In the Spirit of Thanksgiving, DU is giving 10% to Charity!

This week is Democratic Underground's Fourth Quarter 2009 Fund Drive. If you donate to DU this week, we will give 10% of your donation to charity. Each day of the fund drive has been assigned a different charity -- your 10% will be given to the charity assigned to the day you donate. To help plan your giving, and to learn more about the selected charities, here is the schedule for the week. Thank you so much for your help, and Happy Thanksgiving!

DUers offered many great suggestions for charities. It was very difficult to narrow the list down to just six. We decided to go with a mix of well-known national charities, and smaller, more targeted charities. We hope there is something here that everyone can support!

Sunday-Monday
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA
Planned Parenthood is the nation’s leading sexual and reproductive health care provider and advocate. For more than 90 years, Planned Parenthood has worked to improve women's health and safety, prevent unintended pregnancies, and advance the right and ability of individuals and families to make informed and responsible choices. http://www.plannedparenthood.org

Tuesday
MODEST NEEDS
Modest Needs is an award-winning public charity with a simple but critical mission: we work to stop the cycle of poverty BEFORE it starts for the low-income workers whom conventional philanthropy has forgotten. They do this by empowering compassionate members of the general public to safely and securely help hard-working, low-income households to afford the kinds of short-term emergency expenses that we've all encountered before: the unexpected car repair, the unanticipated visit to the doctor, or the unusually large heating bill, for example. http://www.modestneeds.org

Wednesday
TREEHOUSE FOR KIDS
Treehouse for Kids offers kids in foster care what all children so desperately need: a safe place to dream. Their core programs – Tutoring, Educational Advocacy, College and Career Planning, Little Wishes, Summer Camp and the Wearhouse – give foster children a real childhood as well as hope for the future. http://www.treehouse4kids.org

Thursday
REMOTE AREA MEDICAL FOUNDATION
The Remote Area Medical (RAM) Volunteer Corps is a non-profit, volunteer, airborne relief corps dedicated to serving mankind by providing free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States and the world. http://www.ramusa.org

Friday
AMERICA'S VET DOGS
America's VetDogs helps veterans who have served our country honorably to live with dignity and independence whether they are visually impaired or have other special needs, by providing them with guide dogs, service dogs, and innovative technologies. A project of the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind. http://www.vetdogs.org

Saturday-Sunday
PARENTS, FAMILIES, AND FRIENDS OF LESBIANS AND GAYS (PFLAG)
PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity. http://www.pflag.org

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