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Money Well Spent: Charitable Organizations Edition

Four charitable organizations that you'll want to donate your extra money to this week.

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Money Well Spent: Charitable Organizations Edition
Laura Vanic

Have you ever wanted to support a charity but couldn't figure out which one to choose? Why just choose one when there are so many different charitable organizations and others throughout the world. Whether you're interested in what each of these organizations has to offer to you, just want to learn what they are and who they help, then the short list below of different organizations that all support different charities and help raise awareness to these one of a kind causes is the place for you!

Love Your Melon

October 20th was Love Your Melon Day where 11,000 campus crew members dressed up as super heroes, provided therapeutic events and donated over 10,000 hats to children who are battling cancer. Love Your Melon was founded by two young college students attending an entrepreneurship class in Minnesota. Their original idea was to give every child in America battling cancer a hat and their mission has been successfully completed, four years later. So far Love Your Melon has donated over 75,000 hats and 1.1 million dollars to pediatric cancer research and support to families with children battling cancer.

Choose from a variety of beanies, caps, accessories and apparel to help donate to childhood cancer research, you won’t be disappointed.

Costa Pura

Want to help save the ocean? Costa Pura donates 10% of their net profits to the Surfrider Foundation, who then in turn helps keep the oceans and coastlines clean, healthy and full of life for everyone to enjoy. You can choose from a variety of different colored mermaid blankets that will keep you warm and help to save one of the most diverse and lively places on the earth!

Ivory Ella

Elephants are some of the most intelligent animals on our vast planet. They have the ability to feel the same emotions humans feel. Elephants are also vital creatures within the African landscape. Their incredible strength allows them to pull down trees, break down plants and help to create homes for other species. However, these incredible creatures have been on the endangered species list since the 1980s and their numbers continue to drop due to poaching.

Ivory ella has a variety of collections full of shirts, sweatshirts, accessories, hats, jewelry and kitchenware. About 10% of Ivory Ella’s net profits go directly to Save the Elephants, which is a non-profit organization that operates out of Kenya that has made remarkable breakthroughs in understanding the elephant species and how they operate within their enviroments. Ivory Ella doesn’t only donate some of their profits to Save the Elephants but also to various other non-profit organizations throughout the world.

Pura Vida

Pura Vida bracelets were created by two young college graduates who were on a trip to Costa Rica celebrating their new successes. “Pura Vida” is a Costa Rican philosophical term meant to encourage you to appreciate the simple treasures in life and living to your fullest potential.

Pura Vida bracelets are handcrafted by Costa Rican artisans who just want to show other people the love and commitment they have for the incredible gift they have been given. Bracelets are created for many different charities, including but not limited to raising awareness for animals, cancer, education, military soldiers and their families, environmental causes and many more. More than $935,538 has been donated to over 190 different charities and 1% of Pura Vida’s annual net profit is donated to worldwide environmental organizations.

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