Charitable Acts
OUR Lord talks about the need for us to be involved with good works such as Matthew 5:16 and bearing fruit Mark 4:20. There are many ways that you can serve and bear fruit. Below are only a few suggestions:
- Volunteer at your local church or monastery.
- Pray for others.
- Click the Hunger Site everyday to help for free. The Hunger Site is supported by advertisers and people purchasing items that they sell. 100% of their sponsor money goes to the charity which feeds people around the world through Mercy Corps and America's Second Harvest. The Hunger Site is also associated with other click ministries such as Children's Health, and Literacy.
- Free Rice is an online free way to give food. With every word you get right, Free Rice will donate 20 grains of rice through the United Nations. They have been donating since Oct 7 2007 and have give away already over 15 billion grains of rice.
- Live Search Club has online word games and trivia where you can earn "tickets" which can translate to money for schools and/or nonprofit organizations including Benedictine Fellowship of St. Laurence.
- Let's Say Thanks is a free way to send a postcard to US troops overseas. Input your words of encouragement on the website, and select a postcard image. Xerox prints the postcard and mails the cards with Give2TheTroops care packages.
- Share the Gospel with people.
- Use www.goodsearch.com as your main search engine and choose Benedictine Fellowship of St. Laurence as your charity. The Benedictine Fellowship will get at least 0.01 cents for every internet search that you do.
- Send greetings to friends, family or someone who needs a kind word. The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have eCards and Monastery Icons also has eCards that you can send. This might also be away to make amends for any strained relationships. Our Lord stated "Blessed are the peacemakers for they, for they shall be called sons of God." (Matthew 5:9)
- If you love crafts, here is a website of charities that would appreciate handmade items.
- If you have a space for children, you adopt a child. Here is AdoptUSKids a cooperative agreement with The Children's Bureau, Administration for Children &Families and the Department of Health & Human Services.
- Mentor someone or join Big Brothers / Big Sisters to be someone's big brother or big sister.
- Volunteermatch.com has volunteer opportunities for any teenagers to people 55+ for any volunteer experience around the nation.
- Join your local Volunteer Firefighters
- The United Nations hosts a website for those people who want to be an online volunteer.
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