Posts Tagged ‘Charity’

We raised more than $1,200 for the Pierce County AIDS Foundation’s AIDS Walk this year, and we had 9 walkers (and a dog). We got so many thumbs up and cheers along the way, I couldn’t believe it! It was just great. Thanks to all who donated and helped make someone’s life a little better. [...]

Beth Lehman is an atheist, a Tacoman, and guest blogger here at Tacoma Atheists.com. See her blog here.
“Philanthropist” is a word which, translated from Greek, literally means “lover of humanity.”  There is no caveat attached to this term that dictates that the lover of humanity must also believe in a god or gods, but it [...]

Wow. I’m speechless and a little teary. We hit $285 $330 in AIDS Walk donations today. You are all wonderful, generous people.
Chris in Texas writes:
Thank you all for doing this. You truly are compassionate
Chris, you are the compassionate one. Thanks for your generosity and making this happen!
Beth writes:
My friend and I wanted to join your team, [...]

Last night the PCAF kicked of it’s September AIDS Walk at Shakabrah on 6th Ave., and five of us were there.
We heard from the organizers of the AIDS Walk, PCAF staff and the director, and we learned that AIDS has become the leading killer of young black women. That’s terrifying. The AIDS Walk is a wonderful [...]

Parade asks the question everyone is dying to know the answer to:
About 20% of households cut back on giving to their churches when the economy started to sink last year, according to the Barna Group, which tracks religious statistics. The California-based organization found that overall donations decreased by 4% to 6%—about $3 billion to $5 [...]

Valerie Tarico, Ph.D. is a psychologist in Seattle, Washington.  She is the author of The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth, the founder of www.WisdomCommons.org, and the host of Christianity in the Public Square, Moral Politics Television, Seattle.

For years, atheists, agnostics, and other freethinkers have been saying that you don’t need a [...]

From Valerie Tarico:

Are you familiar with www.Kiva.org ?  Through local micro-lending agencies, people in developing countries post loan requests—to buy a cow, a sewing machine, fruit to sell, etc.  Anyone can go to the site and choose people to lend to, in increments of $25.
Anyhow, the Atheist/Agnostic/Freethinker group has made more loans than any other [...]

Valerie Tarico, Ph.D. is a psychologist in Seattle, Washington.  She is the author of The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth, the founder of www.WisdomCommons.org, and the host of Christianity in the Public Square, Moral Politics Television, Seattle.
Paid “friendship missionaries” on the University of Arizona campus scan for lonely foreign students, who [...]

Tacoma Atheists donated 135 pounds of food to Northwest Harvest at the last Meetup. Our goal was 50 lbs. Thank you all for your overwhelming generosity and goodwill. Several people showed up with giant boxes of food, and it filled the back of my car. Thank you.
As a locally operated agency, Northwest Harvest is uniquely [...]

According to the Puget Sound Blood Center, blood supplies are reaching critically low levels, due to the snowstorms. PLEASE, make an appointment and go donate blood at your local blood donation center. Walk-ins and appointments are both welcome.
Please schedule an appointment with Puget Sound Blood Center by calling 1-800-398-7888. Walk-ins are also welcome. Visit www.psbc.org for [...]