Mrs. Readsalot Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 What would you do? I would donate half to a sport equipment for 3rd world countries program. This program was started several years ago in memory of a homeschooled boy we knew and it is a wonderful program. The other half would go to Heifer International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Donate it to the crisis pregnancy center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 1/3 to my church. 1/3 to fund microloans for poor woman business owners in 3rd world countries. 1/3 to buy solar ovens for women in Africa, so they don't have to cut and burn trees, risking attack to gather wood and messing with the oxygen cycle a lot. Maybe some of this would be used for solar water purifiers as well--those are so cheap and easy to build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in Orlando Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I know a family that could really use extra money. I'd give it to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 the missions team of high school students going to Mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3littlekeets Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 For me, it would be to the RISE School. The reverse inclusion preschool my daughter went to. It promotes amazing understanding of disability in young children! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 To friends of ours in Uganda who are building and maintaining wells, providing health care and supporting a local school and orphanage (most of the children's parents died of AIDS and many of them are sick as well). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrscopterdoc Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I would give it to the humane society. Not that I wouldn't want to help out people, but I'm a sucker for sad little puppies and kittens and grown cats and dogs with no home.:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I know a family that could really use extra money. I'd give it to them. Ditto here, maybe split it up among a few families. An anonymous gift of course - it's more fun that way ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonia Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 A great organization that fixes cleft palate for kids in underdeveloped areas. $250 saves one child from a life of misery and isolation. I could "save" four kids! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I just wanted to share. . . .and here seems like a good place to do it. My dh has been out of full-time work for almost a year. Many, many, MANY times, we have been the recipients of financial gifts, just when we were at our most discouraged and/or strapped. It is such a blessing. SUCH a blessing. Very humbling for those of us *ahem* who have in the past prided ourselves on being self-sufficient. It helps my entire family see what a great God we serve. And inspiring - I pray that someday, we may be able to be the givers. So - if you ever DO give a gift anonymously - just know what a blessing it is to those to whom you grant that gift! (Sorry if this is not related. I had to share this - and with anonymous gifts, you just can't send a thank you note!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 autism research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle T Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 A Jewish foundation that supports various food pantries, soup kitchens, and any other "hunger prevention" groups here in the US. Michelle T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam "SFSOM" in TN Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I know a family that could really use extra money. I'd give it to them. Me, too. I suspect we might even have the same family on our respective short lists. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 and I would try to meet some of those needs, anonymously. :) I'd probably give a portion to our church as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I know a family that could really use extra money. I'd give it to them. Ditto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 $100 to my church $300 to a friend going through a bitter divorce, and struggling $600 to our church's sister church in Uganda (they care for many orphans, and are preparing to open a children's home) Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peek a Boo Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 3 ways: local crisis Pg center local family Heifer Int'l Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Alfred Academy Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Shared Hope International. It's an organization that rescues girls/women from the bonds of s*x sl*very. I hope to one day "work" for them...Shared Hope, not the s*x industry...thought I would clarify. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in the Kootenays Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 We support an orphanage in Honduras and I like to contribute to micro loan projects as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I've been thinking about this all evening & even asked dh when he got home. In the larger scheme of things, there are so many needs & $1000 doesn't feel like it goes far enough. We've got missionary friends in Africa that dh said he'd like to send some to. We've also got friends struggling here who were recently in a car accident w/ an uninsured motorist--a real need, but not the kind of thing any program or agency addresses. We also talked about food ministries, both here & abroad. I'm so impressed that you all know exactly where you'd give the money. I'm overwhelmed by the need & wouldn't know where to begin. I think it helps a lot when you know a specific situation locally. I mean, distant needs are really important, too, but they're the kind of thing you can budget & to some extent, draw the line. When you think you've barely got enough for yourself & certainly nothing leftover, if you know a specific need, it seems like you can find wiggle room to help. Kwim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freethinkermom Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I would give 3/4 to the local women and children's shelter and the rest to the Richard Dawkins Foundation For Reason & Science. Both are organizations I already try to make contributions to whenever I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 help my niece buy a better car for her and her daughter. Help one of nieces or nephews with college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in NH Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 All of you have such wonderful ideas of where that money would be best used! Before I read all those posts, and thought..."hey, that idea is much better!, and that one too!" I thought that I would give about 1/2 to Catholic Charities and the other half to the rescue team that tried to save my father's life. having said that, and since I do belong to Solar cookers international, I think I would give about 1/3 of it to them and split the others 1/3 and 1/3 as well. Now I wish I had that money so I could do that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay in Cal Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I'd give the money to Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo. This is a mission that has been on my heart and mind for a while now. Panzi treats women and girls who have been victims of the horrific sexual violence that wracks that part of the country, perpetrated by organized militias and soldiers, many of whom fled from Rwanda after the end of genocide there. I'll link a New York Times article... but be aware that the truth in this case is very disturbing. It's so painful to talk about--and maybe that's why it has totally fallen off of our media radar. Sometimes I can't believe that every woman in the world isn't screaming about this. http://www.davidbyrne.com/journal/misc/10_08_07_nyt_congo.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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