Here at NICABM, we do like to keep things new and fresh.
But this time of year, there’s one tradition we’ve all become particularly fond of . . .
. . . and that’s choosing the charity that will get half of the proceeds from our holiday special.
Every year, each member of the NICABM staff gets to pitch a charity of their choice, and it’s always rather moving to see which ones they’re most passionate about.
So, each staff member gives a presentation about their chosen charity . . .
. . . and then we have a vote.
It’s a totally transparent process, and my vote has the same weight as anyone else’s (and I’m curious to see whether this year will make three in a row for my choice of charity being out voted).
Charity Navigator is often the first stop for a little research to back up their choices – it gives comprehensive lists of charities, focusing on everything from environmental causes to the arts and humanities, and gives each a score based on financial health, and accountability and transparency.
In an exciting twist during this year’s meeting, two of our staff members actually chose the same charity, OneAcre, without even consulting one another. And it made it to the final round.
So these are the three charities we’ve narrowed it down to:
- Love146 – an organization working towards ending child trafficking around the world
- charity: water – a group whose goal is to provide healthy drinking water to people everywhere (and a favorite of ours in the past)
- One Acre Fund – a charity that provides support to farmers in Africa and aims to turn them into self-sustaining entrepreneurs
So which charity got our vote this year?
We’ll reveal it in our next blog post (and you’ll get the details about our Holiday Special).
I’m so grateful to be able to give this year.
And as the year comes to an end, what are you grateful for this holiday season? Please share your thoughts in the comment section below.
Thank you
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When you get down to it, clean water is the number one need worldwide. I gave to the Clinton Foundation specifically for their focus on providing clean water and new technologically updated eco-toilets for 3rd World countries. For the most part we have drinking water and sanitation systems in place in the US.
This choice of One Acre Fund empowers WOMEN to garner greater control of their lives. And they seem to do a lot with a little in Africa.
Dear Ruth
I am most grateful for the mere feeling of gratitude.
Children rank as a number one cause for charity because of their difficulty, if not complete inability to help themselves.
If charity really does begin at home, then we need to buy stuff made locally, and not from those country’s who are still using child labour and getting away with it, because we continue to consume with our heads buried ostrich style.
I am grateful to have been introduced to your website.
Happy New Year to you, and to all those who benefit from charity.
Dear Ruth…:
I don’t mean to be mean spirited but I believe that charity begins at home. Certainly in my work and in my personal life I see so many problems locally that I sometimes wonder why people in our profession give money so readily overseas. Giving to your church or synagogue or to a your local school and/or charities to me makes the most sense. You also have a better idea of how the money is being spent.
Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays,
Stephen C. Gill, PhD
I am thankful for being able to be a Gold Member and be a member of the NICABM family!
I have learn significant information and practices to benefit myself, my family and my clients and friends!
I am thankful for Ruth’s soul existence. wish her best in continue manifesting her dreams!
Rosa Jimenez-Vazquez, ACSW, Retired Social work Educator and Mind-Body therapist and presenter. Enjoy having women groups for self-development with meditations and other exercises.
Crozet, Virginia
434-205-4574
Most interesting to see that neuro-science has taken Mindfulness practice seriously, noting how mind actually changes brain structure as well as function (eg: reduction in size of the amygdala in PTSD subjects, etc.).
Of interest as well is the fact that Miodfulness practices can augment the effectiveness of most forms of current psychotherapies ranging from psychodynamic at one end of the spectrum to cognitive-behavior therapy. at the other.