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Comfortdoc's Charity Lenses 

Hope Quotes

Hope can be a bit difficult to pin down, an elusive emotion, but one that we cannot seem to live without. It is defined as a general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled. Hope is having a belief in a positive outcome related to events and circu...

Everything Gumbo for Planet Gumbo

Gumbo is a thick stew or soup and a very popular Cajun dish that had origins in Louisiana. This Creole soup or stew often made with tomatoes, okra, meats, seafood, vegetables and some kind of thickening agent. It is often served over rice. According...

Giving Thanks and Giving Back

Thanksgiving is around the corner and for many of us the holiday represents family, feasting and giving thanks for all the blessings we truly have. This time of year always makes me think about how lucky I am, how much I have, and how good people hav...

Action Against Hunger

Action Against Hunger is an international network committed to saving the lives of malnourished children and families while ensuring access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger. They also deliver emergency aid and to people suffering fro...

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Hungry In America

Bringing attention to the children who go hungry in America. Encouraging your support through the many choices available — such as donations, sponsorship of a child in the US, and volunteerism. Feed a hungry child today.  

The Worst Lens Ever Made

In this introduction, I am going to say something moderately intelligent about my topic (squid) so that you will think that this lens is worth reading. Once I've drawn you in, I hope that you will buy some stuff. A squid is a kind of sea creature th...

A_Willows Charity Lenses 

Taste of Croatia

If you have been to Croatia than you know what I'm going to say! If not, let me tell you: We, Croats, love to eat!!! We also love to organize parties and gatherings on almost every occasion. Tasting of numerous Croatian food specialties and quality...

Strawberries - from Ambrosia to Aphrodisiac

Strawberries are not only delicious to eat, but they are one of the most nutritious foods. They are rich in antioxidants and are a high source of Vitamin C. They also help lower cholesterol levels. In ancient times strawberries were said to alleviate...

Ener-G's Charity Lenses 

Fighting Child Protective Services False Allegations

Fight CPS is a family rights website that seeks to assist parents and others who are falsely accused of child abuse and neglect. This lens clarifies family rights issues and explains why I choose to try to help families who have been torn apart by C...

10 Lenses in 10 Hours | Are You Up to The Challenge?

Way back in June, I decided to try for Giant Squid Status. I picked September as my goal because it seemed like 3 months was plenty of time to get 35 or so quality lenses made. In true, lazy, Taurus fashion, I managed to procrastinate on the task an...

Stargazer00's Charity Lenses 

A Clutter Free, Eco Friendly Christmas

In recent years our family has tried to reduce the amount of clutter we generate at Christmas time. We have come to the realization that "stuff" is not that important. It is relationships and time spent together that really matter. I'll be giving you...

Pork Chop Casserole Recipe

Why not make those pork chops into a Cheesy Pork Chop Casserole? You can do just that if you use this Pork Chop Casserole Recipe! Throw together these simple ingredients and toss it in the oven and go relax! Supper will be done in no time! Hey and on...

Stazjia's Charity Lenses 

Lose Weight Diets

Lose weight diets that allow you to eat anything you want and still lose weight?  Sounds impossible, doesn't it?  Well, now you can and I'll prove it.  If you've struggled in the past to lose weight, you should know that...

Knit One Save One

Save the Children is asking knitters and crocheters to knit or crochet one baby cap by December 31, 2008 and then to write a personal note to the President-elect asking him to lead the way to save millions of babies globally. Knit One Save One is a...

Naturegirl7's Charity Lenses 

Birds of Prey & Wetlands

Florida is a fantastic and wondrous place for its beautiful and often exotic plants and animals. I live in South Florida where it is mostly sub-tropical. The very southernmost area of Florida, by the keys, is tropical. You can find the rare and endan...

Willow

What a strange selection for a name, you may think! Well, as many of you know by now, I'm from Croatia and Willow is my last name translated in English. Other than that, I really like willows... They are quite mystical, quiet and resistant. There ar...

Stuffed Mirlitons and More New Orleans Recipes

Is a Mirliton an instrument, a dance movement or vegetable? Actually, the answer is, "all three", but this lens is about the vegetable pear - How to grow it, how to cook it and even festivals that honor it. Mirlitons are an integral part of old New O...

Louisiana Holiday Feast

If you are not from Louisiana, you probably don't know how different the northern part of the state is from the southern part of the state. We cook different foods, pray in different churches and celebrate in very different ways. I have lived in both...

Reggie_Marigold's Charity Lenses 

The Princess Bride

Based on a book by William Goldman, The Princess Bride hit the theaters in 1987, directed by Rob Reiner, and produced by Act III Communications. The Princess Bride is one of "Bravo's Top 100 Funniest Movies", and one of American Film Institutes "100...

Sweet Children of Sierra Leone

Many organizations and individual people are doing what they can to ease the hunger of flesh, spirit, and mind of the orphaned children in Sierra Leone. Read (Hear) the stories! Look (See) the children! Engage (Act) your heart to the sweet, sweet chi...

RinchenChodron's Charity Lenses 

Mantra and Miracles

Generically mantra refers to sacred words or syllables used repeatedly in religious and ceremonial rituals. The term "mantra" is derived from Sanskrit man, "mind," and tra, "to deliver." Thus a mantra can be considered to be a linguistic device for d...

A Funny Christmas Story

This story is a way to memorialize a friend of mine who passed away in October, 2007. Karyn Wyse was a Sufi as well as a pagan and participated in many sacred ceremonies mostly in Colorado and also in Florida. I happened to be searching my hard driv...

Help End World Hunger

More than one billion people - approximately 1/6 of the world's population are hungry. And every day nearly 16,000 children die from hunger and related causes. We have the resources to feed the world. We just need the will. Learn about global hunger...

Cappuccino136's Charity Lenses 

Make Melt & Pour Soap

Discover a great craft project to do with kids. Homemade soaps make attractive gifts. It is also great for people with sensitive skin because you can choose and control the ingredients. Most melt and pour bases are made from glycerin and are gentle.

Favorite Children's Books

My earliest memories are being read to by my mother. I grew up loving to read. The stories carried me away to amazing places and introduced me to all kinds of characters. These are all of my favorite books, from early childhood through my teenage yea...

Orca - Killer Whales

There is something so fascinating about watching Killer Whales. They are these amazingly intelligent mammals, the more I learn about them, it makes me want to study them, and photograph them in the wild. They are beautiful to watch as they move thro...

How to Get Motivated to Achieve Your Goals

We all know what we would like to achieve to make our lives a little happier and a little easier. For some it might be losing weight, for others quitting smoking. Perhaps you want to change jobs but figure now is just not a good time. Many times thes...

Spirituality's Charity Lenses 

Thank you lensmaster

I started the thank you lensmaster - squidoo reviews blog to honor all those lensmasters that have helped me. This lens is dedicated to that blog and to all those lensmasters who have helped me, yet who haven't been interviewed (yet). BTW: some of...

Doll Hair and How To Re-Root It.

The most obvious reasons to re-root a doll's hair is because it has become so tangled that it resembles dreadlocks, has been given a very bad hair cut or the doll's head is missing some plugs (small clumps of hair). Another reason to re-root could j...

Janices7's Charity Lenses 

Millennium Promise - A Proven Way To End Extreme Poverty

Millennium Promise is the brain child of Professor Jeffrey Sachs - a leading world economist whose mission is to end extreme poverty in the world by 2025. Extreme poverty is defined as people trying to live on less than $1 a day, which currently repr...

Family Thanksgiving Traditions

Thanksgiving is a time for reflecting on all your blessings from the past year, getting together with your family (even if they are crazy), and of course, eating a big 'ole turkey until you feel stuffed yourself. Speaking of turkeys - according to th...

Family Christmas Traditions

Christmas is synonymous with family so as you all gather together this holiday season consider these great annual tradition ideas for your family. If you don't have traditions in your family, there is no time like the present to get started making la...

Using Coupons for Food Shelf Purchases

With the state of the economy lately, there are even more people here in the US that are having trouble making ends meet. As a result, there are adults and kids that are going hungry every day. Local food shelves are having difficulty meeting this in...

Would You Trade Your Daughter for a Cow?

The very idea seems absurd, but for desperate families in parts of rural Africa, it's an all too common answer to a present-day economic problem. Thus, when a family runs out of food and sees no other solution, they will strike a deal with a neighbor...

BigJim's Charity Lenses 

Partnership For Safety

Partnership For Safety, headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida is a electronic, anti crime notification system that networks entire communities providing instant notification of crimes or danger in your area. This innovation of technology and our com...

My Ten Favorite National Parks

I have an addiction - to National Parks.  All of them.  I love them.  Cannons, forts, rivers, rocks, battlements, mountain, old houses, wooden markers: all of them.   I am lucky enough to live in a country that has such an extensi...

the Sauce Boss

 The inventor of gastronomical boogie woogie. Like a cross between Justin Wilson and Robert Johnson. The Sauceboss, subject of Jimmy Buffett's song "I Will Play For Gumbo", cooks up a pot of gumbo right on stage during the show. And at...

USMC Silent Drill Platoon Video Showcase

I have never served in the United States Marine Corps. But, I am proud to say that I know a number of people who have. And I have always had the deepest possible respect and admiration for those that serve - past and present. The videos in this show...

Frankster's Charity Lenses 

The Spirit Bear aka Kermode Bear aka Ghost Bear

Yes, there is another white bear. It's not a polar bear but in fact it is a rare subspecies of the Black Bear. The beautiful Spirit Bear aka Ghost Bear was named after Frank Kermode the former director of the Royal B.C. Museum, Victoria, British Col...

Funny Dog Videos with Bite!

Dogs, pups, and their friends in funny and wacky videos are seen here. You'll discover how much fun dogs can be and what really gets them going. You'll also find funny and cute pictures and other fun things having to do with Man's (and Woman's) best...

How To Take Your Local Business Online

Here you'll find an on-going ecourse which will examine various ways that you can leverage your current business through the Internet. Perhaps your goal is to increase profits, sales, or store traffic. Or you might wish to find totally new revenue so...

NFL Throwback Jerseys

Want to get an NFL jersey like Joe Namath wore? Now you can get an exact duplicate of one -- color, style and artwork. Just like Joe wore. Not a Nameth fan? Want someone else? Here I'll show you a bunch you can get with links to get you others. They...

EditionH's Charity Lenses 

Monotype printmaking - collecting and making of unique artwork

Information for artists,graphic collectors and everyone interested in monotype printmaking. There are many different ways to a monotype print, quite often a press is used. Printing monotype prints from a glassplate without using a press is featured h...

Thich Nhat Hanh: Peace and Zen Buddhism

Monk and Vietnamese peace activist turned Zen Meditation teacher. Thich Nhat Hanh is an Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk. He is a teacher, author, and peace activist, born in central Vietnam in 1926. He coined the term Engaged Buddhism in his book Vietna...

Lisadh's Charity Lenses 

Help End World Hunger

More than one billion people - approximately 1/6 of the world's population are hungry. And every day nearly 16,000 children die from hunger and related causes. We have the resources to feed the world. We just need the will. Learn about global hunger...

Heifer International: The Pay It Foward Entrepreneurial Charity

The saying goes, "If you want to feed a man for a day, give him a fish. If you want to end his hunger, teach him to fish." Heifer International is the perfect example of how this wise saying works. The give the fish to get someone started, but then...

Save the World with Peanut Butter and Jelly!

Ok, maybe you can't really save the entire world with PB&J, but opting for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich instead of a burger at least once a week does have positive consequences for our planet. Find out why.

Squidoo Charities - All You Need To Know! 

Find guidance and tutorials in these lenses...

A Month of Thanks Challenge

A Month of Thanks gives lensmasters a chance to be thankful, raise awareness about hunger and make lenses to benefit hunger related Squidoo Charities. The challenge is being done to help us realize that even in the midst of everything that is going...

Over 50 Ways You Can "Change The World" Using Squidoo!

I bet you didn't know that building a lens could change the world...well I'm here to tell you that it can! Think about it...if every Lensmaster on Squidoo created 1 lens per month and donated the funds to Charity that would add up to a heck of a lot...

Squidoo Activists for Charity

Squidoo Activists were developed with purpose of the Activists is a group that focuses on charity. Over the summer of 2008 the Activists hosted many different charity challenges and created resources to help others raise funds for charity. The Squid...

How to Create a Contest on Squidoo

Want to learn how to to raise money for your favorite charity or increase your income, or both? Many lensmasters, myself included, use contests to do just that. I'll show you how. I'll give you complete instructions on how to create a contest on Squ...

The Squidoo Charity Answer Deck

The Squidoo Charity Answer Deck contains hand-selected useful lenses for people interested in promoting or raising funds for charity. Inspired by the Squidoo Answer Deck, the Squidoo Charity Answer Deck was created by Squidoo Activists to be a hub f...