This episode shares five simple ways to help the environment: use fluorescent light bulbs, carpool, dispose of your garbage in an environmentally conscious manner, turn off your air conditioning when you're not going to be at home, and paint with light colors.

If you have acted on any of the ideas you heard on 52 Ways this year, please email me at juliemz@comcast.net to let me know.  I'll share all the stories of listeners making a difference on the final episode.

Print out these cards and share them with others to raise awareness of simple steps to prevent breast cancer, thyroid cancer, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and suicide.

www.yellowribbon.org/PrintInfo.html

nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/safe_sleep_gen.cfm

http://ww5.komen.org/BreastCancer/EducationalMaterialsampPrograms.html?terms

www.aace.com/public/awareness/tam/2006/pdfs/NeckCheckCard.pdf

If you have acted on any of the ideas you heard on 52 Ways this year, please email me at juliemz@comcast.net to let me know.  I'll share all the stories of listeners making a difference on the final episode!

Donate used eyeglasses and sunglasses to Lions Clubs International to help people in developing country enjoy better vision.  Visit www.lionsclubs.org/EN/content/vision_index.shtml to find information about where to donate your glasses.

You can also contribute your hair to Locks of Love, an organization which provides children suffering from hair loss with custom-made prostheses.  Visit www.locksoflove.org for more information.

If you have acted on any of the ideas you heard on 52 Ways this year, please email me at juliemz@comcast.net to let me know.  I'll share all the stories of listeners making a difference on the final episode!