1.   I try to raise money for a worthy cause each year and plan to support the charity in its work by collecting used stamps.

2.   Foundations created by Henry Ford and John Paul Getty bestow millions on good causes every year.

3.   For the most part, antiabortion lawmakers have pushed their cause this year by taking aim at spending bills.

4.   The horse with a cause this year is Running Stag, who won the race last year and who campaigns as relentlessly as a political candidate.