Day 2
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There are so many opportunities to give this year and if you are able to give anything please do! Here are some of my favorite places to give:
Helping People
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Food For Life Global
This is one of the best plant-based food charities in the world with affiliates and partners in many countries. I was a volunteer in the late 90’s and have been to their awesome mid-day meal program for school children in India
(see pictures in this post- click here.
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Your Local Food Bank
Here in Austin, TX, this is the Central Texas Food Bank.
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Americares
This highly-rated charity provides medicine and aid all over the world.
These are new to me this year:
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Dig Deep
https://www.digdeep.org/
Providing water for the Navajo community. November was Native American Heritage Month.
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Donors Choose
https://donorschoose.org
Directly support a teacher and classroom. Find one in your community. This one is just plain fun and you can support a wide variety of programs.
Helping Animals
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Born Free USA & Primate Sanctuary
https://www.bornfreeusa.org
https://www.bornfreeusa.org/primate-sanctuary/other-ways/
This is a sanctuary near San Antonio, TX full of rescued monkeys.
They even have an Amazon wishlist and it’s fun to pick out things for them.
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Juliana’s Animal Sanctuary
https://julianasanimalsanctuary.org/
The 1st plant-based animal rescue and sanctuary in Colombia.
Helping the Environment
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Environment Texas
https://environmenttexas.org/
They really get things done and advocate for people and the environment here in Texas.
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Plastic Oceans
https://plasticoceans.org/
An advocacy and education organization hoping to bring real change via reducing plastic pollution and creating sustainable communities.
Check out Chef Veggie’s Goodbye Plastic Pinterest Board. I have lots of ideas and easy ways to make a change.
https://www.pinterest.com/veggiebytes/goodbye-plastic/
If you still need a reusable mask, please consider buying one from my ETSY store, KawaYamaMoriHama. All handmade by me, Chef Veggie, here in Austin, TX.
I donate a mask for every one purchased. My blog friends can take 10% off with this code: VEGGIEBYTES
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What are your favorite places to give to?
Share with us in the comments! Stay tuned for Day 3!
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