Charity

I love the lemonade stand charity.  I had never heard of it before and sounds like fun as well as exciting.  Maybe you can have a stand in front of an open house for more traffic and a better fund raiser for the charity.

I donate time to a local German Shepherd rescue and money to a Blind Childrens Center.

Charity never fails.

A few we give to...Cadence International which ministers to our troops overseas, provides hospitality houses for them to have a place to commune with Christians, etc.  Also local things like Denver Rescue Mission, which is trying to alleviate poverty by providing meals, job training for the homeless, etc.

I donate to my churches Homeless Ministry...and I donate a portion of my paycheck Give Children the World......

I will be doing a post about them soon!!

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It's good that you are thinking about which one YOU want to support.  When you choose because you WANT to support it, it will be a better experience and you will be blessed in being involved in it.

Hi Kim,

I like to give to a cause that has somehow touched me or my family...Therefore, my top choice is The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation since I have type 1 diabetes. This is a great choice because diabetes touches so many of us. JDRF is committed to finding a cure for type 1 diabetes. There is also the American Diabetes Association which is dedicated to research and quality of life for people living with diabetes. There are many ways to be involved - as it is so important for people with diabetes to exercise and be fit both organizations have walking and biking events you could be a part of. They also have all kinds of ideas for fund-raisers depending on your interests.

Another area of interest for me is animals...Cats and/or dogs. Since I have two small dogs and just recently (7/27/07) I had to put my dear friend, Kiki (aka Biggins) to sleep due to lung cancer...he is so sorely missed. Animals bring so much joy to their families that whenever I can donate to a local shelter or cause for animals I do...I plan on making a donation in Kiki's name...for nearly 13 years he was a sweet friend, always there when I needed a "kitty" hug....Here he is....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good luck with whatever you decide!

Rebecca Dean - Selling Naples & Bonita Springs, FL

I don't think it matters what you do to give back - it's that you give back!  I love a lot of the smaller organizations because virtually all that you give goes to help people and not to overhead.

I don,t think you should pidgeonhole your self give to whatever touches you heart

Funny you should ask!!  I am walking 60 miles in November for the Breast Cancer 3Day walk.  This will be my 2nd walk and what an adventure it is.  I am holding a Silent Auction this weekend.  I held one last year and raised over $1600 for the cause.  I organized everything myself.  It was so much work, time consuming, and running around after all the donated items was hard!!  It was SO worth it and what an accomplishment!!  I have done the same this year and I have quite a few people looking forward to it.  The food has all been donated, I have wonderful items to auction off, and I am so proud of myself for doing this!!  I lost my Mom to breast cancer, lung cancer... you name it, I think Mom had it.  She was 58 and I do this in memory of her!!

I donate to many charities.  I would say too many, but I don't know if you can ever donate too much .  I try to donate both my money and time where possible.  I was going to list them all, but I think I have enough to write a post!!