I returned from vacation today to find my neighborhood newly populated with balsams, Christmas lights and the gentle clang of the Salvation Army Santa’s bell. While that and other national charitable organizations are certainly worthy benefactors of your Christmas/Hannucka/Kwanza spirit, why not consider donating to a local nonprofit instead/ in addition? What Boston’s nonprofit landscape lacks in quantity, it more than makes up for in innovation, accessibility and creativity, as the following five nonprofits demonstrate. Each offers multiple avenues of involvement, easy-to-use websites and visible and visible and tangible testaments of your impact.
1.) Cauzoom: On this “Community Cause Marketing” site, you get to pick or start a project, contribute directly, via giftcard or by spreading awareness. Recent projects include holiday gifts for foster children and their families in Woburn, art supplies for the Brookline Arts Center and the Northeast Animal Shelter Senior Visitation program in Salem.
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