Be charitable...

It's approaching the holiday time when we're reminded of how fortunate we are and how unfortunabte others are as well. At school this week (the last before a two-week winter break, thankfully), we have three or four different charitable drives going one - canned food, coats and hats, and toys.

The spirit of giving, however, exists on the internet as well, and it's becoming amazingly easy to donate things here and there. One place that I popped across today is a site called Child's Play where an online comic called Penny Arcade (I'd link, but there are some dirty words - funny and geeky but dirty) has started a charity in which hospitals around the country (the nearest to Cincy are Kosair Children's in Louisville and Riley in Indianapolis) post links to Amazon.com wish lists for stuff to entertain the kids while they're in the hospital. You can go to each hospital's wish list, purchase something, and have it shipped directly to the hospital. No muss, no fuss, easy as can be.

Take a minute and check what the kids need. I'm leaning toward some books for the Kosair Children's Hospital.

Or you can help out another worthy charity.