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Susan of Living with Punks is offering a sew-along project for those wanting to contribute a little something special to the kids in Japan suffering from the March 11th devastating and debilitating earthquake.

According to Susan:

If given the choice my son would eat Lunchable for ever meal. Although I'm not a fan of sending my son off to school with one of these yellow box o'processed edibles Kraft is attempting to improve the nutritional quality of their Lunchables and they are also doing something pretty great right now...that's worth a few kudos.

Tuesday, February 24th families are invited to various IHOP restaurants nationwide to celebrate National Pancake Day. From 7-10am guests will be served up some piping hot, tasty flapjacks for a really great cause.

I'm completely enamored with the Obamas and basically they could say "cut off your toe" and I'd say "which one?" So, it's no surprise that I'm pretty psyched with President-elect Obama's Call to Service event happening on Monday, January 19th in honor of the Martin Luther King holiday.

I'm so annoyed by this whole Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) put together by our Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) which is set to go into effect early this year. Admittedly I have a small handmade obsession stemming from my stumbling upon ETSY. I love handmade goodies.

Earlier this year the OLPC Organization and Amazon announced their future collaboration regarding the organization's "Give one, Get one" program.

The S.P.I.R.A.L. Foundation, Spinning Potential Into Resources and Love, is a non-profit organization operating in Nepal and Vietnam "inspired by the principle of "Aid from within the Country." And is one of my new favorite things. A friend of mine pointed this amazing organization out explaining that she gets most of her holiday shopping done by purchasing items from the organization's shop and feeling extra gooey inside knowing her consumerism is serving a higher purpose.

Tonight from 5-8pm mosey on down to your local Cold Stone Creamery and enjoy some free frozen sugary goodness on them.

It's a new school year, your kids need that laptop for homework, why not get them an XO? Sleek, modern, awesome and starting in November a practice in philanthropy when Amazon, in collaboration with One Laptop Per Child OLPC, an organization whose mission it is to "empower the children of developing countries to learn by providing one connected laptop to every school-age child" brings back their Give One, Get One Program selling the laptop on Amazon.

An article on TreeHugger titled "Saving Kids and Precious Resources, One Set of Dentures At A Time" explains how Japan is taking preservation and charity to all new levels proving just how resourceful and kind of gross they are willing to be.