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Hi everyone- I organize an atheist meetup group in my town and I'm trying to do a blanket and coat donation for the homeless and less fortunate but I have had a really hard time finding a charity to donate to that isn't faith based. I don't live in a huge city (greensboro, NC) so we can't exactly walk up to the homeless and hand these things out- it pretty much has to be donated to a shelter or soup kitchen, etc. I've emailed a lot of places and no one has gotten back to me. Does anyone have any suggestions on non faith based charities? My group is extremely interested in doing a lot of charity work and I really want this to be our first step.

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Permalink Reply by Trance Gemini on December 14, 2009 at 8:54pm

You could try this one too.

http://www.secularcenterusa.org/

They're an AN group and quite new.

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Permalink Reply by Sean Pontious on December 17, 2009 at 8:37am

Hi Heather! Check out this blog post for a list of non-faith charities!

href="http://techskeptic.blogspot.com/2007/12/atheist-charities.htm...

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Permalink Reply by katalyzt on December 17, 2009 at 10:22am

Hello Heather,

The following link has a long list of secular/atheistic charities. I am not sure though if any on them cover the homeless issue.

http://www.thinkatheist.com/notes/Secular_charities

But maybe these two links may help you:

http://www.atheistvolunteers.org/node/41
http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/atheistshelpingthehomeless (Joe Zamecki)

Oh and here is a link to find out whether a charity/organization is using your donations for religious purposes, or in ways that you are not normally privy to.

http://www.activistcash.com/

Katalyzt