# $100: nominate me a charity **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 5, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-nominate-me-a-charity/315784 "2005-08-05T21:04:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-nominate-me-a-charity/315784/1 "2005-08-05T21:04:33Z")
I have recently [won](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=326341&page=1&pp=40) a $100 Amazon gift certificate. Of course I won it largely by standing on the shoulders of giants, so I feel I didn’t really earn it. Apart from that, I don’t have an amazon account, and as an Englishman, American money isn’t much use to me anyway. I’m sure there must be a worthy American charity that needs it more than I do. Please nominate yours here, I’ll select one. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-nominate-me-a-charity/315784/2 "2005-08-05T21:16:36Z")
You might turn it over to **Aries28** , who is a volunteer with a literacy program in Alabama. Quite a few Dopers participate in her “Book Fairy” program, and she is also working on building a good library for the kids. Links: [Would you help a reading program for underprivileged kids?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=317318) [Wanna be a Book Fairy again this year?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=268499) ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-nominate-me-a-charity/315784/3 "2005-08-05T21:36:52Z")
Would Canadian work? An old friend of mine’s charity: International Centre to Combat Exploitation of Children ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-nominate-me-a-charity/315784/4 "2005-08-05T22:13:13Z")
**lexi** , I’m sure its a very worthy charity, but does it particularly need to buy books? The Book Fairy program is a definite possiblity. ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-nominate-me-a-charity/315784/5 "2005-08-05T22:25:24Z")
They fund shelters - which always need books. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-nominate-me-a-charity/315784/6 "2005-08-05T23:02:03Z")
There’s always the [Hal Briston Foundation](http://www.sirblah.com/misc/hbf.htm). ---
**Author:** ![caligynephobia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@caligynephobia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligynephobia)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-nominate-me-a-charity/315784/7 "2005-08-06T02:51:52Z")
[Buy the VP a Segway](http://www.amazon.com/paypage/P8UTBU5IRXE1T) - very worthy. ---
**Author:** ![caligynephobia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@caligynephobia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligynephobia)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-nominate-me-a-charity/315784/8 "2005-08-06T02:55:39Z")
Actually, don’t buy the VP a Segway. I’d donate it to NPR. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-nominate-me-a-charity/315784/9 "2005-08-06T02:55:52Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > There’s always the [Hal Briston Foundation](http://www.sirblah.com/misc/hbf.htm). Would that be the Hal Briston Foundation for the Preservation of Large Colored Fonts? I.e., the HBFFTPOLCF ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-nominate-me-a-charity/315784/10 "2005-08-06T05:30:33Z")
Certainly there has to be a school in your area that could use some books. Go there and let them order some on-line, or maybe a local retirement home could use some DVD’s for their community room. I always find it better to go to the source and make sure the gift is actually used for something for the greater good. Amazon does ship there, don’t they? Or you could dontate to [www.moveon.org](http://www.moveon.org) as they will find a way to use it. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-nominate-me-a-charity/315784/11 "2005-08-12T13:02:56Z")
Out of the suggestions I received, I think that **Aries28’s** Book Fairy program can make the best use of it. I have instructed Bricker to send them my prize. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-nominate-me-a-charity/315784/12 "2005-08-12T13:14:20Z")
My favorite charity has always been [Heifer International](http://www.heifer.org/). Their aim is to end world hunger, not by passing out boxes of food\*, but by giving families animals such as goats, chickens, cows, rabbits, honey-bees, etc. The family is taught how to care for the animals, and when the animals reproduce, they’re required to give a certain number away to other people, so that those people benefit in turn. \*passing out boxes of food is certainly appropriate and necessary in cases such as the current famine in West Africa, but clearly isn’t a long-term solution ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-nominate-me-a-charity/315784/13 "2005-08-12T15:23:28Z")
Your local women’s shelter. That $100 will assist in getting this woman and her children away from a dangerous environment and closer to independence. ---
**Author:** ![Mississippienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-nominate-me-a-charity/315784/14 "2005-08-12T18:08:44Z")
Here’s a website I always recommend with regards to charitable giving: [Charity Navigator](http://www.charitynavigator.org/)