Charity de jour x3

I really screwed up. Last week I forgot to write about a charity Thursday, then my day off Friday I also slipped up. To help me remember I put a sticky on my computer and to make up for past lapses I'll write about three charities today. First up is the Family Violence Prevention Fund, which helps combat domestic violence around the county. The org has been around since 1980 and spends 86 percent of contributions on services and 14 percent on administration and other expenses. Read all about there on JustGive.org, which lets you search for charities by topic, region and other factors.

Second up is Girls Inc, a group I know first hand because my sister worked for them tutoring second grade girls. I visited her class once and was struck by how Girls Inc trained her to react to the girls in a positive light, encouraging their strengths and instilling them with the people skills and confidence to grow into strong women. (Or maybe it was just my rockin' sister. Probably some combination thereof.) The Girls Inc. mission is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. Read their background.info on JustGive.org here, which includes stats that.the org spends 80 cents of every dollar on services, and 20 cents on administration and other costs.

Last but not least is the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which "brings together over 1,400 humanitarian, peace, disability, veterans, medical, development and other groups of all kinds in over 90 countries who work locally, nationally, regionally, and internationally to ban antipersonnel landmines," according to JustGive.org. The group spends 81 percent of each donation on services and 19 percent on administration. You can read about landmine history and soluctions here.