GreatSchools: Teach Giving this Holiday : http://www.greatschools.net/holiday-giving/ 
Ideas for students, teachers, and families.

The Giving Tree : http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/givingtree.cfm  Holiday lesson plan for all ages.

Acts of Kindness:  http://www.actsofkindness.org/  Lots of ways for students to give back.
Click "In Your Classroom" at the top.

World Hunger Year: Innovative Solutions to Hunger & Poverty:  http://www.worldhungeryear.org/ 
Read about an organization that advocates for innovative, community-based solutions to hunger and poverty.

Feeding America : http://feedingamerica.org/?  Lots of ways to get involved.

CARE: Defending Dignity, Fighting Poverty : http://www.care.org/index.asp?  
CARE places special emphasis on working with women to create permanent social change.

Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger : http://www.feedingminds.org/  Includes lessons and activities.

Global Issues: Consumption and Consumerism:
http://www.globalissues.org/issue/235/consumption-and-consumerism 
Discussion of social, political, economic, and environmental issues that affect us all.

A Dollar A Day: Finding Solutions To Poverty : http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00282/home.htm 
Student created site.

Pay It Forward Challenge Stories : http://www.oprah.com/slideshow/oprahshow/slideshow4_ss_challenge 

Charity Guide : http://www.charity-charities.org/charities/IN/Indianapolis.html 
List of local and national charities.

People Who Need People : http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20041220monday.html 
Secondary lesson plan that encourages students to create a charity to serve the needs of their community.

Charity Navigator:  http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/holiday.main.htm 
This site works to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace by evaluating
the financial health of many of America's largest charities.

Toolkit for Giving: Giving Circle:  http://www.minnesotagiving.org/options/circle.htm 
Suggestions for forming or joining a Giving Circle.

For The Hungry, A Different Kind Of Takeout:  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97360726 
Article from NPR.

Central Indiana Charities Give $3.2 Million:  http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008812100393 
5 local philanthropies give $3.2 million to meet basic human needs.

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