Article: Charities-Donations-Solve-Problems
"I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act. "
Bill Gates
I think that Bill has hit the nail on the head with this one. Charities have been using TV and other media for years to put their message across and to show us the problems. They use the same methods to tell us how we can help to solve the problems of the less fortunate. It doesn't have to be money that you donate either. Good examples of charities donations are warm clothes for bitterly cold nights, tinned foods or glasses to help people with poor sight. Cars can be donated which are used by a charity or sold off to provide cash revenue. Things that are too good to be thrown away but we simply have no further use for. Giving away things that we don't use allows us to easily make a difference and feel that we are helping without handing over hard earned cash.
I think that most of us are happy to make charity donations after a disaster of some kind but how many of us make regular donations? If you don't give regularly you may not be aware of the tax benefits of giving to charity. Depending on where you live you may be able to get considerable tax breaks for your donations. In some parts you can donate a car and offset it against your tax bill. In the UK charities can reclaim the tax you have already paid on your charity donation. With basic rate tax in the UK running at 22% this represents a significant boost for the charity. All you have to do is fill in a form to way that you are a tax payer.
If, like me, you don't have a 'favourite' charity, it is a good idea to plan your budget for the year and then decide who to help. Charities like the Red Cross, Oxfam, Cafod, etc. are known worldwide and are often first at disaster scenes. Then there is the charities set up as 'one offs' to help rebuild communities after disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami. Searching the Internet will help find details of those. The support in charities donations for these last two areas means that the people who have lost everything can receive help to start again.
Maybe it's better to help closer to home with charity donations. It can be very satisfying and enjoyable to be involved with local fund raising for schools and churches etc. When my family was young I used to help raise money for our local school. I was donating my time, a little money and goods and we had a good time and made new friends by doing it. The children loved celebrating harvest festival by donating fresh vegetables and fruit and when the festival was all over the food would be given to a local charity for the homeless.
Now the children have grown up and we have moved away from the village. That doesn't mean I have stopped helping. It just means that I do it differently. I work full time now so I can't help out with my time easily. In recent years I have chosen two areas to support. One is cancer research as it affects my family. The other is children's charity - local, national and international. In this way I get the satisfaction of believing my financial help to the charities donations makes a better future.
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More About Steve Gee: Steve is a software engineer and webmaster at www.charities-donations.thecatcollar.com
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