SOS Children’s Villages is the largest charity for orphaned and abandoned children with 500 villages in 132 countries. There are many different ways to support the 80,000 children currently under SOS care, from sponsoring a child to simply getting familiar with SOS Children's Villages and spreading the word. Read below to find out the 'Top 10 Ways to Help an Orphaned Child this Holiday Season!'
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Get familiar with SOS Children’s Villages - Read our
website, become a fan of our
Facebook Page, follow us on
Twitter, and add this blog’s RSS feed to your feed reader.
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Link to our site – Every link counts. Embed one of our many videos from our
YouTube account or place a banner on your blog. Even a simple link at the bottom of your email signature can tell do
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Send a Virtual Hug – With
http://soschildhood.org/us, you can send a hug to a friend or share one of your happy childhood memories with the world. It's a great way to start an email chain. You’d be surprised how far one email can go. Send a hug to 5 people and ask them to each tell 5 people about SOS Children's Villages.
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Teach Youth to Give Back - From elementary school to high school, fundraisers are a great way to teach youth to give back. Adapt one of these
examples to fit your school fundraiser or create your own way to help needy children.
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Volunteer for SOS - Set up a community fundraiser, volunteer at an SOS Village in the US or worldwide or simply join our social networking communities.
Whatever way you volunteer, SOS welcomes your help in spreading the word about the mission of SOS.
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Send free eCards - From 'birthday' cards to 'special occasion' cards, SOS has a wide variety of
FREE ecards that are only a click away!
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Gift Catalog - Use the SOS Children's Villages
Gift Catalog to give a gift of love this holiday season. Send meals to India or HIV treatment to South Africa. Whatever you send, it will be greatly appreciated by needy children. You can even send a gift in the name of a loved one as a holiday gift.
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Holiday Cards - Share greetings with friends and loved ones this holiday season or next by sending or gifting
$1 Holiday Notecards. Each notecard features a hand-drawn illustration by a talented child from an SOS Children's Village.
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Make a Donation – Your donation helps support SOS programs and initiatives in 132 countries. See what your contribution can do:
How Your Donation Helps!1.
Sponsor a Child - When you sponsor an SOS child, you make it possible for your child to grow up in a secure, loving environment. As an SOS Child Sponsor, you'll receive updates about your child and watch them grow into adulthood. You may send cards, letters or donations. SOS offices around the world even allow some sponsors to travel on pre-arranged trips to SOS villages to visit their sponsored child. To learn more about sponsoring a child with SOS Children's Villages, please visit our
“sponsor corner.”
