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01-31-2009, 01:57 PM
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Charitable giving
Just me being snoopy.
What are your favorite charities to give to? I give regularly to my church, local soup kitchen, food bank, Catholic Charities, Food for the Poor, CNEWA, and Oblate Missionaries. 
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01-31-2009, 02:15 PM
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Church, girl scouts, 4H and the local support/crisis/pantry I help with weekly.
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01-31-2009, 02:19 PM
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Church.
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01-31-2009, 04:35 PM
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I give to my church, the Salvation Army, and the goodwill. Once a year I also pick a cancer research fund to give some money to (last year it I picked ovarian cancer).
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01-31-2009, 07:50 PM
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food bank and women's shelter and spca
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01-31-2009, 08:08 PM
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I don't give, but I do tip 100% for honest good style service. I hope I can get to a point of comfort soon where I do give on a regular basis.
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01-31-2009, 10:19 PM
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I give alot through my church, but then I also donate to four particular groups: Make-A-Wish foundation (granted a wish for my brother), Sunshine Kids (made life alot better for my brother while he was undergoing over 4 years of cancer treatment), American Cancer Society (3 members of my immediate family have had cancer, so I try to help support cancer research), and the Boy Scouts of America (I'm an Eagle Scout, and was in the scouting program since I was 8).
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02-01-2009, 08:04 AM
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We give to our synagogue, Goodwill, Purple Heart Veterans, the local PBS network, the Jewish Federation and some other assorted donations throughout the year.
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02-01-2009, 09:06 AM
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Our church is where we give the most to. We also support 2 Autism groups and the Navigators.
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02-01-2009, 09:21 AM
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My favorite is our local, no kill, animal shelter. I just mailed them a check yesterday. I also support our local cancer drive, the local food bank and habitat for humanity. I also give to red cross and salvation army.
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02-01-2009, 10:20 AM
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I donate blood, too.
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Steve * Despite the high cost of living, it remains very popular. * Why should I pay for my daughter's education when she already knows everything? * There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth going.
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02-01-2009, 11:51 AM
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 And yes, Goodwill gets a lot of our unneeded items, too.
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02-01-2009, 12:06 PM
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02-01-2009, 02:09 PM
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02-01-2009, 02:15 PM
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We divide our monthly charity budget three ways. One part goes to the local foodbank, one part goes to the local animal shelter, and the last portion goes to whatever charity speaks to us that month. Sometimes it's the local hospice, we did Toys for Tots a couple of months ago, and sometimes it's the local homeless shelter.
It's important to me for our charitable contributions to stay as local as possible. Even though some of them do good work, we don't often give to national organizations. We prefer to support smaller organizations that directly benefit our community. I'm also a regular blood donor. It's such an important thing to do. Since my mom has been on chemo she has needed at least a couple dozen units of blood to help her along. I'm profoundly grateful to all the people who help keep her alive and fighting.
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02-01-2009, 02:53 PM
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Sometimes I just do the free for me type thing:
freemicroloan Aside from church giving, and donations of stuff we also support Kiva, and Heifer international. Plus of course our local scouts, that registration fee doesn't begin to cover the amount of money we pour into the programs! (boy and girl)
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02-01-2009, 02:58 PM
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International Kids Fund and United Negro College Fund as well as the occasional local charity and my alma mater.
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