Charitable Giving
motorhead
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Let's get the jokes out of the way...
I donated to Charity this week (oh, by the way, Charity works at the Penthouse Club). Hardy-har-har.
I have a nice job. So I want to share my blessings with others. But I really do not like giving cash to organizations. Too much waste and overhead keeps the money from getting to the people that need it. I will never, ever again donate to the United Way. the scandal a few years ago with head of UW stealing millions and spending it on hookers really burned me.
So for about 10 years now I have filled food boxes for a local food pantry. I follow their presented list and pack the boxes myself. It's a lot of canned goods donuts hard work shopping and packing the boxes. And this year, for the first time, they asked for non-food items. Diapers, toothpaste, shampoo, deodorant.
I know canned goods are needed because they store easier but canned greened beans? Really? Yuck. I just wonder how much is wasted.
If any of you have better ideas, let me know.
I donated to Charity this week (oh, by the way, Charity works at the Penthouse Club). Hardy-har-har.
I have a nice job. So I want to share my blessings with others. But I really do not like giving cash to organizations. Too much waste and overhead keeps the money from getting to the people that need it. I will never, ever again donate to the United Way. the scandal a few years ago with head of UW stealing millions and spending it on hookers really burned me.
So for about 10 years now I have filled food boxes for a local food pantry. I follow their presented list and pack the boxes myself. It's a lot of canned goods donuts hard work shopping and packing the boxes. And this year, for the first time, they asked for non-food items. Diapers, toothpaste, shampoo, deodorant.
I know canned goods are needed because they store easier but canned greened beans? Really? Yuck. I just wonder how much is wasted.
If any of you have better ideas, let me know.
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Another joke:
A minister visits a prominent attorney to ask him to give to charity.
Minister: "You're wealthy lawyer, but you haven't given anything to charity."
Lawyer: "That's true. But there may be some things you don't know about me. Did you know that my mother has been hospitalized for a year with a serious illness and is not expected to recover?"
Minister: "No, I did not know that."
Lawyer: "And did you know that my brother is severely retarded and has to be institutionalized?"
Minister: "No, I did not know that."
Lawyer: "And did you know that my sister's husband recently died, leaving her and her 5 children without any means of support?"
Minister: "No, I did not know that."
Lawyer: "So, if I didn't give them any money, why do you think I would give it to you?"
I'm a "fallen away" Catholic. I know the nuns do some good work. That's a good idea.
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And Slick, I don't mean to hijack my own thread, but I became disenchaned with the Church by the way they handled the molestation issue. But that's far from the only reason. One of my last Confessions ever made - I asked for forgiveness for masturbating. ( no joke, I was taught it's a mortal sin so I always did). He told me he did not consider that to be a serious sin and it shouldn't keep me away from Holy Communion.
I appreciate he leniency but he can't go against the Pope and Catholic Doctrine and make up the rules. That's when I left.
These priests must hear it all and are expected to keep things confidential. Compared to murder, adultery, stealing, etc, all the other stuff is not that bad. I imagine if a hit man went to confession, the priest might have all gray hair afterwards, lol.
Sorry if you took anything personal, I'm just surprised. I guess I didn't know about all the so called sins in church. Maybe I wasn't paying attention. I've been accused of that a few times. Usually I think it's not very important.
What would be a good confession?
I stuck my fingers up a girls vagina and I didn't even know her.
Then I massaged her tits.
In college I remember a suitemate said everything you enjoy must be illegal, immoral, or something else I forgot.
For personal reasons I always give to the American Cancer Society. I've been giving to Wounded Warrior for the last couple of years.
Really can't go wrong with the foodbanks.
In some of the most blighted cities in the northeast the Catholic church is a significant source of support and help for the needy. One such example is Bridgeport CT, where the Catholic church runs shelters, soup kitchens and even several money losing schools.
For this reason, I do give to my Diocese during its annual appeal. However, I do also donate directly to very local causes, including Christmas gift drives and food pantries.
I used to donate to Big Sisters in my Aunt's name, she loved that place, but they just got their federal grant money pulled for non-compliance. Not sure what they did but no more from me to them.
I currently give to Food for the Poor – they are based out of So. FL and help out folks in the Caribbean and Latin America.
In the past I’ve also given to World Vision and St. Judes.
I also support the local women's shelter. My involvement with the shelter started with a fundraiser based on men walking in heels during the intermission of a hockey game. That event was a hoot and since then I have become a major underwriter of the local shelter. The shelter's residents have free access to Rancho farmerart's raspberries, strawberries, and saskatoons in summertime whenever I am away. If I am available I always host a BBQ or indoor party for the shelter's residents once a year.
Other organizations that I support - Alzheimer's Society, Museum of the Regiments in Calgary, Salvation Army, Planned Parenthood.
I refuse to support any church-run charity. I am an atheist and organized religion mostly just disgusts me.
I like the fact you donated fresh vegetables. But this year the food bank I donate to had specific needs. They were short on canned corn and canned green beans. and made an appeal for those items. I complied, but I worry about waste. I find canned vegetables disgusting.