Headlines from December 23, 2010

Charity Navigator's tips for holiday giving: give without strings; follow up on disaster donations.
Humanitarian Notes produces music to entertain, educate, and raise HIV/AIDS awareness in Africa.
Partners in Health: Partnering with poor communities to address "untreatable" health problems.
Acumen Fund invests in enterprises that deliver both social and financial returns.
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society provides rescue and refuge for world's persecuted and oppressed Jews.
Molly's Fund seeks help to create the U.K.'s first Brain Tumur Unit.
Magdalene and Thistle Farms serve women who have survived lives of violence, prostitution, and addiction.
Music as Therapy International; Days End Farm Horse Rescue; Ronald McDonald House.
Support Dismas House, where Nashville students and ex-offenders live together in honor of second chances.
Support Teach for America and help eliminate educational inequity.
Tramps like us! Ladies we were Born to Drum.
Perthes Association helps families of children suffering from Perthes disease and associated conditions.
With your support, Transportation Alternatives wants to reclaim New York City from the automobile.
One mentor + one child + one book at a time: Everybody wins!
Presumably everyone also wins each time you save a bunny.
TMN will resume publishing Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. We wish you a very lucky, healthy, and happy new year.