David T. Levinson recently put out a great book showing you how to make the world a better place. Organizing over fifty thousand volunteers [2], he's got what it takes to write on the subject. Check out Everyone Helps, Everyone Wins [3]. Whether you write a check, help someone out, or volunteer locally (say, at the library [4]- hint, hint), everyone wins.
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[1] http://hcpl.net/users/angel-hill
[2] http://www.bigsunday.org/
[3] http://catalog.hcpl.net/ipac20/ipac.jsp?menu=search&aspect=subtab13&term=everyone%20helps%20wins%20levinson&index=.GH#focus
[4] http://www.hcpl.net/about/volunteer-make-difference-your-library
[5] http://hcpl.net/taxonomy/term/34
[6] http://hcpl.net/category/tags/volunteering
