This guest post is written by Ben Davis, visionary of THE BAY LIGHTS, a project to light up the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, CA to raise money and awareness for Bay Area arts organizations. Check out his project at www.causes.com/thebaylights THE BAY LIGHTS is an iconic light sculpture designed by internationally renowned artist Leo ...
Today is World Refugee Day, an occasion to raise awareness about the situation of refugees worldwide. Kharga is a Bhutanese refugee who was resettled by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in 2009. Here’s his story. I call the IRC my second mother because they gave me a new life. In 1989, when I was just ...
Ingrid Newkirk, President of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has started a Causes Birthday Wish. Below is a guest post from PETA about Ingrid’s Wish. One of the more common sights in India is that of a bullock trudging along in the heat, straining under a heavy yoke to pull an overloaded, ...
The top five fundraisers for the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s project to help their bear rehabilitation facility in Russia will get to name a baby bear cub! Bruno, Pooky, Chocolate? Ok, so those names have been suggested but what would YOU choose? When you donate, you’ll be helping the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s ...
I am so glad that today is International Women’s Day – I really needed this right now. The rise of Charlie Sheen as a hilarious Twitter fad and celeb-of-the-moment has been weighing on me. I continually feel the urge to yell “But he beats women!” every time someone talks about #winning, #tigerblood, or Two and ...