People came to the door collecting money for some spinal thing and for some reason I was just in a giving mood and handed over a 10er....
Has anyone else ever given this amount to a charity? if any at all?
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People came to the door collecting money for some spinal thing and for some reason I was just in a giving mood and handed over a 10er....
Has anyone else ever given this amount to a charity? if any at all?
If I'm in a good mood then whenever I'm asked to donate to charity I usually do, its good Karma man, plus you kinda feel good about yourself after you have donated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dizaster
cc #59 Diz
It’s good to do things like that mate ! Good for the soul If everyone did a just a fraction of that the world would be a positive place, when I am donating time or money I like to verify it’s a legit operation. So many scam snuffs out there.
I will hand out just about anything I have on me to a homeless person. I've delt out cash. I've handed over a jacket. Once when I had nothing else I could give I took off my rosary and said , "this is all I have to give you," and followed it up with, "He hasn't forgotten you, brother."
Charities themselves I seldom give to. I like to see the person who gets my money. Not the most Christian way of thinking but it's just who I am.
right on BG ! cc in 24
Yeah that's right!! Normally I just kinda fob them off a little or maybe give them a 2er...
But I did feel good for giving them something worthwile.. They were over the moon!
So yeah, i'm on the right side of Karma today =) My name is earl....
That's exactly how I feel.Quote:
Originally Posted by BoxingGorilla
I mean, I know research funds and everything are greatly needed, but handing over, say, $25 to an organization and never knowing what happens to that money is kind of off putting.
cc for the generous heart.
I also give to homeless whenever I can too. But I'm weary on giving them straight up cash. Most of the times there's a McDonald's or a Subway nearby where homeless people are. I usually offer to grab them a sandwich or something instead of handing them over money.
The truly hungry are usually extremely grateful.
The suspected druggies don't always take you up on the offer.
CC #60 bro!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dizaster
i also give to charity and try to support great causes as much as possible. 2 years ago i gave my whole entire tax refund to charity!
a couple weekends ago i went up to canada for a fund raising event for children with cancer
during the tsunami crisis in asia i gave alot of money whenever i shopped at costco since they had the big donation collection bin there.
but u can also just do other great things like marathons, walks, or even wear pink for breast cancer awareness month i do all those things! :)
CC Back,,, wow you do some great stuff!!Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBESTP4P
From my teenage years onwards I probably took quite a lot from the world so it feels good to give back these days.
I'm actually setting up a small business at the moment, and from the very start of it i'm planning to give 10% of profits to charity.. And continue that on for the rest of my life, whether it's one dollar or a million dollars in years to come, i'm going to always be doing this...
I think so many more businesses are in the position to be able to help like this... And a lot of the big ones do.
Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Warren Buffet all give an absolute tonne of money to charity.
It's funny that when it comes to just general generousity like giving $5 or $10 to a homeless person, it's usually the people who look like they don't have money that are giving.. It's the suits who can afford it that turn their noses up..
Good to here though that their are some very decent people on here!
I know what you mean about rather seeing the person though...Quote:
Originally Posted by BoxingGorilla
In some cases with charities, you read that about 80-85% of the donations actually go to administration, and on 15% to 20% goes to the people who really need the help..
Like if you donate $1,000,000 to a charity, the first thing the organisers do is say, okay we need to update our computers, new chairs, blah blah blah,,, which you know, they probably reallllly do need to update, and it will probably help them help people in the future,,,, but it's still sad that people are still left starving while they sit in a cozier chair in their office and get to go home to a full home cooked meal...
I suppose that's why a lot of the big companies set up their own charitys and foundations, so they can make sure the money gets to where they want it too...
For all the crap in the world their are some people doing great things as well.... That's forgotten a lot when we look at the world and find it hard to say that their is any good in it.
one time(true story by the way!) i was at a gas station in not the most glamorous part of LA and this homeless lady approached me and said can u help me out?Quote:
Originally Posted by meowza
so i reached into my groceries and gave her a whole box of HEALTHY granola bars(full of vitamins, nutrients) i figured she would be able to eat something decently healthy since shes homeless.
so then she replies with, "HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO BUY CRACK WITH THIS???????"
I donated £175 to children in need once which left me skint as fuck for the rest of the week. Felt good for it though. Homeless guys....I tend to give them whatever I can......money, food or smokes. I gave a guy a Prada jacket once when I was pissed out of my tree I woke up and thought FUUUUUUCCKK
the devil wears prada! ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Kel
HAHA! I wonder if that's how I lost clothes while I was drunk?? I usually can't remember but I try to image it was a bunch of crazy horny naked ladies ripping my clothes off and having their way with me and eventually when they're all done, the put sooome of my clothes back on and sent me on my drunken way...Quote:
Originally Posted by Kel
But seriously, that's funny about your jacket! cc for the laugh.. and I suppose the lost jacket
My mate told me what I did with it when I woke up, it was like:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dizaster
"Here mate made a brew for ya"
"Cheers, what time is it?"
"11, Why did you give that tramp your coat ya prick?"
"OH F........!!!!"
Was sort of like that.
Drunk moments!!!
At least you can look back on that stuff and laugh... it's all good.
No regrets mate ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dizaster
good work ;D
CC Diz and P4P and all the other donators here.
I give money to charities occaisionally but like participating in funraisers more.
I took part in a 24 hr swim marathon in a team with others from my swimming club to raise money for the MS society.
I was really touched by how much money some people sponsored me. One woman gave $500 because she knew someone who suffered from MS.
I was really impressed by the team of MS sufferers who swam using floaties and moving very slowly. Such a huge effort fo them. They must be so brave.
CC #38 babe! yeah sometimes showing up to events and supporting great causes goes along away even more so than giving actual contributions in the form of money!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sharla
I know what your saying also about being a part of a group that's doing something..
About 8 months ago at work, there was a guy that worked in our warehouse that had only been working there 2 weeks. But on the way to work he was in a motorcycle accident and lost his leg at the scene..
Everyone at work had heard about it by the next day so we all collected money and did a couple of things to raise money for him to fly both his parents over from the other side of Australia.. Because he'd just moved to my our state and didn't have anyone here.
It was really cool, and our company paid for accomodation for them for a weeks while he was in hospital.
That was great that the whole company put together for him even though none of us knew him. Now he's working in our office a couple of times a week because he can't work in the warehouse.
Our company could have just forgot about him like some companies would but they've looked after him heaps..
It doesn't take much of your time or money really to do something, but it makes a huge difference to the people on the receiving end.
standing ovation bro and CC 64!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dizaster
Thanks bro!!Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBESTP4P
This is actually a huge difference to my girlfriends dads story. About 12 years ago he lost his hand in a machine at his workplace. An accident that actually happened AT work. On a machine that he'd complained about over and over and even written a letter about... That workplace spent about $150,000 in court fee's arguing that they didn't have obligation to pay this guy anyyyy compensation. They could have just given the $150,000 to him, but they figured if they just battled it out this time, if it ever happened again, they'd already have one winning case on their side, and wouldn't be sued a second time for nothing... He ended up getting a VERY small pay out which was useless because ever since he has struggled to find any place to work.. And the business wanted nothing more to do with him after his accident... That's a bad example!
Our business though made every effort to do things they didn't even need to like pay for this guys parents to stay in our city close to him. They made a position available in the office for when he was fit to return to work, which they certainly didn't have to do any of it, becuase it happened on the way to work... It feels good to work for a company like that,,,, where their is more to life than the bottom line dollar...
They're are just f'cked people out there, and great people out there.... Thumbs up again to all the good folk on here!!
Yeah...I've wasted money buying those fake necklaces off of those less fortunate....or the occaisional I need gas people....Quote:
Originally Posted by BoxingGorilla
Boxers fight for money and glory, Paula Radcliffe runs for gold medals.
A friend of mine told me he was running the 'Race for Life', for disabled children. Why the hell he would want a disabled child is unclear to me. Maybe he was going to use it as a scarecrow in his garden or something?
I mean, if he won, would they find someone else's disabled child and give it to my friend (which sounds a bit unfair on the original parents, who must be creaming it in on benefits) or do they get his healthy child and then cripple it?
???
I give quite a bit to worthwhile causes and do some fund raising for the local special care baby unit
Sound like Smashy and Nicey don't I lmao.
i used to raise money for cancer research after my mum was diagnosed with it.
used to put on some Wicked club nights in and around London 8)