Lazy Philanthropist

and sing.

We can’t always sit in our chairs and be lazy (as appealing as it may be). Sometimes getting up is good for circulation, provides needed bathroom breaks, and sometimes involves singing.  If you are in the San Diego area on 1st and 3rd Sundays there is Karaoke. How is this going to help the world you say? My singing scares small children you say? No need to fear! There will be no children present.  And if you sing  Freebird or I will Always love you (like you have always wanted) you have to donate money to the San Diego Music Foundation which sponsors music in public schools. Looky there. Your horrible singing did help children.

More info

http://myspace.com/toocoolforkaraoke

You want to give a present but you also want to help out a charity here are some cool charitable gifts to give:

Red Cross Store has vintage t-shirts that are very current. It doesn’t look like you are schlocking a cause. They also have some stylish first aid and emergency kits. https://www.redcrossstore.org/shopper/ProdList.aspx?LocationId=5

RAINN always has nice stuff in their online store. Especially if you are a fan or know a fan of Tori Amos they have a calendar with some beautiful painted images of Tori. They also have tees, jewelry and music.
http://store.rainn.org/

Dog Lovers wine club is a wine of the month club (which can also be done bi-monthly or quarterly) that not only sends you wine with customized dog labels they also help rescue and animal shelters across the country.
http://www.dogloverswineclub.com/?affiliatecode=HSUS

There are probably loads more out there. It may be a little work (and I know we are all lazy) but take a little time to look for awesome gifts that give back. You can give a present to someone and give to charity at the same time.

If you order Flowers through FTD 15% of your purchase will go to the Children’s Miracle Network.  You need to choose a hospital from this page (http://www.childrensmiraclenetwork.org/ftd.php)  to give the monies to the kids.

By downloading Working Class Hero by Green Day through iTunes, you will help people in Darfur Sudan.

Amnesty International is releasing an album of John Lennon covers to raise money for the Sudanese.  More Information can be found at http://www.instantkarma.org/index.html

The Green Day song has been released early and is now available through iTunes.   If you don’t have iTunes, the full album ( titled Instant Karma) will be released on June 12.