Writer's Block: Philanthropy
Apr. 27th, 2009 02:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I am a lousy philanthropist.
I donate a portion of my paycheck to the United Way here at work each year. I do this for a number of reasons.
The first is because the United Way does a lot of good in the community, helping the less fortunate. That is the good reason.
I also do it for tax purposes, since I get a portion of that donation back each year. The past couple of years, we have also gotten Angel Days at work, which are a bonus vacation day that we only get if we donate a certain amount of our pay to the UW each year. I think it's equal to a single day's pay.
I appreciate that day, and wish they'd offered it to us earlier.
I also do it for the convenience. It's $20 off my pay each pay period, no muss, no fuss, don't even see it. I do nothing on my end, except having an actual opportunity to tell those less fortunate that I gave at the office.
Cynra & I also give to charity during the holidays as a gift. Usually the local food bank, but also to the Heart & Stroke foundation and the thing where you buy livestock or immunizations for people in the third world.
Man, it feels really weird to talk about this stuff for some reason.
I am a lousy philanthropist.
I donate a portion of my paycheck to the United Way here at work each year. I do this for a number of reasons.
The first is because the United Way does a lot of good in the community, helping the less fortunate. That is the good reason.
I also do it for tax purposes, since I get a portion of that donation back each year. The past couple of years, we have also gotten Angel Days at work, which are a bonus vacation day that we only get if we donate a certain amount of our pay to the UW each year. I think it's equal to a single day's pay.
I appreciate that day, and wish they'd offered it to us earlier.
I also do it for the convenience. It's $20 off my pay each pay period, no muss, no fuss, don't even see it. I do nothing on my end, except having an actual opportunity to tell those less fortunate that I gave at the office.
Cynra & I also give to charity during the holidays as a gift. Usually the local food bank, but also to the Heart & Stroke foundation and the thing where you buy livestock or immunizations for people in the third world.
Man, it feels really weird to talk about this stuff for some reason.
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Date: 2009-04-27 06:31 pm (UTC)Ya know, I'm a big proponent of the idea that it doesn't matter why you give, just as long as you do. It doesn't matter if you never see the money, if you get something out of it, or any of that. Just give.
Trust me, the way the economy is, donations are not as good as they once were. It's good that you give - and that you get little perks (tax write-off, free day off, whatever) doesn't make it any less effective or important.
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