Based off a recent comment on this blog, I am taking up the commenter’s suggestion and am dedicating May’s Comment Love towards the troops in Iraq. I have been a staunch critic of this war from very early on in its inception. I also have the sense that most of the regular readers of this blog are not too fond of it as well. However, regardless of what anyone thinks of this war, there are many people who are suffering greatly, on both sides, because of it. So, in the month of May, the Comment Love will go towards helping U.S. troops and Iraqi families affected by the war.
At this point, I am leaning towards The International Rescue Committee for Iraqi Families and The Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust for U.S. troops. These are still tentative as my knowledge in this area is still limited. I chose these two as they address what I consider to be key issues in aiding victims of this war as well as their low percentage of overhead - meaning more dollars go to the cause. May’s dollar limit will be increased to $100 and the total will be given equally to both charities. So if we hit the $100 max, both charities will get $100.
The past few months have seen some lower-than-average comment counts - due mostly to my lack of posting worthwhile articles. I am planning to go above and beyond the norm in terms of posting in May so as to encourage as much discussion (and subsequent donations). I am truly hoping this equates to more comments.
I am still very open to suggestions for better charities to give to for either causes. Please feel feel to contact me with your thoughts.
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