By the goodpurpose team
Breast Cancer Awareness Month is almost over, but disease prevention and awareness should never be limited to one month. Here are some great ways to stay aware and help others in the fight against cancer.
Men Help Women Fight Breast Cancer in Quirky Mobile App

By Allison Goldberg
This week’s goodies include a look at how life expectancies have changes since the 60s, a potential new avenue of nonprofit funding and another look at Kickstarter’s rapid growth.

By Allison Goldberg
Happy [Jewish] holidays!

By Allison Goldberg
Today’s goodies bring us another way to commemorate the tenth anniversary of 9/11, an inspiring rendering of Kiva’s successes and a creative way that violence is being turned into art.

By Allison Goldberg
As those of us in the tri-state area are a bit preoccupied with Irene, we’ve decided to focus our weekly round-up on stories about natural disaster preparation and recovery.
New Technology To Predict Earthquakes, Floods

The following is a guest post from Joe Waters of Selfish Giving.

By Allison Goldberg
Happy… last Friday of July? Below we have an uplifting video from Citgo’s Fueling Good campaign, news about a green school in Bali, and four amazing ways that the iPad is revolutionizing life for people with disabilities.

By Allison Goldberg and Claudia Cardenal
Sure, there are tons of these posts bouncing around the blogosphere. But you can never have too many posts on fast and easy ways to give back, right? Slacktivism, you say? Maybe. But does it matter if we can encourage others to do more than they otherwise might? Take a look at the sites below– some were probably already on your radar, but hopefully there are some new ones as well for you to try out and share.

By Allison Goldberg
It’s Friday, and you know what that means! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II opens tonight! Oh yes, and goodpurpose goodies.