Normally I’d be rockin’ and rollin’ here – off on some wild tangent – yammering about totally crazy stuff. And after blathering for a few paragraphs, I’d make a seamless segue into today’s Website pick.
Sometimes I find myself wishing things were going better, wishing the economy was better, wishing that things would improve for our business. And then we come to this time of year when I start counting the blessings I have. I have a great partner – yes the much maligned EB. We have thousands of wonderful subscribers who make this, and all our other newsletters possible. I have food and a nice, warm place to live. I have my health and I have good friends. I may not be rich in ways the world can see, but I’m rich nonetheless.
Sometimes I start thinking about families who don’t even have enough money to buy food for their children, who can’t afford to buy winter clothing and coats for their kids, who can’t afford to take their kids to the doctor. Don’t worry, I’m not going to get off on a political rant. Suffice it to say there are millions who want to work who can’t find jobs in these tough times, or people who lost good jobs and who’ve had to to take menial jobs for minimum wage.
Giving to charities to help others has always left me with doubts as to whom gets the money – where does my money go? What if there were a way to donate directly to families in need? What if there were an organization which didn’t take a penny of donor funds to pay its salaries and expenses. What if there was an organization that could guarantee you that 100% of the money you donate goes directly to the family or families you’ve chosen to help?
There is such an organization. I just learned about it this week, it’s called called Modest Needs, and we’ve decided to make it our site of the week this week. It seems an appropriate pick for site of the week; it seems the right time of year.
Modest Needs describes their mission this way:
“Founded in 2002, 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.
We 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.
Since 2002, by working together in this very ‘modest’ way, Modest Needs’ donors have stopped 9,149 low-income individuals and families from entering the vicious cycle of poverty and a lifetime of dependence on the public welfare system for their survival.
And, through our unique Non-Profit Grant program, we simultaneously empower our donors to invest directly in small non-profit organizations struggling to serve their communities, but whose needs are generally too small to be considered a funding priority by larger, more conventional grant-makers.
Discover your power to instantly change a life. Please join your friends and neighbors in supporting Modest Needs.
Because Modest Needs has earned the highest possible charity ratings from both Charity Navigator and the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance, you can give with confidence, knowing that we won’t abuse your kindness.
But more importantly, together, we can make sure that no hard-working person is ever forced to choose between taking a child to the doctor and putting food on the table….”
If you’re in a position to help others, or you’d just like to learn more about a unique site that makes it possible for you to help and know that the money you’ve given is actually helping someone, please take a moment and visit today’s Website pick – Modest Needs.