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Alex's Lemonade Stand: Fighting Childhood Cancer, One Cup at a Time

Why So Savvy: When Alexandra Scott, at the age of four, opened a lemonade stand in her front yard to help find a cure for pediatric cancer, which she was bravely battling, she meant business. In her first year, she raised $2,000, and by her eighth birthday, she had raised over $1 million. Although Alex sadly lost her battle with cancer in 2004, her legacy continues through Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, which has raised over $30 million to date. We think August is the perfect month for a lemonade stand, don't you? Find out how you can host one to help benefit this worthy charity.

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Jack Johnson Touring Green for Charity
Why So Savvy: After several successful years, Jack Johnson is once again donating 100% of his To the Sea tour profits to his charity, the Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation, which supports environmental, art and music education. So green is this savvy guy, you can find environmental education community groups at his concerts and even travel via carpool, which you find on his website. And that's music to our ears.
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TreePeople: Connecting People With...(Take a Guess)
Why So Savvy: As kooky-sounding now as in the 1970s when it began, TreePeople has nevertheless been inspiring people to plant and care for trees in the greater Los Angeles area and beyond for over 35 years, leading to cleaner air, cooler temperatures and a more beautiful landscape. If you're feeling the love for trees like Leonardo DiCaprio, who regularly plants them on behalf of the organization, check out TreePeople's educational section for tips on how to select, plant and care for man's other best friend.
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On Haiti Earthquake Anniversary, Wyclef Jean Demands Answers
It has been six months since the devastating earthquake hit Haiti on January 12th 2010 and singer Wyclef Jean is on a mission to ensure that money promised to the Haitian people gets unstuck from red tape and on the ground where it's needed most. Join Wyclef Jean's foundation Yele Haiti on Facebook or Twitter and follow their efforts to keep donors accountable as well as support their programs for providing assistance to Haitians with much-needed housing, food and medical supplies.
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Make A Difference
To bridge the inequalities in society through education.   Make A Difference was conceived in 2006 by a group of college students. After having visited a poor home, they came to the realization that under-privileged children lost out on life, not because they were incapable, but because they were not given the basic requirements to succeed: Education. Meanwhile, the founders also identified...
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What started in a garage in 2002 by two well-meaning volunteer teachers in Africa has grown to a $1 million a year outlet for Fair Trade handicrafts. The next time you need to buy a special gift for...
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mycharity: water

charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations through freshwater wells, rainwater catchments and sand filters. Your money goes a long way with charity: water with 100% of money raised going directly to projects, $20 can give one person clean water for 20 years. We created a mycharity: water page to focus our own fundraising efforts.

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