Spare some time to Strike Out Hunger with Project Bread! Today, local families are struggling now more than ever to put food on the table. Make a difference while having a good time at Project Bread’s bowl-a-thon event on Monday, November 9, from 6–10 P.M. at Lucky Strike Lanes/Jillian’s in Boston. The money raised will help ensure that your neighbors in Massachusetts have enough to eat in the tough winter months ahead. For more information or to start a team visit www.projectbread.org/bowlathon.

SmallCanBeBig lets you read about local folks who need money, then donate to them. Microdonations? John Connors set it up, the Boston Business Journal reports.

The Shapiro Family Foundation, which saw half its holdings disappear in the Madoff scandal, vows to honor all its previously announced funding commitments.

Foundation Web site.

It's charity walk season here in Boston, and that means every weekend, some part of the city will be shut down, causing major traffic and mobility headaches.

I think there is a better way...charity walks, extortion style.

Get on the radio as part of this Sunday's audience participation event for "Radio With A View" at Jimmy Tingle's Off-Broadway Theater in Davis Square, Somerville. The event begins at 4:00 pm.

Mike Mennnonno tries to sort out three conflicting reports that say A) We absolutely suck at giving to charity, B) We are great at giving to charity and C) We're right in the middle of the pack at giving to charity.

Betsy notes that this Sunday is May Fair in Harvard Square and that among the events is a baldie booth:

... Food, crafts, merchant displays, buskers, the strolling crowds--and something special and wacky from Diego Salon--"a haircutting event to raise money for breast cancer and to donate hair to be made into wigs for children who lose their hair to chemotherapy." ...

You don't have to get all your hair cut off, though - 10 inches of locks is enough to get you a free haircut and makeover.