Have you heard of KIVA and what are your thoughts?

Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website. They let you lend to the working poor.

http://www.kiva.org. I just came across the web site and while I haven't taken the time to read through it or do any research it certainly seems like a great idea. I just wondered what someone elses take on it is.

I currently go to www.freekibble.com where you answer their little quiz and they donate food to shelter dogs and cats. This does not cost to play and they really do donate the food. You can play once a day and im my case the food goes to Safehaven in Linn County.

Recently I spent some time helping at Vina Moses. This is a place where everything is free to the people who sign up to shop there. They put out nice clothes, (nothing with stains or tears). They have bedding, kitchen items, shoes, full layettes for newborn babies. Everything thing a person donates is given to a family (or individual) in need. It is like a free Goodwill store. The volunteers are the nicest ladies you could hope to meet. Right now they are putting aside all brand new things that come in and before school starts they will outfit childen with all they need to go to school feeling good about themselves. This is a true angel organization. What an opportunity to give back to a community that provides us such a wonderful place to live. I will certainly want to spend more time here.