Do you contribute to charities or do charitable work?

I make a monthly donation to St. Jude's Children's Hospital. Children's cancer is an abomination.

Charity begins at home I was told and I give enough freely there only.....:)D 

Yes there are 3 that we give to monthly. 

I mostly give locally to animal rescues, organizations that support people without homes and folks with mental illness. I volunteer for these causes as well, though not as much as I could. 

One of my favorite Dalai Lama quotes: 

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." 


This post was edited by SavvyAnsley at April 9, 2020 2:18 AM MDT

I was involved with the Children's Miracle Network and our local hospital for most of my adult life, until I left my home town and state.  I have never reconnected and now live where there is no local Children's Hospital; the closest one is about 50 miles away.    I was active in  The Telephone Pioneers for my whole career and am still a lifetime member but not active.   Charitable mission activities in connection with my Church have always been part of my life as well. I have been asked to become involved in the historical society; I am considering it.   I'm very picky about where I donate as far as charities go.  Many have good intentions but are not efficient and effective.  This website is helpful in finding good places for your charitable dollars to land:  

https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.cnadvisories

Yes, I do contribute regularly to St. Jude's Childrens Hospital, DAV, VFW, Tunnel to Towers, Feed the Children, City Harvest and a couple of others not as regularly.  My employer also matches donations.  

Yes, I used to make it a point to give 10% of my net income (which wasn't very much by most American's standards) to Christian charities like the Christian Children's Fund and our local Church.  I also give occasionally to various food drives etc. promoted by our grocery store at check out.  But I NEVER tell anyone about my charitable giving because that would be too much like bragging and, I am proud to say, I am a very humble, generous person. Oh and I help my elderly friends by giving them rides to the Dr. etc. Don't tell anyone.

I don't have enough money to donate, barely enough to make ends meet at home and on the land.

But I tutor a Githabul kid for an hour once a week.

And counsel eight hours a week on the phones at Lifeline; once a month, I do an all nighter.

I do a day's Landcare once a month. That's weed control and the planting of endemic species in public places with a local team. 

Annually, I usually help with various tasks for the local World Environment Day Festival, but this year it's been cancelled due to COVID.

When it comes to election times, I hand out Greens how to vote slips at the hustings, and later help with the scrutineering.

At uni, I help with online structural, copy and proof editing of a literary magazine. This post was edited by inky at April 9, 2020 4:43 PM MDT

It's a bit of a shambles at the moment, what with charities not able to run their usual annual fundraisers. I'm waiting for the dust to settle on this virus business.

Foodbanks have also been disrupted with their usual supplies not always available in the shops and many of their volunteers unable to venture forth. 

Volunteer for Red Cross on Saturday mornings, donate to the Salvos, shop at opportunity shops.