Gifts and Donations

December is a month of gift-giving and power shopping for the holiday season but it's also the end of the tax year in Canada and the US for making donations to our favourite organizations and charities.

Here's where I'm primarily directing my charitable giving these days... please consider a donation of your own to any of these causes or your personal favourites. Please also consider requesting matching gifts from your employer if available.

• DC Diamond Circulate DCDC is hosting the 26th annual IAGSDC square dance convention in Washington DC in April of 2009. I'm a corporate officer & event registrar so I'm fairly deeply involved in this event; it's no surprise then that I'm sending the bulk of my gift-giving here. Donations can be made via PayPal to registrar@dcdiamondcirculate.org.
  
  
• All Join Hands AJH is the premier fundraising organization for promoting square/round/contra/folk dancing dancing in the LGBT community. There is a 1:1 matching challenge grant grant (up to $10k) open until the end of this month. Donate here.
  
  
• Online Policy Group/Queernet.org My connection with OPG/Queernet has been via their hosting of the gay & lesbian chorus mailing list for the last 11 years of our 16 year history. In recognition of qnetter's contributions to maintaining Queernet, I've sent a donation via PayPal using the link below. I'm also planning to set up a monthly donation plan in January so I can continue supporting Queernet throughout 2008. Donate here.
  
  
• National Public Radio NPR is damn near the last real news organization left in the United States. I'd be lost without my local NPR stations during my work commute or in podcasts I download religiously. Donate here.

I have a smattering of other organizations to which I contribute but these are largely done in honour of particular members/event participants (eg. misc AIDS rides, MS rides, hospital burn ward rides, etc.). I don't have the bandwidth to get involved directly, but I'm more than happy to support friends & family who do.

What organizations are you supporting with your volunteer time & energy and/or gift-giving dollars?

Gifts and Donations

December is a month of gift-giving and power shopping for the holiday season but it's also the end of the tax year in Canada and the US for making donations to our favourite organizations and charities.

Here's where I'm primarily directing my charitable giving these days... please consider a donation of your own to any of these causes or your personal favourites. Please also consider requesting matching gifts from your employer if available.

• DC Diamond Circulate DCDC is hosting the 26th annual IAGSDC square dance convention in Washington DC in April of 2009. I'm a corporate officer & event registrar so I'm fairly deeply involved in this event; it's no surprise then that I'm sending the bulk of my gift-giving here. Donations can be made via PayPal to registrar@dcdiamondcirculate.org.
  
  
• All Join Hands AJH is the premier fundraising organization for promoting square/round/contra/folk dancing dancing in the LGBT community. There is a 1:1 matching challenge grant grant (up to $10k) open until the end of this month. Donate here.
  
  
• Online Policy Group/Queernet.org My connection with OPG/Queernet has been via their hosting of the gay & lesbian chorus mailing list for the last 11 years of our 16 year history. In recognition of qnetter's contributions to maintaining Queernet, I've sent a donation via PayPal using the link below. I'm also planning to set up a monthly donation plan in January so I can continue supporting Queernet throughout 2008. Donate here.
  
  
• National Public Radio NPR is damn near the last real news organization left in the United States. I'd be lost without my local NPR stations during my work commute or in podcasts I download religiously. Donate here.

I have a smattering of other organizations to which I contribute but these are largely done in honour of particular members/event participants (eg. misc AIDS rides, MS rides, hospital burn ward rides, etc.). I don't have the bandwidth to get involved directly, but I'm more than happy to support friends & family who do.

What organizations are you supporting with your volunteer time & energy and/or gift-giving dollars?