Comments | minus9: charity

minus9

charity

Apr 24, 2007 20:51

A friend of mine's daughter is doing the Multiple Sclerosis readathon this year, to raise money for MS research. How could I go past sponsoring someone for reading, particularly for charity?! I'm trying to increase the percentage of my income that I contribute to charity, so it was an easy choice anyway ( Read more... )

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scarlet_arts April 24 2007, 12:30:05 UTC

Reading is a reasonably noble cause, but I supported her because she's into pink beanies.

Priorities, Ralf - please.

minus9 April 24 2007, 12:38:13 UTC

LOL I just can't seem to place the football team that those colours are of. I'm sure she's a huge Big Brother fan too!!! ;-)

(thank you)

omegamorningsta April 25 2007, 00:30:23 UTC

Oh such lies!! She is not a big brother fan in the slightest! What KIND of parent do you think I am?!?!!

*lol*

... she does think many of the child pseudo-stars on the Nickelodeon channel are the height of cool, however. We can but try.

Thank you for your support, she squeals and jumps about whenever she sees her page change. :-)

egbert April 24 2007, 14:35:23 UTC

Well, off the top of my head, we donate to the Humane Society, Dumb Friends League, public radio, and the Legal Center (provides free services to people with disabilities). Oh, and the educational foundation for my fraternity.

And we are zoo volunteers.

minus9 April 26 2007, 07:33:09 UTC

we donate to the ... Dumb Friends League

I bet they get LOTS of jokes about donations... :-)

Those sound like wonderful causes.

R

hana_broom April 25 2007, 00:23:59 UTC

Most of my support for charities is currently via volunteering and doing graphic design and web design for them currently. So, mostly the Endeavour Foundation and Recycled Runners (where they send second hand running shoes overseas to people who need them). I always give money to the Big Issue, the Salvos, Cancer Research, Diabetes, Save the Children and MS if I see the collectors.

The people I refuse to give money to are any charity that will not accept a one off donation (the type that will only sign you up if you'll do a monthly direct debit) - I think it's crazy that they refuse you if you offer them cash, hence, I figure, they don't actually need it that much!

minus9 April 26 2007, 07:34:54 UTC

Completely agree about the money sucker charities. Yuck.

Big Issue is one I also always get, and I suppose I do a bit of walking up and down the street to collect for a few causes. I'd forgotten about that :-) Recycled runners sound cool!

Close to my heart! jogaines April 30 2007, 05:20:01 UTC

I donate money to and walk dogs for Doggie Rescue some weekends. Doggie Rescue is a private registered charity that believes in saving and re-homing as many dogs as possible from the council pounds. Doggie Rescue, thankfully, have a no-kill policy, which is what lured me to them in the first place. Most of the dogs that I walk have deep rooted pain (both physically and emotionally) and often have to be coaxed across parks and footpaths. Often I just spend an hour or so giving them cuddles and some loving words. Which ultimately is very rewarding and never feels like 'charity work'. Once I have a "home" with a yard, I hope to take home one of these lovely mutts for good ( ... )

Jumping optional... jogaines April 30 2007, 05:24:13 UTC

On another note, I donated money to my niece for 'Jump Rope for Heart' last week. I was suprised to note that participants no longer have to reach a certain skipping 'goal' to earn more $$'s from their sponsors. In a world where childhood obesity is of such grave concern, surely opportunities like this should be used to encourage active participation, rather than simply 'entry'. Could this be the Australian school system attempting a 'PC' entry mechanic, or some other equally puzzelling rationale?