If you have $5 to spare, here are some people that can use it. 

• Cynthia Kincaid is a writer colleague of mine (and fellow Sun Devil) who is facing a pancreatic cancer diagnosis. Cancer treatment is challenging in the best of times but especially for a freelancer. Cynthia is the person who always amplifies the posts of those in need. I’d like to do the same for her. https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-cynthia-in-her-cancer-fight
• Help families in the historically Black community of Altadena rebuild after the devastating L.A. fires. Stephanie Harrison of The New Happy shared this spreadsheet of GoFundMe links. $250 million as of February 12, 2025, more than the amount donated on the platform for all disasters in 2024. I am taking this as a sign of hope for our collective humanity.) 
• The Trevor Project is working to prevent suicide among LGBTQ youth.
• Support your local library. 

Libraries offer front-line support to so many including a lot of children. Librarians are a force. 

• $5 also goes a long way for a food bank. We recently discovered a local organization that leverages neighborhood-based food collection every other month to support the local food bank. Food banks often publish wishlists. Check out your local food bank or consider contributing to a food bank in an area of great need: like D.C., Asheville, and Los Angeles.

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