We dug up some cool social good projects to help you get your charity on this Sunday while also showing mom how much you care. Take a look and let us know in the comments which you think were best able to combine the holiday and charity.
Social Good for Mother's Day
To Mama With Love is running an international collaborative art project to honor mothers. Users can create a "heartspace" with a donation to Epic Change, a non-profit that empowers women in countries such as Afghanistan, Nepal and Tanzania. Heartspaces are online cards that you can fill with images, text and video to send to the women in your life.
eBay is getting into the mix with a dedicated digital storefront for Mother's Day. Sellers from the page will donate a minimum of 10% of sales to Women for Women International, providing work training and education to female war survivors. eBay also is organizing celebrity auctions for women-oriented charities at its Be Her Hero page.
EngenderHealth, a reproductive health organization for women, is letting users plant a virtual flower for their mothers. For every flower, an unnamed donor will give $5 in support of maternal health to EngenderHealth.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières is making it real easy to honor your mom and do some good. You can send an ecard by donating to the organization, which brings medical and humanitarian aid to impoverished or in-crisis communities.
The UN's World Food Programme is also offering up ecards and donations but with a spin. Users can select different cards to support different initiatives, like feeding children in Bolivia, educating women in Ethiopia or donating a stove to a Sri Lankan woman. Each card and donation can be made on behalf of -- and sent to -- your very own mother.
Macy's has started up a Facebook campaign called the "Thank-A-Mom Movement." Liking the Page allows users to send an ecard, and Macy's will donate $5 to five women-focused charities up to $400,000. The good news is that Macy's already hit its target but you can still Like the Page for a free ecard and to show your support for the cause.
(RED) is launching a campaign on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, encouraging people to share photos or text of something they got from their mother. The goal is to raise awareness about mother-to-child transmission of HIV, the idea being that we want to receive positive traits from our mothers but not a preventable illness. Users can share their love using #RED2015 on Twitter or Instagram, or check out (RED)'s Facebook Page.
Donate. Of course, you can always just make a donation on behalf of your mother. Pick a registered charity that she supports -- or that benefits women's rights and issues -- and let her know how her donation is helping.
There are dozens more worthy projects out there. How are you showing your love? Let us know in the comments.
