Local charities
Posted by: Roz
15th Jun 2011 10:41pm
Squeak
- 22nd Jul 2011 03:42pm
I work full time and with so many charities demanding attention and many have hidden agendas, so I feel I must be informed before donating my money. I know of one prominent hospitality chain with their own charity that supports Christian camps for homosexual children to 'pray the gay away'. The thought I might inadvertently support something so against my views chills my blood.
Without the time to be informed, however, I restrict myself to prominent charities or those I'm aware of, and I trust that most big charities have local groups working to help local people.
That said, as a teacher I work constantly in my local community, and donate so much time outside of my working hours - which when I consider how much I get paid an hour, the time I donate is worth a lot (almost 20% on top of my working hours - each week - through 'breaks' like recess and lunch when I could be eating or using the toilet or sitting down for the first time all day).
Parents who offer even a little bit of time here and there are so rare now - for our drama production, we had no parent volunteers so *teachers* bought and sewed the costumes, prepared the sets, designed, printed the programmes and tickets - everything.
Parents who help support the school support their kids as they aim for bigger and brighter things are the greatest resource of any school.
Help Caféstudy members by responding to their questions, or ask your own in Café Chat, and you will get the chance of earning extra rewards. Caféstudy will match these and donate equally to our two chosen Australian charities.