Do you donate to charity?

Started by Jolene August 24th, 2009 1:10 PM
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Do you donate to charity?

I sometimes do, but probably not as often as I should. I did today though: I donated some money to the World Wildlife Foundation, because a commercial told me that pandas need my help, so I went on their website and adopted one. I think that my money goes toward keeping pandas safe in the wild, and I also get a free panda plushie, and a photo of my panda, and some other nice things.

Do you donate to charity? If so, which ones, and how often?

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We used to around my neighbourhood, but then there was a lot of controversy so unfortunately we had to stop. Aaand when I was younger, we donated to a UK charity called CLAPA. o:
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Everytime I go to any fast food restaurant (or any other store with a donation thing) I always dump my change in their because I can't stand left over change


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I try to when I have the money, but when I don't, I usually bring every can of food in my pantry to food drives at my church. I also go on mission trips and help one of the poorer parts of the neighboring city, which is close to where I used to live. My parents also work in charities and I worked at United Way as an intern for a few weeks this summer.
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I rarely do only because I am both picky with charities, and I am only a student.

I only donate to ones that research or deal with Juvenile Diabetes.

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I rarely do only because I am both picky with charities, and I am only a student.
I'm picky with charities, too, because I've donated money before and later realized the group wasn't disclosing everything they used the money for up front. It means I donate far less often, but in my opinion not donating is better than donating to the wrong cause.

I also have less money nowadays and more expenses.

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Not to mention that some of these cancer charities use money mostly towards medicine, as opposed to research (which is what they usually advertise).

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Uh, no. I barely have any money to support myself. The only one I donate to no matter if I can afford it or not is St. Jude
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Am I a bad person for not giving money to charity, as in walking in and donating? The only I donate (that I know of) is when I buy stuff, $1 goes to a certain charity. Or when you buy daffodils for cancer and such, that really the only way I support.
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Am I a bad person for not giving money to charity, as in walking in and donating? The only I donate (that I know of) is when I buy stuff, $1 goes to a certain charity. Or when you buy daffodils for cancer and such, that really the only way I support.
Does anyone care? What you do with your money is your business, in my opinion.

Anyway, I usually donate if I'm walking by guys on the street asking for donations, since I don't mind and it's a good way to get rid of spare change, lol.
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No. I have done the local bikeathon most years since 2004, which is for Cancer Research UK I believe, but my main motive has been simply to enjoy a long ride around places I have not been to much or at all before without getting lost.

Most charities are out to end a naturally occuring disease, or some manner of mental or physical retardation. I am concerned more with the state of mankind's overpopulation, which demands that well be culled, not cured.

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Am I a bad person for not giving money to charity, as in walking in and donating?
It depends on the moral code which you are held to. If such a moral code required you to actively give your resources to a noble cause (and here another element of subjectivity creeps in), then yes. Otherwise, no. (And of course, this doesn't take into account the counterbalancing effect of any other "good" (more subjectivity~) actions you may do.)

As for the question, I'll occasionally donate to charity. I don't exactly have a steady source of income, so it's limited, but when I have some spare change and I see what I deem to be a worthy cause, I will donate.
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I donate whenever I have the money to do it.

I usually donate the most money to the Salvation Army around the holidays. They're everywhere, and that's when I have the most money to spend... until after the holidays, of course. ._.

Nothing wrong with helping out your fellow man, right?