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Make your charity donation count | The Honolulu Advertiser | Hawaii's Newspaper
Posted on: Monday, January 30, 2006

ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
 Make your charity donation count

Advertiser Staff

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Is it home-purging time? Consider these donation dos and don'ts from the book "Mission: Organization" and hgtv.com:

  • Do check beyond widely-known charities. An organization may seek office attire for women entering the work force or a nursing home may need blankets.

  • Don't donate items in poor condition. The charity will have to waste its resources discarding the items.

  • Don't drop off items the charity might not accept. Find out in advance what the organization will take.

    — Zenaida Serrano



    FINAL WORD

    "Happiness cannot be found by following other people. Find your own way."

    David Baird | author of "A Thousand Paths to Happiness"



    SAVE THE PLANET



    FLUTTER BY THE BUTTERFLIES

    If your child is a bug buff, check out The Green House's Keiki Explorer Club workshop on monarch butterflies, 1:30-3 p.m. Saturday in Pauoa Valley.If your child is a bug buff, check out The Green House's Keiki Explorer Club workshop on monarch butterflies, 1:30-3 p.m. Saturday in Pauoa Valley.

    Participants will learn the importance of butterflies and how they help plants. Even cooler: All keiki will receive a caterpillar and food to take home so they can watch it turn into a butterfly.

    Cost is $5 per parent/child team; it's for ages 4 and up. To register: 524-8427 or thehawaiigreenhouse@verizon.net.

    — Zenaida Serrano
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