Link of the Week

The holiday season will soon be here - it's hard to believe Thanksgiving is just a couple of weeks away.  For the next month and a half, we will hear countless TV news reporters and celebrity spokespersons talk about helping those less fortunate. On Thankgiving Day we'll see news stories showing local politicians and celebrities serving dinner at homeless shelters.  Some of you might do that too, and that's awesome.  We all like to help people that need it, and I've found two easy, effortless things we can do this week.  Since they're both easy to do, this week, you're getting a double shot.

One way we can help others that need it and show support for our favorite NFL team is by voting in a cool promotion by Campbells Chunky Soup.  Just go to http://www.chunky.com/clickforcans.aspx and click on your favorite NFL team.  When the voting ends, Campbells will get the official team roster for the team that has the most votes, and they will add up the total weight of the entire team and will donate one can of Chunky Soup per pound.  Put the site in Favorites because you can vote every day.  Voting ends on the 11th, so we still have a week left.  And by the way, if you're not an NFL fan and don't have a favorite team, please visit the site any way and vote for my favorite team, the Tennessee Titans. 

Now what we've covered helping to feed the poor, let's take care of clothing the poor. If you're like me, you've got more clothes than you need.  Thanks to the trendy lose-it-quick-and-gain-it-back-quicker diets, we've got our "skinny clothes" and our "not so skinny clothes" crammed in our closets.  We've all got more coats than we'll ever wear.  They'll fall apart from dry rotting before they fall apart from wear and tear.  I challenge you, my faithful readers, to follow my lead and give away at least one coat.  OneWarmCoat can help with the rest.  Just go to their site, www.onewarmcoat.org/index.php and you can see where coats are being collected in your city.  Just click on the "donate" tab and then click on your state and you'll find a list of collection sites.  It's that easy. 

Now don't you feel good already?