A Bellingham, Washington based organization that helps people in the helping of others is rapidly growing in popularity thanks in part to the amount of press coverage it receiving.

Local and national press coverage of the organization over the past three weeks has seen a huge surge in gifts. The organization was founded in 2007 by Lionel and Misha Thompson.

The organization is appeared on NBC Nightly News on Friday night, giving the organization an even bigger boost.

In the last three weeks the organization received $54,000 in gifts. These gifts are given out to recipients without revealing the identity of the giver. Prior to the recent surge, Giving Anonymously, assisted in giving $215,000 via 400 gifts.

Thanks in no small part to the actions of Kanye West last weekend; Taylor Swift’s page on MySpace has surpassed the 20 million mark for music streams.

She is currently ranked in the Top 10 for the most MySpace visits for all genres of music, and is MySpace’s current top-ranking Country artist.

At Sunday VMA’s Kanye West rudely jumped on stage during Taylor’s acceptance speech for winning Best Female Video.

Delonte West, an NBA guard for the Cavaliers was arrested on Thursday night after police found he was carrying three loaded guns.

Delonte, 26, is a native of the D.C. area. Authorities say he was traveling north on the Beltway in a Can-Am Spyder, a three wheel motorcycle,  when he cut off an officer near Route 214. He was pulled over for making an unsafe lane change. West informed the officer that he had a handgun in his wasteband.

The officer called for backup and ordered a search of the vehicle. A Beretta 9mm, Ruger. 357 magnum and a shotgun were uncovered in the search. The shotgun was found within a guitar case on West’s back.

West was charged with two criminal counts of carrying a handgun and was issued with a traffic citation for driving “in excess of reasonable and prudent speed.”

He was released Friday morning and is scheduled to appear in court on November 20.

Children most at risk for infection & LEAST at risk of fatality

Recent H1N1 (Swine Flu) data shows that although higher H1N1 fatality rates are found amongst middle aged adults (who contract H1N1), there are more confirmed cases of Swine Flu in young adults and children. The data shows that the strong immune system of young teens is paying off in the fight against swine flu, but that middle aged adults, who are more prone to preexisting health conditions, are finding it hard to get rid of the swine flu once they get it.

Stanford University’s Dr. Harry Greenberg, proffessor of microbiology doesnt believe that there is enough data to say for sure what is causing the noticeable difference in fatality rates and infection rates between age demographics. Dr. Greenberg commented on the subject, saying:

“I don’t have a good explanation to totally account for this,” he said, “except to say it’s early in the data-gathering business.”

According to CDC data, more than half of those afflicted with swine flu during their latest analysis were aged 12 or younger.