Charities & Causes

Local charities

Charities & Causes

Posted by: Roz

15th Jun 2011 10:41pm

I always support local charities and causes. My next rule of "thumb" when it comes to donations is to contribute to whatever cause have affected my family, friends or myself. This has ended up being a lot. I do try to cover everything in a 12 month period because I am so grateful for the help that has been rended to people I know and are related to from various hospitals and organisations. I believe in giving back. All the groups my children were involved in are included also. Nothing exists without help these days and it is wonderful to think that so many people do care.

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.


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