
By Richard Walden, Operation USA, Preisdent & CEO This holiday season there are a number of ways you can donate to powerful causes in honor of family and friends that they would wholeheartedly endorse in lieu of a gift: 1...

Operation USA As you prepare to shop... We offer you a different kind of holiday gift guide:
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This holiday season there are a number of ways you can donate to powerful causes in honor of family and friends that they would wholeheartedly endorse in lieu of a gift.

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OpUSA holiday e-cards are here!
Share the spirit of Thanksgiving--and give a meaningful gift in the name of friends or relatives. All donations, large or small, make an impact in the lives of those in need.
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Millions of people around the world and here at home have benefited from Operation USA’s innovative relief and development programs, which rebuild lives in

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New video! And a nice endorsement of our work.
From our good friend and great partner, Dave Cote, CEO of Honeywell.
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A message from Dave Cote, Chairman and CEO of Honeywell

Operation USA As the holiday season approaches (and end-of-year giving alongside it)... Thought to share this Holiday Giving Guide from our friends at Charity Navigator. We know how important it is to trust your charity of choice.
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Charity Navigator, America's largest independent charity evaluator, provides free financial evaluations of America's charities. We are the individual donor's first source for unbiased news and information ...

Operation USA Who will champion the next great creative, yet small, idea?
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I appreciate the Gates family's, Oprah's, and Madonna's philanthropic work, but they're missing a huge world full of local talent, new ideas and smaller-scale projects crying out for funding.

Operation USA How well will nonprofits (like ours) survive these turbulent economic times?... Our fearless leader shares a few thoughts on the topic with the Huffington Post.
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Just $7,700 was contributed online to Operation USA a full week after the recent natural disasters. This compares with over $1 million donated online within 24 hours in 2004 after the Asia tsunami.

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Cascade Designs, thank you for your generous donation.
Over 2000 mattresses and 6000 water reservoirs are now being prepped for shipment to aid those affected by the recent natural disasters in the Philippines, Indonesia and Samoa.
Read full press release here: http://media.cascadedesigns.com/pdf/Disa ster%20Relief%20Release%2010.6.09.pdf
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Good news this time. http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews /idUSSYD42800820091008
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Undersea earthquakes caused panic in the South Pacific on Thursday, sending islanders fleeing to higher ground on fears of a second devastating tsunami in as many weeks, but a series

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Watching reports from the South Pacific... Large earthquakes reported off Vanuatu. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk /SYD431458.htm
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Source: Reuters * Two large quakes shake southwest Pacific * Tsunami warnings issued for island nations * Australia, Indonesia and New Zealand on tsunami watch * Comes a week after tsunami disaster in Samoa...

Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs SITUATION OVERVIEW Sumatra, Indonesia October 2, 2009 A 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit West Sumatra Province on September 30. The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) has confirmed the death of 715 people...

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Friends in New York... Join us on October 15?
Cocktail reception and benefit for current disaster relief work and projects in Sri Lanka.

Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs SITUATION OVERVIEW Manila, Philippines...















