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Tutor For Good – Tutoring Struggling Students

Time taken:
Upto 30 minutes to virtually interact with students seeking help with maths and algebra education
Impact:
Helps to inform minds and change lives
Cost:
Nothing
Pyjama Rating:
No pyjamas, just day clothes

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Do Good, E-Mentoring, North America, People, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Sports & Education, Under 30 minutes, United States

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Tutor For Good – Social Media Awareness

Time taken:
5 minutes to raise awareness of an organisation that helps struggling students
Impact:
Spreads awareness of an initiative that enhances the learning of young students in local communities that provides them with skills for the workplace
Cost:
Nothing
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes or pyjamas

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Do Good, Human Welfare, Miscellaneous, North America, Popular Causes, Promote Good Causes, Quickies!, Under 5 minutes, United States

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Bee Spotter – Data Recording of Bees

Time taken:
5 - 10 minutes to sign up and report a sighting of a bee in Illinois, US. Maybe a little longer to spot a bee in the first place!
Impact:
Helps with the survival of bees, which are essential to nature
Cost:
Nothing
Pyjama Rating:
Pyjama Rating: Day clothes and pjs!

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Garden Insect, Bird, Flower and Animal Count, Green, Home & Garden, North America, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Science & Research, Under 10 minutes, United States

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Land Care Niagara – Click for the Environment

Time taken:
1 minute to click a button that helps the environment
Impact:
Contributes towards providing employment for students and people with disabilities and help the environment
Cost:
Nothing
Pyjama Rating:
100% pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Click To Donate, Computer & Internet, Country, Environment, Green, North America, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 1 minute, United States

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Love Quilts – Cross Stitched Quilts for Sick Children

Time taken:
Multiple sessions of 30 minutes to create a cross stitch square to be incorporated into a child sized quilt
Impact:
Helps comfort a sick child to potentially enable them to be stronger to fight their illness
Cost:
Material and postage costs to America
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes and pyjamas

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Clothing for Babies and Children, Country, Crafts, Do Good, Human Welfare, Multiple 30 minute sessions, North America, Popular Causes, Quickies!, United States

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Preemie Footprints – Providing Comfort to Families of Preemies

Time taken:
Multiple sessions of 30 minutes to handmake preemie clothing items
Impact:
Provides comfort to families of preemies
Cost:
Materials and postage
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes and pyjamas

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Clothing for Babies and Children, Country, Crafts, Do Good, Human Welfare, Multiple 30 minute sessions, North America, Popular Causes, Quickies!, United States

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Ocean Conservancy – Clean Up Campaign

Time taken:
Couple of minutes to complete and submit a petition
Impact:
Show support for legislation aimed at funding conservation and clean up projects
Cost:
Nothing
Pyjama Rating:
100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Advocacy, Aquatic Life & Oceans, By Category, By Time, Country, Environment, General Issues, North America, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 1 minute, United States

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Read This To Me – Reading Service for the Blind

Time taken:
5 - 30 minutes to read aloud a faxed copy of a document
Impact:
Enables blind or visually impaired people know what a document says
Cost:
Nothing
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes or PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Canada, Country, Do Good, Human Welfare, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, North America, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 30 minutes, United States

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Women on Call – Mentoring with a Female Touch

Time taken:
Multiple sessions of 30 minutes to mentor a nonprofit
Impact:
Saving money for nonprofits, that would otherwise be spent on professional skills
Cost:
Nothing
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes or PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Do Good, E-Mentoring, Economic Development, Multiple 30 minute sessions, North America, People, Popular Causes, Quickies!, United States

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Good Egg Project – Pledge an Egg

Time taken:
About 1 minute to enter a few basic details about yourself that enables an egg to be pledged
Impact:
Helps Americans to live more healthily by giving back to the community
Cost:
Nothing
Pyjama Rating:
100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Do Good, Health & Medicine, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, North America, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 1 minute, United States

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Childrens Defense Fund – Protecting Childrens Rights

Time taken:
Up to 10 minutes to fill in details and / or write your story to protect children
Impact:
Helps to provide a strong, effective voice for the children of America
Cost:
Nothing
Pyjama Rating:
100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Advocacy, By Category, By Time, Country, Family and People, Human Welfare, North America, People, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 10 minutes, United States

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Handmade Especially For You – Crafty Scarves

Time taken:
Several sessions of 30 minutes each
Impact:
Makes comfort scarves for abused women
Cost:
Nothing, as free yarn is supplied
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Crafts, Do Good, Human Welfare, Miscellaneous Craftwork, North America, Offline, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 30 minutes, United States

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Children With Hair Loss – Hair Donations

Time taken:
It's over in a snip, although packaging your hair up may take a bit longer
Impact:
Provides real human hair for children suffering from medically related hairloss
Cost:
Postage costs to a U.S. based address
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Do Good, Donate Your Hair, Human Welfare, North America, Offline, People, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 30 minutes, United States

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Cancer Charter – Young People With Cancer

Time taken:
Less than a minute to sign a charter
Impact:
Helps to establish as a standard for care to meet the needs of young people with cancer
Cost:
Nothing
Pyjama Rating:
100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Advocacy, Australia, Australia, By Category, By Time, Country, Europe, Health, Health & Medicine, Miscellaneous, New Zealand, North America, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 1 minute, United Kingdom, United States

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MyBoneYard – Recycling Electronic Gadgets

Time taken:
Under 15 minutes to package up recyclable gadgets
Impact:
Recycles various electronic items with the potential of raising money for charity
Cost:
Nothing, as postage is pre-paid
Pyjama Rating:
Day clothes and PJs

Categories: Actions, By Time, Country, Green, North America, Offline, Quickies!, Recycle, Recycle Gadgets, Under 20 minutes, United States

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