January 2020 Donations

4Ocean

How could I not get the first bracelet of 2020? Especially as it was designed to bring attention to sea stars. Plus it's really pretty.

The Sea Star Bracelet represents your commitment to the clean ocean movement. Every bracelet purchased funds the removal of one pound of trash from the ocean and coastlines. Wear it as a reminder to curb your plastic habit, live more sustainably, and encourage others to take action to protect what they love.

Australian Red Cross

Kind of impossible to not give even a little to help with the bush fires in Australia. Here's what the Red Cross teams have been working on: 

• supporting people at evacuation, relief and recovery centres

• registering people’s locations so their loved ones can contact them

• providing psychosocial first aid to reduce trauma and distress

• providing food, water and relief items to people cut off by fires in Victoria

• conducting welfare checks on the phone and in person

• providing $10,000 emergency grants to people who homes have been destroyed by bushfires

• providing $20,000 bereavement payments to next of kin of people who have died as a result of the bushfires

• conducting psychosocial needs assessments in some of the affected communities

• creating a tailored recovery plan to support families and communities for the next three years or more

Noise for Now

When Kathleen Hanna tells me to do something, I do it.

Followed the link in IG to Noise for Now's site and backordered myself a bitchin' Pro-Choice Tee. Here's what N4N is all about:

NOISE FOR NOW is a national initiative that enables performers to connect with, and financially support, grassroots organizations that are dedicated to empowering women and protecting women’s health and abortion rights. NOISE FOR NOW is the link between touring musicians, progressive promoters, and local feminist organizations in cities across the country.

Reproductive health care services, including access to safe and legal abortion, are under attack. NOISE FOR NOW is partnered with Planned Parenthood and the National Network of Abortion Funds to identify states that are most in need of funds to protect reproductive health care and abortion access. By organizing benefit concerts in these markets, NOISE FOR NOW provides a way for performers to use their talents to raise money and send a clear message that women’s rights are human rights.

Please join me in the Low Budget Philanthropy movement and help out your community and beyond in the simplest way - donating any amount to whatever charity or organisation that you care about!