Welcome to day 3 of Pseudostoops’ charitable giving extravaganza 2008!
By now, most of you know the concept: I feature a different organization every day, to which I guarantee a minimum donation of $25. Then, I add 50 cents to my donation for each and every comment I receive on that post. If this is your first time here, be sure to check out Monday and Tuesday‘s deserving organizations!
I’m still taking suggestions for charities you’d like to recommend for Friday, when I’ll be giving a $50 donation to a charity that’s selected by popular vote- so if you’re so inclined, make a suggestion in the comments! Or you can just say “comment” or “add my 50 cents” or “dude, Pseudo, you’ve got something stuck in your teeth.”
Today’s featured organization is The Night Ministry.
The Night Ministry is a non-denominational organization providing a variety of services to people living in poverty, particularly homeless youth and adults. They have, among other things, a traveling health bus that gives free medical care on a regular schedule to homeless folks in several Chicago neighborhoods. They provide meals and counseling and a consistent, friendly face for youth living on the streets, and help them get off the streets. They recently were instrumental in helping a very good friend figure out how to get help for some kids she knew who had become homeless. They rule.
In their words:
The Night Ministry serves a wide range of individuals who share circumstances of poverty and the inability to afford and access essential services. No matter their age, mainstream society often ignores or casts aside those we serve. The more isolated a person is, the less likely they are to access services.
Among those we serve are:
- homeless and runaway youth
- homeless adults
- working poor adults
- uninsured and underinsured individuals seeking medical assistance
- individuals who lack access to or distrust of traditional systems of healthcare
- children living in public housing who need a place to gather in safety
- individuals struggling with substance abuse and mental illness
- the chronically lonely
- others who have “fallen through the cracks” of our social service system.
So, help ‘em out! Start commenting! And, as always, thanks.
Great place!
Now that’s the kind of organization I can support! I’m quite certain I’ve seen their buses trolling the street at night!
pseudo – this is a great cause as well!!
can i suggest st. jude’s as a cause for friday?
I’ve pointed out what you’re doing, hopefully the few visitors I have will stop by and say hi.
Oops, I meant I’ve pointed it out on my blog. Sorry.
What an awesome thing you are doing!
I love that you’re highlighting charities that aren’t as well known. Thank you.
Another well deserved charity….I see their buses all over the city.
They do great work!
What a wonderful way to give back and encourage others to do so as well. I will share your blog with all my friends!
I don’t have a pet charity, so I shall make no suggestions for Friday. But I look forward to seeing which org gets lucky!
This is a great idea! What a way to get into the holiday spirit.
Another awesome organization!! Thanks for doing this!!
you are lovely! and super! and have nothing at all in your teeth!
What another great one. Didn’t even know about them, so thanks!
W00t!
I like it.
Great idea! Night Ministry is one of the many youth-serving organizations that is helping bring Safe Place to Chicago.
Safe Place provides access to immediate help and safety for all young people in crisis. More than 16,000 Safe Place locations across the country extend the doors of their local youth shelter by displaying Safe Place’s recognizable yellow and black diamond-shaped logo. Partnering businesses and community buildings that appeal to youth – such as fast food restaurants, convenience stores, fire stations, public buses and libraries – connect kids looking for help with a local youth service agency.
To learn more visit http://www.nationalsafeplace.org.
My brother is a Type 1 diabetic and has been since he fell into a coma at 12. No one in our family had it before him (which is unusual because it is usually genetic). I like to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation when I can and to encourage others to learn more about this second form of diabetes that requires sufferers to take daily injections of insulin to live. It sucks and we need a cure!
http://www.jdrf.org/
Dooo dee doo dee dooo….commmmeenting!
Go Psuedo, Go!!
this sounds like a good project.
You make donating so easy!
Keep it up!
We could use this in my area.
What a wonderful thing you are doing! I’m hoping you’ll consider featuring our organization, the Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness. We work closely with agencies like the Night Ministry (we work with 78 homeless agencies, to be exact), and we coordinate Chicago’s response to homelessness, working to end homelessness once and for all.
National Safe Place
Louisville KY
Thank you for choosing such fabulous organizations to support through out this!
This is so cool!
I not only love what you’re doing but I love that you’re bringing such great charities to my attention.
this is a wonderful idea!
Way to go!