Give up your coffee shop habit and donate the savings.  Pass on the yawns by asking your family and co-workers to do the same. How long can you go without?

Start the summer off right with a donation to the DFA.

Have you donated yet?

Start an Indiegogo fundraising campaign for your $1000. Offer incentives if people donate at different levels -- e.g. for $10 you’ll write a poem about their dog, for $100 you’ll bake them homemade cookies.