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I think that you have to help causes at home first before you go solving other people's problems. I don't want this to sound like I'm showing off, but I have worked damn hard in the past to raise money for charities such as Barnardos, NSPCC, St Joseph's Penny (involved in my local area), CAFOD and many others. I feel that I should help UK charities first, and then look towards international donations. I also put some change into the Salvation Army's box when I see it every weekend.
I can't afford to donate money to every charity that asks, otherwise I'd need the help of charities myself. When you're only on £3/hour and trying to study for 5 A levels, it's not easy to get money to spend for your family or yourself, let alone all the causes you wish to donate to.
The best way to help is to go along with a charitable organisation who give money on your behalf (so to speak). For example, my account with the Yorkshire Building Society donates a percentage of the interest on the money in it to a charity of my choice (the NSPCC). That means that all my money is working 24/7 for good causes, and in exchange the YBS do not have shareholders to pay dividends to, and if they do float on the stockmarket then any shares I would usually get are instead given to a charitable cause.
In conclusion, help those charities which mean most to *you* personally, if someone in your family has died of cancer, then perhaps help out Cancer Research UK or a similar organisation. Perhaps you were abused as a child and want to help the NSPCC to make sure that such things don't happen to other people. Whatever you do and however much you donate, just remember that you're not doing it to boast, get a higher status on AntiOnline, or any other selfish reason - you're doing it to help others less fortunate than you are.
I don't want to hear *anyone* insulting the way people help others, whether it be by giving up your time, money or some other sacrifice. It's not about how much you give or how often you do so, it's about making the world a better place for everybody.
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Ahem, back to the subject at hand--it's a lovely cause I have supported for years, and one that I give a pretty good amount of money to. It is a terrible disease, and in my understanding strikes people in our age group primarily,
There are many other causes you can donate your money to also, and if you do then GREAT!
JP-my check is in the mail today-isn't too much, but I gotta bail my mom and her best friend out. They DIRECTLY affect my life on a day to day basis, and you know the saying "If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy...." I would like to be able to be happy as she lives around the corner from me, and I see her on a day to day basis...ya know? Lol... ;)
Deb :D
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You donated -2.00. Now thats interesting!
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JP's character flaw
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Originally posted here by JP
Greetings All:
NetSyn is right in a way (although he's probably not doing the best of jobs expressing it). Charity does indeed begin at home.
However, I never did ban anyone, or do anything negative, or even say anything negative, towards someone that said that they aren't going to donate. I give a lot of money to a lot of different organizations each year (in the thousands of dollars), and I certainly know that you can't support every organization that comes along asking for a donation.
When I was first approached by the MDA (who I do give a donation to each year), I thought about their request for a while before giving them an answer. My thinking was as follows:
We have around 90,000 members. People from around the world, who share a common interest and desire to learn. We have worked on projects together, helped each other with technical problems, and have congradulated each other on the birth of babies, on weddings, graduations from college and highschool. We have talked to one another to help through difficult times, everyday work and school stresses, and life in general. To sum it all up, we are a community.
I thought that by having a cause, like the MDA, that everyone in the community could contribute to, even in a VERY small way, say $1 or $2, we could be proud as a group about how much our each individual efforts added up to one large contribution. Something that would give each of us a chance to feel good about ourselves, and about the community in which we are involved in. A chance to accomplish not only a personal good, but more importantly, a collective good.
I guess sometimes I just put a little bit too much faith in people. Yet another of my character flaws I suppose......
Well when you put it like that..... actually I was going to give as soon as I can. wife, 3 kids, cat, dog, two hamsters, I got a whole lot of mouths to feed ya know. :thumbsup:
And BTW I don't think that's a character flaw at all. ;)
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You can always sell the cat, dog, and hamsters on ebay!!
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I'd like to give more than 25 cents, Louie.
hehehe
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lmfao @ ebay...
u can always sell the wife on ebay *watch how u might reply to this she might have a keylogger on u*
