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1. The Rich Who Like To Share - The World's Greatest Philanthropists According to the definition in Wapedia, "A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes. The term may apply to any volunteer or to anyone who m...
2. Bright Ideas Brilliant Minds - Tools for Exploring Creativity, Open Learning & Human Potential A lens for sharing creativity resources, educational materials, and productivity tools. Providing insight on how ideas, imagination and creative thinking transform the world we live in. Discover hundreds of cool sites for inventions and innovations...
3. Donations Given With Love - Gifts Donated With Wisdom When sharing it is not your age or income that are important. What matters is your desire to make a difference. Let that desire loose and it will enrich your entire life; indulge yourself with the sweet taste of giving. Direct your donations where an...
4. Fred Hollows : True Humanitarian Fred Hollows was an inspiring man. A passionate man. An opthalmologist at a prestigious Sydney hospital, he helped set up the first Aboriginal Medical Service and launched a national programme to combat eye disease in Aboriginal Australians. By the...
5. TOMS Shoes For every one pair of shoes you or I purchase, TOMS donates one pair of shoes to a child in need. Pretty awesome huh? TOMS was founded by Blake Mycoskie after he took a trip to Argentina and saw hundreds of shoeless kids. These children were suffer...
6. 21st Century People Who are Changing the World But I want to highlight some folks who are really making a difference with an issue or two right now. And I want you to help! Take a look at the people listed, and let folks know who you think is doing the best job at changing the world. Is someone l...
7. Groovy Greens With a Splash of Flower Power Groovy Greens is all about being inspired, relaxing, and keeping the mind and body active while supporting global consciousness and promoting environmental awareness.
8. Random Acts of Kindness Day Officially Random Acts of Kindness Day is an unofficial Holiday. The banks don't close, picnics are rarely planned, and there's no flag commemorating the day, but it was mentioned by the radio talk show host I used to listen to on my way to...
9. Women Entrepreneurs, Work for Social Justice! We are living in a time of profound social and economic change and the cause is clear--a myopic focus on "personal success" rather than becoming significant through philanthropy and activism. Our nation and the world is suffering, as a cons...
10. Mona Webster | Opera Lover, Birder & Philanthropist Mona Webster, a lighthouse keeper’s daughter who lived in Edinburgh and died in August at 96, had a love of birds, and warblers in particular — of the human kind. She demonstrated that affection by leaving most of her fortune to the Metro...
11. KIVA: For The Love Of Kiva! About an hour ago I was checking out the Philanthropy blog here on Squidoo and discovered a cool charity called Kiva. They match YOU (and your spare dollars) with people in poorer countries looking for loans to start businesses. So I decided to lend...
12. Coast of the Catskills - Unfeathered Welcome! The Coast of the Catskills - Unfeathered page. We are proud to promote and present trop rock music in and around the Walton, NY area and as far as our friendships reach. We are a collection of folks who believe in "leaving things just a...
13. The Give List Thanks to you, we've collected 71 ideas from Twitter, blog posts and del.icio.us bookmarks. Now, you can vote for your favorites. Find out more about the GiveList.
14. Rawnda and What I Learned This Summer, 2009 This lens is about Rwanda and my observations of the genocide, the country and people of Rwanda. Other lenses will follow this one and will target the orphans and poor children of Rwanda as well as the current socioeconmic conditions in Rwanda. Thi...
15. Parrot Page "Yes I am a pirate, 200 years too late..." This might be a familiar line to you, even if you're not a parrothead. And, if you have no idea what a parrot head is to start with, let me see if I can use this lens to fill you in. It's not...
16. How Kids Can Use Web 2.0 Tools to Promote Service Projects When ten year old Laura was asked how SHE might be able to make a difference in the world, she wasn't sure that she could. But she quickly learned how she could use a simple blog to promote awareness of causes that she wanted to support and raise fun...
17. The Quincy Jones Foundation Making A Difference Quincy Jones philanthropy is about partnering and giving young people a voice to inspire, and empower them to live to their fullest potential while championing the cause of the world's children. Quincy Jones and the Harvard Sch...
18. Nancy Cartwright - Voice Of Bart Simpson - Gives Back Nancy Cartwright was born in Dayton, Ohio, daughter of Miriam and Frank Cartwright. She lived there til her college years then transferred to UCLA. She married Warren Murphy in 1998 and had two children (later divorced in 2005). She joined Scientolog...
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20. What kind of legacy are you building? We can hoard possessions, chase after fame & powerful positions that make us feel like we have arrived. But the greatest influence ever is the imprint that outlives each of us--the lasting legacy of a single life. A legacy isn't about the eulogy spo...