Recent entries and mention of giving and setting up budgets for giving have me wondering to whom others give.
We don't have a church home and I don't give to churches or TV evangelists. I do give to a local mission, a food pantry, and a couple of organizations in Israel. I also have this thing I do which involves giving directly to particular families I come across during the year.
So, out of curiosity, do you give and if so, to whom? You needn't name names - I'm just curious about giving in general.
To what/whom do you give?
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I used to give a lot of time to the wildlife rehabbing place. Loved it, but too many concerns with the diseases and having kids now. I quit when I first became pregnant long ago. My dh volunteers many hours for the public TV station. These are our passions and we much prefer to give time. I will probably volunteer in an administrative capacity for wildlife or SPCA, or thinking something like the library down the road. I could probably find time now, but would prefer to do something non-kid and non-officey. I like to volunteer something completely different than what I do every day anyway. So I have been kind of stuck what to do. I figure when the kids are a little older I can get back to more "me" time and stuff like that. We aren't huge cash givers. I think it is much more rewarding to dig in and help these organizations. (& more helpful in many regards). It's kind of been a bummer to put that on the back burner for a while, but I really look forward to volunteering WITH the kids when they are older.
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