How many t-shirts in your closet are feeding malnourished children?
We found an innovated non-profit “retailer” that uses hip, contemporary eye-catching, attention-catching campaigns to raise awareness and funds for orphan children.

Photo: CommonThreadz
Photo: CommonThreadz

CommonThreadz is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that is working to build and fund sustainable projects that help save children living in extreme poverty in Africa and other developing nations. The charity has a series of socially conscious t-shirts with designs donated by talented artists from around the world that provide a school uniform to an orphan for each …

The dominance of social networks, such as Facebook, My Space and others, shows our affinity to connect with one another. In many ways, volunteer travel abroad is about connection. So when we came across the Global Oneness Project, their mission to raise awareness of this thing called interconnectedness intrigued us.
Global Oneness Project is a special project of Kalliopeia Foundation that explores “how the radically simple notion of interconnectedness can be lived in our increasingly complex world.” It is an extensive online library of short films and interviews compiled from …

For those of us watching television this week, Obama became the face of volunteerism. On MLK’s day (aka day of service), which was the day before his inauguration, Obama helped paint a homeless shelter for teens and visited a military hospital in Washington DC. His message was “we are the change.” He asked Americans to turn that day’s effort “into an ongoing commitment to enriching the lives of others in their communities, their cities, and their country.” He pronounced that “if we’re waiting for somebody else to do something, it …

We came across this great website, GoodShop, that allow you to contribute to your favorite charities at the same time you book your travel online. Start your search at Goodshop.com, choose a cause and then begin shopping at any of the dozens of travel Web sites–Travelocity, Expedia, Budget Rent-A-Car, Delta, and the like. Every time you complete a transaction, a certain percentage or dollar amount of your purchase will go to the charity you’ve chosen. It’s that simple!
Aside from travel, they have dozens of categories, so you …

Will people think twice before giving to charity or planning a volunteer vacation during our current tough economic times? They most likely will and it would not be surprising. But, sometimes people’s deep values override even financial concerns. Each year people resolve to make volunteering a New Year’s resolution along with saving money, learning something new and traveling.
According to Jeffrey Glueck, chief marketing officer at Travelocity, people continue to look for creative ways to give back despite being financially challenged and a volunteer vacation can truly change a person’s perspective …