1. Donate what you can:  food, time, skill, blood. You have it in you.
2. Email, tweet, and update your Facebook status to spread the word about your favourite charity
3. Contact your MPP and your MP to remind them how important nonprofits are during tight economic times. Tell your friends to do the same.
4. Throw a party to benefit your charity of choice! I am having a blast working with the best team ever to organize #HoHoTo - all the proceeds will go to the Toronto Daily Bread Food Bank
5. If you have a blog, write a post about your favourite charity and why it matters we support it more than ever  Link to its website and anything else they might have created – videos, facebook pages, twitter, etc.
6. If you have a gift registry, condsider including links to GiveMeaning.com, CanadaHelps.org, and GetInvolved.ca, or the charities of your choice to have your friends donate $5, $10, $20 and up. Every little bit matters.
7. If you have a website, let your favourite orgs advertise on it for free for a day/week/month/year
8. If you are a café/restaurant/bar owner, create a signature dish or drink and name it in honor of your favorite organization. (Love this one, borrowed from the Social Citizens)
9. Write a blog post about a cause/charity that you are passionate about. Include a link to the cause/charity (OK, I borrowed this great idea from Social Citizens, who borrowed it from @rogercarr but it’s a good one!)
10.  Click for charity. Great examples of this are LOVE and Free Rice.

Do you have anything to add to the list? Please leave a comment and I’ll update it.

UPDATE: I just came across 71 ideas on how to give when you’re short on the money:
Do take a look, it’s a fanatastic blogger-generated list.