's new, see how others are succeeding, and help those that need it-- it's philanthropy, afterall. Leave a comment, point to your page, and network with like-minded people who are working to make the world a better place. Feel free to click to button on the right column below to make a goup all about your particular non-profit, too.

Getting Serious About Refugees

Announcing our newest Squidoo nonprofit partner: the American Refugee Committee

Did you know that there are some 33 million refugees worldwide?

The American Refugee Committee (ARC) has provided humanitarian assistance and training to millions of beneficiaries over the last 27 years. ARC works with refugee communities in 10 countries around the world, helping people regain control of their lives. The ARC offers shelter, clean water and sanitation, health care, skills training, microcredit education, and protection in countries like Liberia, Sierre Leone, and Pakistan.

So come on, consider donating some of those royalties you have flooding in.

Or better yet, build a new lens for the American Refugee Committee at its Squidoo Headquarters.

And an update on the Squidoo Charity Fund...

As a way to honor the inspiring work that they're doing for refugees, Squidoo gave the American Refugee Committee all proceeds from the Charity Fund for December. So thanks, lensmasters, and keep up the good work.

CHARITY CHALLENGE: GET $200,000 FOR YOUR ORG

What? You don't have $200,000 to give to your organization?
Do you have 100 friends? If each person makes one good lens, and each of those lenses earns $1/day, that's going to add up to about $200,000 in 5 years. Think you can do it? We'll help you feature and promote if you like. Just let us know if you're up for the challenge. 100 lenses-- good ones.
Got friends?

PHILANTHROPY'S FINEST: Check out the November "Charity of the Week" winners

These organizations will be recieving 25% of the Squidoo Charity Fund for the whole month of November. Congratulations!

And the winners are.....

week 1: The Grameen Foundation

What Did You Do With Your Donations From Squidoo?

Contact me with your success and a picture, and I'll feature you here

We helped Room to Read build a library in Cambodia!

Newbies on Squidoo

Check out the latest and greatest non-profit organizations that made lenses on Squidoo. Like 'em? Make a lens to support your fellow non-profiteers. We're all in this together.

Squidoo Non-Profits Resources

There's A New Philanthropy Blog! Check in for the latest news:
Squidoo Philanthropists

Who's on Squidoo? Check out the A-Z list: Squidoo Non-Profits

Pssssst! Announcements! We love Planet Gumbo and the Sauce Boss. Check out what they're up to:

Want to make an announcement? Send details to talia@squidoo.com

On Nov 17&18 Planet Gumbo took it's gumbo, music and message of hope to the New Orleans area. Residents and volunteers in the 9th ward and coastal Buras, Louisiana were treated to some great gumbo and music prepared and played and served by the Sauce Boss and his band The Ingredients. Along with its many other projects,
Planet Gumbo has been focusing on "Shelter Shows" conducted by the Sauce Boss while he is on tour across the country. The recent purchase
of food preparation tools, lights and sound equipment, and generators now enable Planet Gumbo to go sooner to disaster sites without power
and be completely self-contained. Along with playing for residents of homeless shelters Planet Gumbo is bringing the message of sharing and
brotherhood to more and more people all across the country.

For more info please visit Planet Gumbo at
Planet Gumbo and the Sauce Boss at
Sauce Boss. If you would like a copy of the latest
newsletter about the shows in New Orleans
please email Big Jim at jim@bigjimj.com.

New Donations From Squidoo

Congrats to Keep A Child Alive. We're donating to give 53 kids their ARV medicine next month.

Featured Lensmasters

New Group Discussion

Success Stories, Rants, and Raves

Share your success stories here. How did you market your lens? What did you do with all the $$ you earned? Any tips for the rest of us? Where do you need help?

Lensmaster

XanTastic wrote...

Hi folks, I personally donate all my $$ from Squidoo back into theNourish the Children Initiative. I am unable to have Squidoo donate them directly as we are not a charity, of course, but the system works so far. Great group by the way.

ReplyPosted October 24, 2006

Lensmaster

talpage wrote...

yeah. i have to agree-- that is kind of a bummer!

ReplyPosted October 19, 2006

Lensmaster

wolfgardens wrote...

Hi Talia,
I added the netflix to my lens to see what it looked like.

The only thing I would change about it would be if they would let us choose which of the movies we added rather than having to add the entire list.

ReplyPosted October 19, 2006

Lensmaster

talpage wrote...

Has anyone tried using the Netflix on their lens? What do you think...helpful? fun? a dud?

ReplyPosted October 10, 2006