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 http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/our-work/sight-programs/eyeglass-recycling/how-you-can-help.php 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!

If you're over 17 years old, you weigh more than 110 pounds, and you're in good health, you are probably eligible to give blood.  Yet only 5% of Americans who can give blood decide to donate.

You can save up to three lives by giving blood.  Visit www.givelife.org today to find a blood drive near you.

You can also listen to the terrific Red Cross podcast, "Cross the Globe," on iTunes or at http://blog.redcross.org/category/podcast.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Think pink this month by visiting these three free websites, which allow you to fight breast cancer just by clicking a button or taking a simple quiz:

www.thebreastcancersite.com

http://breastcancer.care2.com

www.catchow.com/pink

Getting trained in CPR or first aid this summer can prepare you to save a life in the event of an emergency.

The American Red Cross (www.redcross.org) and the American Heart Association (www.americanheart.org) offer courses in CPR, first aid, and other other valuable lifesaving skills.  The American Heart Association also sells CPR Anytime, a kit that can teach you CPR in 22 minutes.

You can also listen to the terrific Red Cross podcast, "Cross the Globe," on iTunes or at http://blog.redcross.org/category/podcast.

You can read books out loud right in your own home to provide audiobooks for the visually impaired.

One great organization that welcomes volunteers to record books is Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (www.rfbd.org).