inspired by Miss Landmine. The pageant celebrates women who have survived landmine explosions, promoting pride and empowerment in beauty, disability, and global awareness. Go to www.miss-landmine.org for photos and news, Miss Landmine t-shirt profits from www.greerchicago.com go to the project.

your panties for peace. Burmese women have endured rape and systemic sexual violence at the hands of the military. The Panties for Peace campaign, launched by women in Burma, plays on regime leaders’ superstitious fear that contact with a woman’s underpants will rob them of their power. Women around the world are asked to post their panties to local Burmese embassies. Find addresses at www.pantiesforpeace.info.

Women WIN by supporting the Women’s Information Network. This nonprofit organization helps pro-choice, Democratic women succeed in Washington by providing them with important opportunities for networking and jobs. By visiting winonline.org, you can donate to or learn more about this organization and be one of the many women helping other women make a political difference!

the Pro-Choice Education Project. This summer, twenty ladies are pedaling from New Orleans to New York City on the PCEP’s Wanderlust Bike Tour to hear and document women’s stories of defending and promoting reproductive justice. Support the tour by donating funds or items from the tour’s wish list online at www.protectchoice.org.

your kids from harmful halogenated fire retardants. According to Friends of the Earth (­www.foe.org), 56% of all infant carriers, 44% of all car seats, 40% of all strollers and 19% of all portable cribs were found to have high levels of halogenated fire retardants, which have been linked health problems as serious as cancer. Join ­www.momsrising.org in a petition to get Graco, a huge manufacturer of products like these, to stop using halogenated fire retardants in their products.

funds for Augusta Youth Center, Inc. (AYC). AYC builds children’s self esteem, teamwork, and problem-solving capabilities through its after school programs; offers computer courses for all ages; and a Clothes Closet. If you have the fundraising skills to pay help pay this nonprofit organization’s bills, call 706.724.0362.

being a girl at Girls Inc.’s Girls Just Want To Have Fun Summer Camp. The girls will explore everything from being green to art, cooking, and everything in-between. If you’re a green thumb, an artist, a cook, or just a girl who wants to have fun, call 706.733.2512.

last year’s phone book in a Telephone Book Recycling Bin and help “Keep Columbia County Beautiful.” Bins are available (until August 31) at The Government Center, 630 Ronald Regan; Fire Department Headquarters, 3910 Desoto; and Fire Department Stations: 703 Furys Ferry, 4590 Oakley Pirkle, and 2264 William Few.