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Post by robusta on Feb 10, 2018 10:55:19 GMT -5
We donate to the Shriners and to the Thomas Golisano Childrens Center. I toss my change for the bell ringers and the Ronald McDonald House boxes. We also participate in local fundraisers for the Fire Department and Ambulance Corp. We also go to events for individual community members facing some kind tribulation in their lives.
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Feb 10, 2018 11:00:13 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2018 11:00:13 GMT -5
Whenever some scruffy looking panhandler asks me for money I give them a few bucks. So what if they use it for drugs or booze? I still figure they need it more than I do.
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Post by sundown on Feb 10, 2018 13:52:54 GMT -5
Wish I could do more, but other than dropping a few quarters in help for homeless veterans ammo tins and Salvation Army kettles ( Christmas time ) is all I can do,, even if it;s the last cent I have. One of the ways that anyone can donate is through the businesses that give a percentage of what ever you spend with that business to your specified charity. Amazon is a great example of this ! If you use “Amazon Smiles” when you order from Amazon, you can choose any charity you want (local or national) and each time you order from Amazon, they donate a small amount to your charity. Naturally, this is not going to be a lot of money, but it does not cost you anything to do it, and it is from items that you are ordering from Amazon anyway, so why not let amazon donate to your charity while you shop ? Some of the grocery stores also do this, our Kroger Stores have the same kind of a plan, and every time that I shop there, Kroger donates to my charity, which is our local Community Free Clinic (a medical clinic for people who can’t afford insurance) It is easy to check on the website of your grocery store chain and see if they have this program, and then sign up for it.
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Feb 10, 2018 17:06:40 GMT -5
Post by Warrigal on Feb 10, 2018 17:06:40 GMT -5
Whenever some scruffy looking panhandler asks me for money I give them a few bucks. So what if they use it for drugs or booze? I still figure they need it more than I do.
I don't normally give to beggars sitting on the footpath in the city with a cardboard sign asking for money. For one thing some of them are professional beggars and collect a lot of money on top of their government pension.
We don't go to the city all that often but when we do we always buy a copy of The Big Issue which is a magazine style newspaper that is sold by unemployed &/or homeless people. This venture allows them to help themselves with dignity.
As for the street beggars, they only have to walk downtown to the Salvation Army headquarters where they can get a meal, a bed and help to clean up and get back on their feet. It is to the SA that donations should be directed for the best effect.
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Feb 11, 2018 10:37:44 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 10:37:44 GMT -5
Whenever some scruffy looking panhandler asks me for money I give them a few bucks. So what if they use it for drugs or booze? I still figure they need it more than I do.
I don't normally give to beggars sitting on the footpath in the city with a cardboard sign asking for money. For one thing some of them are professional beggars and collect a lot of money on top of their government pension.
We don't go to the city all that often but when we do we always buy a copy of The Big Issue which is a magazine style newspaper that is sold by unemployed &/or homeless people. This venture allows them to help themselves with dignity.
As for the street beggars, they only have to walk downtown to the Salvation Army headquarters where they can get a meal, a bed and help to clean up and get back on their feet. It is to the SA that donations should be directed for the best effect.
I prefer to give directly to people who are obviously in need rather than to some "Charitable" organization where 90% of the money goes to fund fat salaries for the administrators and to pay for their junkets to Five Star resorts where they have "business meetings". As for being "professional beggars" I'm sure there are a few. However most people on the street in America have been marginalized by our jungle capitalistic system and there is very little help for them.
I also gave $500 to Bernie Sander's campaign. There isn't a better way to help the poor than that.
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Feb 11, 2018 16:43:45 GMT -5
Post by Warrigal on Feb 11, 2018 16:43:45 GMT -5
Except for the itinerant homeless who choose not to be in the system in Australia there are pensions available for the unemployed and mentally ill. In that respect you are right to point to the need to pressure government to do something about the people doing it tough on the streets. The same people can also do something about charities by way of regulations and oversight.
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Feb 11, 2018 18:36:44 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 18:36:44 GMT -5
The truth of the matter is I don't give a whole lot to charity. I practice "charity begins at home" My daughter being the primary beneficiary. I've given her three good used vehicles of mine when she got stuck without a car, five grand to help with a down payment on a house and $1800 to help get her house AC fixed when she had blown all her emergency savings on a vacation to Alaska. I also "donate" a couple of grand a year towards my grand daughters college in spite of the fact that she posted this video of rich college drop outs ranting about how you don't need a college degree to be a success. What she dossn't realize is that for every college drop out there that becomes rich and famous there are a thousand others standing on street corners holding an "I'll work for food" sign. But you can't tell her anything. She's a teenager, which means she knows it all.
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Post by highlandannie on Feb 11, 2018 20:48:57 GMT -5
I don't normally give to beggars sitting on the footpath in the city with a cardboard sign asking for money. For one thing some of them are professional beggars and collect a lot of money on top of their government pension.
We don't go to the city all that often but when we do we always buy a copy of The Big Issue which is a magazine style newspaper that is sold by unemployed &/or homeless people. This venture allows them to help themselves with dignity.
As for the street beggars, they only have to walk downtown to the Salvation Army headquarters where they can get a meal, a bed and help to clean up and get back on their feet. It is to the SA that donations should be directed for the best effect.
I prefer to give directly to people who are obviously in need rather than to some "Charitable" organization where 90% of the money goes to fund fat salaries for the administrators and to pay for their junkets to Five Star resorts where they have "business meetings". As for being "professional beggars" I'm sure there are a few. However most people on the street in America have been marginalized by our jungle capitalistic system and there is very little help for them.
I also gave $500 to Bernie Sander's campaign. There isn't a better way to help the poor than that.
I prefer to know it is going to the people who need it. That's why Uganda was the perfect opportunity to help those we knew. We chose one dirt poor girl with good grades to get through university, and several others to go to good secondary schools. Others we helped with medical costs, etc.
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