young women from having to decide: dinner or pills? A legislative error made the price of birth control skyrocket for low-income and college-age women. It was an unintended mistake, but Congress has been slow to fix it. Contact your representative through www.ppaction.org/campaign/birthcontrolprice/.

ahead while you run errands. On the walk to lunch, in your office window, or on your bike ride home your phone or iPod is ripe for rejuvenation. www.Noonsolar.com sells tote bags with solar panels stylishly incorporated on the outside to catch the sun’s rays and convert them to iPod juice. The bags are made of sustainable materials and are hand-dyed using natural pigments.

your Senators to support the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. It’s already passed the House, but Senate Republicans prevented the bill from moving forward. Afterwards, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), said, "Women of America: Put your lipstick on, square your shoulders, suit up… The revolution starts tonight." Start our revolution at www.nwlc.org/fairpay/.

mail-order catalogs that you’re only using to line the bird cage. Sign up at www.catalogchoice.org and they’ll get the message to the mailbox busters that you’re not particularly in need of metallic man thongs.

state-sponsored censorship by publishing fragments of censored material on your blog. Irrepressible.info is an Amnesty International campaign to protect freedom of expression. Internet repression occurs in countries like China, Vietnam, Tunisia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Syria, and IT companies like Yahoo! have become compliant in handing over users’ private data.

up the shore. Help clean up after folks who left more than their footprints at a community beach sweep on TybeeIsland. May 3, 9:30am-noon. Parking passes, t-shirts and picnic lunch provided. 912.786.9688 or www.tybeebeautification.org/.

to the greater good. The newly-established Greater Bluffton Community Fund seeks generous donors as it begins awarding grants for generations to come to a broad range of local non-profit organizations, from health and human services to education initiatives to the arts. 843.681.9100 or www.cf-lowcountry.org.

your body and mind to benefit Literacy Volunteers of the Lowcountry. A $20 ticket to “Cooks & Books” entitles you to sample dishes from top local restaurants and meet your favorite regional authors. Sunday, May 18, 11:30am-4pm at the Mall at Shelter Cove, HHI. 843.686.6655.

a beacon of hope and healing. The RapeCrisis Center of the Coastal Empire seeks volunteers to serve as hospital responders and answer its 24-hour crisis line. Compassion, commitment and confidentiality a must. 912.233.3000 or www.rccsav.org/volunteer.html