<div class="article-entry"><p>Here are some tips for donating to charity, now or at any time (adapted from Consumer Reports):</p><ul><li>If you plan on claiming your donation on your tax return, make sure the charity you’re interested in is tax-exempt.</li><li>Watch out for sound-alikes. It’s not uncommon for low-rated charities to select names similar to high-rated charities.</li><li>When possible, give directly to the charity itself rather than a professional fundraiser or other go-between.</li></ul></div>

110324-N-8288P-480 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 24, 2011) Ship's Serviceman Seaman Steven Day, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) places food into a box set aside for donations to Sendai, Japan. Fitzgerald Sailors donated some of their own blankets, toiletries, clothing and perishable food to the people of Sendai, which was devastated from the 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami March 11. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Pittman/Released)

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<p>Here are some tips for donating to charity, now or at any time (adapted from Consumer Reports):</p>
<ul>
<li>If you plan on claiming your donation on your tax return, make sure the charity you’re interested in is tax-exempt.</li>
<li>Watch out for sound-alikes. It’s not uncommon for low-rated charities to select names similar to high-rated charities.</li>
<li>When possible, give directly to the charity itself rather than a professional fundraiser or other go-between.</li>
</ul>


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Here are some tips for donating to charity, now or at any time (adapted from Consumer Reports):If you plan on claiming your donation on your tax return, make sure the charity you’re interested in is tax-exempt.Watch out for sound-alikes. It’s not uncommon for low-rated charities to select names similar to high-rated charities.When possible, give directly to the charity itself rather than a professional fundraiser or other go-between.

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