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the oscar goes too

I have to admit that I love the Academy Awards, it is my Superbowl Sunday. While we all love to see the celebrities, the red carpet fashions and the after parties. What we don’t always realize is how many fundraisers and charitable events these stars have been supporting this past week.  There were more than a few winners before the academy awards even began….

It kicked off last Wednesday with a Vanity Fair event to support Oxfam, an organization that addresses the elimination of global poverty. Thursday was a A lister’s event called Unite4Good, which honored celebrities for their philanthrophy…who knew? Hallie Berry received an award for her work with the domestic violence non-profit the Jennesse Center, Jeff Bridges for his work with No Kid Hungry and Ewan McGregor for his commitment to Unicef.  Friday, celebrities dashed to an Alfa Romeo luncheon in support of the non-profit Girl Rising. By Saturday, it was time for the big Night Before Party in support of The Motion Picture and Television Fund.  That was simply the week before!

Last night, the biggest fundraiser was Elton John’s Annual Aids Foundation Dinner which has raised more than $321 million for the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS since its inception in 1992.  So while we all wanted to hear from the winners, the real winners of last nights Academy Awards were the incredible causes that benefitted from all that star-dust.

 

Charity Matters.

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Trick or treat for charity

Of course I love candy as much as the next person and Halloween is a great holiday but today some parents like to use  this scary night to try to avoid the dentist and make a difference. Since people often ask me for suggestions, here are a few alternate ideas for your trick or treaters this year.

Trick or Treat For Unicef

Unicef has been doing Trick or treating for children’s rights all over the globe for over fifty years. Their bright orange collection boxes to collect change can be requested from their website. If you don’t have enough time you can improvise. For more info you can reference my post on Unicef from last Halloween here.

Trick or Treat For Sight Night

Sight Night is in its 10th year of collecting for charity. Instead of collecting cash, Sight Night wants you to collect people’s old unused eyeglasses. The eyeglasses that you collect are repaired, cleaned and delivered in person to people in third world counties that are not able to get glasses of their own. You can request a free kit from the Sight Night web site here or even print out your own. Since starting, Sight Night has collected over 1,000,000 pairs of eyeglasses and they even give you a certificate of recognition for helping others.

 Trick or Treat for canned donations

Instead of signing up with a charity, you could collect cans of food on your own to give to your local homeless shelter. identify where you will be donating the cans of food so you can tell people why you’re collecting and who you’re collecting for. Have the kids make a sign to put on a wagon or cart that shows what good they are doing. They will inspire those whose door bells they ring and the other kids as well.

These are just a few ideas and of course you can always trick or treat the old-fashioned way, get as much candy as possible and hope you can avoid the dentist and the scale! Just talking about some of these with your kids simply reinforces that Charity Matters.

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Trick or Treat

Since Halloween is quickly approaching and the children are getting excited about their costumes, parties and candy. I thought it might be fun to share a special Halloween idea this year.

Unicef, has been Trick or Treating to help children all over the world for over 60 years. UNICEF (the United Nations Children’s Fund) is a global organization that saves kids’ lives in over 150 countries by providing clean water, nutrition, medicines, education and aid in emergencies.

They are asking families to go to their website and there is a variety of fun activities from sending in photos for a virtual costume party, having a party that helps others or trick or treating for a cause.

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After all, while candy is sweet, showing our children how to give makes life even sweeter. Happy Halloween!

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