What charities do you guys donate to?

[Capetan Mihali]

I donate money to ANERA, the Palestinian relief group that seems least likely to put me on the no-fly list.

[AnchorClanker]

Re: Education of Hungarians outside the borders...

Does this involve sending maps of pre-Trianon Hungary to them?
Horthy keychains?

dunno, the state sponsors some schools accross the border, that's all I know

  That's pregnant with possibilities.

[AnchorClanker]

Oh, also kicked some money to Wikipedia and to the Washington National Cathedral for repairs.

[AnchorClanker]

Oh, also kicked some money to Wikipedia and to the Washington National Cathedral for repairs.

OK, this is weird.  I write this, and then go outside to get the mail.  Guess what?
A letter from the Washington National Cathedral that they still need $250,000 to complete repairs.
I sighed a bit as I reached for the checkbook.

[Ed Anger]

Ed Anger, inc.
Ed Anger wants a 87 Jag fund
Oops, I knocked up another girl abortion fund
Ed Anger apology fund

[AnchorClanker]

 

[Caliga]

Ed Anger, inc.
Ed Anger wants a 87 Jag fund
Oops, I knocked up another girl abortion fund
Ed Anger apology fund

This.

[crazy canuck]

Ed Anger, inc.
Ed Anger wants a 87 Jag fund
Oops, I knocked up another girl abortion fund
Ed Anger apology fund

This.

How did Ed convince you to donate to his apology fund?

[MadImmortalMan]

Caliga: Deliberately provocative since 2001.

[Caliga]

You did Ed convince you to donate to his apology fund?

The Colonel can be very persuasive.

[Barrister]

If I were going to give more to charity I would really like to give to the local homeless shelter.  It's not a hip or sexy cause, but those are people who really need it.

[crazy canuck]

If I were going to give more to charity I would really like to give to the local homeless shelter.  It's not a hip or sexy cause, but those are people who really need it.

I give a few hundred dollars a year directly to people that look like they need it.

One particularly heart warming story - a couple months back I saw a guy binning near my parking garage.  He saw me and gave me a friendly greeting so I stopped and spoke to him for a couple seconds.  I noticed he had no socks and that his shoes were way too big for his feet.  His clothes were wornout and he didnt look like he had eaten properly in days.

He told me he had lost his spot in a local shelter for a number of reasons I cant now remember and because of that he also lost access to the shelters clothing give outs.  His only option was to try to get enough money to buy some clothes and shoes from the salvation army.

I asked him how much he thought he might need and he said 5 bucks would really help.  I told him I didnt think he could buy much for that so we went through a list - pants, shoes, a few pairs of socks and underwear a jacket and a couple shirts.  We tallied up what he thought he might need for all that (I think it came to about 60 bucks) and I gave him another 40 bucks to get some food for the week.

When I got back to the office most people were critical thinking I had just contributed to a drug/alcohal addiction.  And I admit that was a real possibility.

I saw him again a few weeks later.  He had new clothes and shoes.  He also looked much more healthy.  He was so happy when he saw me he jumped up in the air.   He didnt even ask for more money....

[Ed Anger]

You did Ed convince you to donate to his apology fund?

The Colonel can be very persuasive.

Mew.

[Sheilbh]

Even better are the "adopt a wild animal" commercials "Not only you get to have your VERY OWN Siberian snow tiger in Siberia, you will get regular updates on him with photos and shit. Only a pound per month!"

You've got to remember that in the UK the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was founded by, and for many years, a subsidiary of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.  One of the most successful charities over here is a donkey sanctuary.  They raised enough money to offer security to British donkeys and are now touring the world saving other endangered donkeys

[mongers]

If I were going to give more to charity I would really like to give to the local homeless shelter.  It's not a hip or sexy cause, but those are people who really need it.

I give a few hundred dollars a year directly to people that look like they need it.

One particularly heart warming story - a couple months back I saw a guy binning near my parking garage.  He saw me and gave me a friendly greeting so I stopped and spoke to him for a couple seconds.  I noticed he had no socks and that his shoes were way too big for his feet.  His clothes were wornout and he didnt look like he had eaten properly in days.

He told me he had lost his spot in a local shelter for a number of reasons I cant now remember and because of that he also lost access to the shelters clothing give outs.  His only option was to try to get enough money to buy some clothes and shoes from the salvation army.

I asked him how much he thought he might need and he said 5 bucks would really help.  I told him I didnt think he could buy much for that so we went through a list - pants, shoes, a few pairs of socks and underwear a jacket and a couple shirts.  We tallied up what he thought he might need for all that (I think it came to about 60 bucks) and I gave him another 40 bucks to get some food for the week.

When I got back to the office most people were critical thinking I had just contributed to a drug/alcohal addiction.  And I admit that was a real possibility.

I saw him again a few weeks later.  He had new clothes and shoes.  He also looked much more healthy.  He was so happy when he saw me he jumped up in the air.   He didnt even ask for more money....

This is one of the best sorts of charity.