Looking for a way to make a difference through your blog? Look no further than Strengthen The Good, a new project from Alan of Command Post fame:

Here’s the idea: Create a network of bloggers who raise awareness of “micro charities”—charitable opportunities that are simple, personal, non-bureaucratic, and, like Susan Tom, inspiring. Charitable opportunities where someone can feel great about giving $1, or even just from reading the story of the charity, it’s sponsors, and it’s beneficiaries...

Last May I registered the domain www.strengthenthegood.com, which now is the home for a blog of the same name. (It’s a placeholder design for now while Sekimori works her magic.) Every third Sunday night I’ll post about a “Susan Tom-esque” micro-charity. I’ll find them, I’ll qualify them, and I’ll post their story with enough detail that people can qualify them for themselves, and feel good (or even inspired) by what the charity stands for and who it benefits.

Sounds like an excellent idea --- and in fact, I can say from experience that it can work. Anybody remember the Weblog Action Center? It used the same pick-a-cause and everyone-links-to-it idea. And it worked: we were able to get visibility on Blogdex or other indicies for the selected causes. (In case you're wondering and/or have forgotten, I eventually dropped the Action Center because I was juggling too many blog projects and something had to go.)

But with the weight and experience of the Command Post's leader and contributors behind it, I suspect Strengthen the Good has a bright future ahead of it. I've signed up to participate, and you should too!