Charity begins at home

I’ve been quite overwhelmed by the response from a recent sponsored question we featured about charity. Specifically, ‘What is the one thing you see in the world that leaves you so saddened you want to do something about it?’ We got well over 400 responses ranging from being saddened by poverty in third world countries to animal cruelty to genocide.
One of them was MADDIE, who had an interesting point:
I think it’s ridiculous that there are obscenely rich people in the world trying to venture into space when half the population didn’t eat anything today.
While Edxr641 was more concerned about people at home:
What saddens me the most is when I look around my own country, and my own suburb, and see people addicted to drugs, living on the streets, stealing to survive, etc and we, as a country send more money off shore than we do to help the poor in our own country.
With so many of us who have expressed our sadness about various things that go on in the world, it makes me realise how much compassion is out there.
Although it would be lovely to wait until we win lotto to make that huge donation, the fact is most of our numbers won’t come up (although I’ll still be buying the tickets just in case
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Some of us have already decided to make a difference, such as Quiet.Buck, who said:
People die every day so my SUV gets gas, so my butt gets moved from point A to point B for my own selfish reasons. In turn… I have closed down my automotive company, I have given up my Porsche, condo and 90% of my material items so far (still selling). And I am looking to now move into the woods and live as one with nature…
|S| had a great idea about incorporating giving charity while having a fun evening with her friends.
Last week, I decided to donate money to the next charity I saw. It just so happened to be Daffodil Day, the major fundraiser of the Cancer Council. I bought a few bouquets of gorgeous blooms, then gave them to a friend who was feeling a bit down. Talk about hitting two birds with one stone!
With all the sadness in the world, I think we all need to make sure we do things that will make a little difference to someone’s life. It might be donating to a favourite charity, or carrying an elderly neighbour’s heavy shopping bags home from the bus stop. Whatever it is, it’ll make this hectic, frazzled world of ours a better place. What charitable thing are you going to do this week?
Caitlin
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