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Headlines from December 24, 2012

Charity Navigator’s top 10 lists of various charities’ achievements and embarrassments.
See also: Best Practices of Savvy Donors.
Cunningham Children’s Home offers healing to young people with serious emotional and behavioral disabilities.
The Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill, NC—a beacon of hope for the families of seriously ill or injured children.
Dorothy House provides loving care and support for people with life-threatening illnesses.
JAM (Junior Appalachian Musicians) brings bluegrass music into poor public schools.
PEN defends free expression, fights for persecuted writers, and advances literature.
A $125 donation provides a six-week bicycle-building workshop for at-risk youth at the Oasis Center.
The Sad Stuff Fund supports the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization.
Just Detention International strives to end rape in prison.
Kid’s Company does great work in South London with children who might otherwise slip through the social net.
The Bowery Mission helps homeless New Yorkers.
Transportation Alternatives: New York City’s advocate for biking, walking, and mass transit.
Hollaback! is an international non-profit aimed at stopping street harassment of women.
Providing hands-on help after natural disasters, All Hands Volunteers connects survivors, donors, and volunteers.
Thistle Farms helps the women of Magdalene House—survivors of prostitution, addiction, and abuse—build work skills, savings, and confidence.
Pajama Program gives PJs and bedtime books to orphaned, neglected, and underserved kids.
Girls Write Now—writing workshops, mentoring, college prep, and therapy.
All About Labs cares for dogs in need, placing them in loving, responsible homes.
Books from Birth of Middle Tennessee sends a free, age-appropriate book once a month to any child who registers, up to age five.
TMN will resume publishing January 2, 2013. Happy new year!