It doesn’t feel right to write about light entertainment and fun, frivolous things while so many people are suffering. We have had weeks and weeks of natural disasters, violence and tragedy around the world. Our hearts go out to everyone impacted by all of these tragic events.
- Several former presidents organized One America Appeal to help hurricane victims.
- Here’s an article listing many ways to help hurricane victims.
- I’m sharing two links from Joy the Baker’s post last Sunday: One Day in the Life of Battered Puerto Rico and a site where you can make donations, United for Puerto Rico.
- This organization is seeking donations to rescue lost and abandoned dogs in Puerto Rico.
- Joanna from Cup of Jo shared this article with suggestions for how to help Las Vegas shooting victims.
- This article discusses ways that you can take care of yourself and others during tragedies, such as the Las Vegas shooting.
Along with evil, there exists good in our world. Throughout this devastation we have seen so many examples of kindness and courage. Across the world, people activated to help hurricane survivors and in Las Vegas this week people showed great courage as they placed themselves in harm’s way to protect others or help wounded concert goers.
Here’s another story of a person helping someone in need.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month (you can make a donation to the National Breast Cancer Foundation at this site). My friend, Chiara, shared this Healthline article 8 Actually Meaningful Things You Can Do For Breast Cancer Awareness Month with me. I’m resharing.
Are you looking for products that make a donation to breast cancer research? Here are some ideas. I didn’t check on how much these companies donate to research (Bustle did that in the first article in the list below).
- Check out Bustle’s article about Items that Donate 100 Percent of Proceeds to Charity.
- Self’s article includes 20 Breast Cancer Awareness Products that Really Give Back.
- Vanity Fair’s Beauty Brands Come Out Swinging in October for Breast-Cancer Awareness lists 18 products for an even better cause.
About the photo: Daisies and butterflies lit up by sunshine.