ANIMALS BRINGING JOY 

Submitted by the ASPCA

"ME-WOW! Laser the Siamese and his owner, Nancy Kucik, are in their ninth year as a Delta Society Pet Partners team, visiting kids and adults in hospitals in the Birmingham, AL, area. Meeting Laser, who was crowned as ASPCA Cat of the Year in 2006, brightens up their day -- especially when he gives one of his trademark hugs."

REBUILDING NEW ORLEANS 

Submitted by Squidoo's very own Corey Brown

"In late January 2007, I was lucky to join up with an awesome group heading down to New Orleans to help residents who were hit hard by hurricane Katrina. Here, I'm in protective gear because the air quality and conditions were so bad. I had no idea what I was about to experience. We couldn't avoid seeing the destruction -- homes and businesses in ruin, debris everywhere, and missing signs and traffic signals. New Orleans still needs a lot of help."

KIDS GETTING IN ON SOME CLEANUP! 

Submitted by VolunteerMatch

"Some kids volunteer to clean up their community with Community Impact. It's never too early to start helping out, as demonstrated by these two!"

POSTERS HELP FIND MISSING KIDS 

Submitted by Polly Klaas Foundation® volunteer, Susan R.

"I started volunteering for the Polly Klaas® Foundation in September 1998. I began by answering the Hotlines and talking to families of missing children, and have done many jobs over the years. At the Foundation there has always been this central feeling of care and respect for missing children and their families that has remained constant -- and that keeps me volunteering."

AND SOME MORE IDEAS TO GET YOU THINKING 

The list could be endless

1. Guests at your fundraising gala
2. A close-up of someone's hand dishing out food at a soup kitchen
3. A dad carrying his daughter across a big puddle
4. A crowd of runners/walkers at a charity event
5. The face of a pooch you adopted (and saved!)
6. The fantastic painting you bought at a charity auction
7. Refugee workers at a clinic in Darfur
8. Your sorority dance-a-thon
9. A bucket of glass bottles you're recycling to save the environment (or a shot of your shiny new Prius!)
10. Friends helping friends... move furniture!

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Here's how to do it

1. Your photo attached as a .jpg or .gif, with a file size under 1MB. (Please only one photo per email.)
2. A title for your photo.
3. A caption that tells the story behind your photo (as pasted copy, not an attachment) between 50 and 100 words.
4. Your full name and email address.
5. The name and website address of the nonprofit organization to whom you'll donate the $1,000 if you win. (Only 501(3)c nonprofit organizations under the IRS are eligible.)

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