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Slate is a daily online magazine that offers fresh angles on stories in the news and innovative entertainment coverage, all with its signature wit and irreverence. Pushing the boundaries of convention, Slate publishes provocative commentary on topics such as politics, culture, business, and technology. “My Goodness” is a weekly advice column where Slate answers readers’ questions about how to do good in the world — or, at least, how to try to do better.
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Blog /// My Goodness | Trying to Volunteer
July 15, 2010 by Constance Casey for Slate.com
Dear My Goodness, I'm a twentysomething legal assistant who was very involved in charity organizations in college. I'd like to volunteer one evening a week, but I'm getting discouraged because some version of the following keeps happening. The organization gets back to me and asks whether I'll send my available dates and times to set up an interview. I do so immediately but don't hear back from them for weeks. Then someone from the charity e-mails with "thanks for your patience." We set up a time for a phone interview, and they don't call.Tags: slate.com, volunteering, charity, goodwill
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Report /// My Goodness | A Private Matter
May 5, 2010 by Patty Stonesifer and Sandy Stonesifer for Slate.com
As fallout from the Great Recession continues to besiege families on all fronts, the cost of a private education is creating an exodus of students from private to public schools. In an April 2009 My Goodness column, Patty Stonesifer and Sandy Stonesifer addressed one parent's concern that sending her children to private school hurt local schools and her community.Tags: slate.com, parenting, california, community, government, teachers, schools, tools
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Report /// My Goodness | Volunteer Vacations
May 4, 2010 by Sandy Stonesifer for Slate.com
Dear Sandy, I'm a young professional who has saved a week of vacation in 2010 to do something charitable and see a different part of the world. Unfortunately, I can't decipher from all the volunteerism Web sites out there which are legitimate charities and where I can find a good match for my limited time and money. Do you have any recommendations?Tags: slate.com, travel, services, volunteering, charity
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Essay /// Feeling Resolute
January 1, 2010 by Sandy Stonesifer for Slate.com
Usually I take the lead from you, the readers, on what questions to answer. But this week I've decided to deviate a bit. It's a new year and almost my one-year anniversary writing My Goodness, so instead of answering your questions, I'm going to answer my own: What do I want to know about goodness?Tags: slate.com, goodwill, resolutions, volunteering, politics, charity
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Blog /// My Goodness | Garden-Variety Activism
August 7, 2009 by Sandy Stonesifer for Slate.com
Dear Sandy, There's a vacant lot near my home that's been sitting empty for a long time. I'm interested in trying to start a community/co-op garden. It would be an attractive place instead of an empty lot. We could possibly get some local businesses to donate equipment and topsoil. People could grow their own organics and, if they sell some, put a percentage of the money back into the co-op. People without a cash investment can contribute their time instead. The city could add this to one of its "green" spaces. Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of time to organize this, I'm relatively new to the community, and I grow nice houseplants but know almost zilch about farming.
