Category Archives: Worthy Causes

Help for Haiti

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Uppity

Today I donated a humble sum to Mercy Corps, a Portland-based non-profit that is sending an emergency response team to Haiti. I hope you, too, will give to one of the organizations listed on the What Gives!? site if you … Continue reading →

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Champagne toast to Earth Day

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Uppity

Going green doesn’t have to be snooty – let the Guide Girls prove it to you.  (Where can I get one of those flying nun hats?) Technorati Tags: Earth Day, Guide Girls

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Street corner Christmas

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Uppity

For the past five years, I’ve adopted a disadvantaged family at Christmas and then hit up everyone I know for donations. Think of it as my version of standing on the street corner, ringing them bells for your loose change. … Continue reading →

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Unsubscribe me, Uncle Sam

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Uppity

They tell me to strip and put on a flimsy gown. They have me lie on my back on a slab with my head in a vice-like cradle. I am told I may not move a muscle. They stick me … Continue reading →

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Adopt A Family with Uppity this Christmas!

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Uppity

I emerge from NaNoWriMo and the inevitable few days of post-blitz exhaustion and what do I see? That Christmas is only twenty days away. Jesus, how did that happen?1 But you all know how much I love the holidays, so … Continue reading →

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