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I've been thinking about this alot today...
I've been a complete selfish cvnt basically. Everything has been handed to me on a silver platter throughout my entire life. I'm already an organ donor but that's about as far as I've gone.
I'm making a rule for myself to give blood once a year. I'm going in next monday when all the alcohol has cleared out. 
So that's all well and good... but I feel like I need to do something more. I've been considering doing a shift at a homeless shelter or chilling out with sick children, but maybe there are better places my efforts can go? I thought about sponsoring a child, but that just seems like such a waste of money; cherry picking one person will make little difference, and offers the society a pretty poor return for the amount of money invested. I considered making donations to charities but most of them are just money sucking black holes.
Any ideas? I want to donate a considerable ammount of money (for an unemployed uni student) to a charity that will actually put most of it towards education and infrastructure in the really fvcked up countries that need it most... Not considering local charities at all; Australia has minimal problems, most of which are of it's own making.
How about get involved in organizations that help build homes for needy families. Here in th US we have Habitat for Humanity maybe there is a similar organization in Australia that allows you to go help build homes abroad. A friend of mine went to Mexico and did that for two months during a summer. You could also try to do the Peace Corp thing when you graduate as well. Kudos for taking the time to think about how you can help the world around you.
I dont donate to charities because it bullshit. Where the hell is our money going?? How many cancer walks, Aids walks, fund drives ect can we have and were still not any closer to a cure. Lots of homeless people wanna be homeless. Ive volunteered to feed homeless people because I needed to do community service to gradguate highschool and many of the people there looked veryy well fed and i even saw a few wearing nicer shoes then i do. I know there are some people who actually do need the help but there are so many people who just abuse the shit I just cant do it. Besides theyre just gonna spend the money on drugs and alcohol.......oh wait so was I 
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Ah the futility of it all. Just spend your money on records or something. Unless you're 100% ready to make a commitment I'd stay away from the charity lane. If you're truly wanting to help you can donate your time to working in 3rd world countries rebuilding houses/schools and teaching. Been there, done that - Uganda Its all futile
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| Originally posted by chimera66 How about get involved in organizations that help build homes for needy families. Here in th US we have Habitat for Humanity maybe there is a similar organization in Australia that allows you to go help build homes abroad. A friend of mine went to Mexico and did that for two months during a summer. You could also try to do the Peace Corp thing when you graduate as well. Kudos for taking the time to think about how you can help the world around you. |
donate your money to me. I accept paypal.
i've done lots of charity work in the past through a college organization...
but i'm never going to donate to salvation army or to veterans of america...mother******s never stop calling your house. i don't want to be bothered every other week asking about if i have a bag of something to donate...if i have something to donate...i'll take it to good will.
What about the tax deductable doantions you get at salvation army.... thats the only donation thats worth it
Make an anonymous donation to the Salvation Army. They do GREAT work in all sorts of situations...helping people who lose their houses to fire, giving dinners to the homeless and helping them find jobs, etc.
My dad is a cop, and he told me when they used to get murder cases downtown in the winter, the salvation army would always bring sandiches and coffee to the cops working the scene in the middle of the night. They also donate teddy bears to the cops. Each patrol car has one in the trunk...and they give them to children at places where there is domestic violence between the parents...
The SA does all kinds of good crap like that. They deserve the help.
Of course, if you really want to make the world a better place, you will donate to the link in my sig 
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| Originally posted by Floorfiller i've done lots of charity work in the past through a college organization... but i'm never going to donate to salvation army or to veterans of america...mother******s never stop calling your house. i don't want to be bothered every other week asking about if i have a bag of something to donate...if i have something to donate...i'll take it to good will. |
i just hate the truck places. the VA is the worst.
did you know that in minority report, that inhalant drug called 'clarity' was actually a vaporized form of pistachio?
No I didn't. *gets pistachios*
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| Originally posted by enferno did you know that in minority report, that inhalant drug called 'clarity' was actually a vaporized form of pistachio? |
Ok, that was random.
hey dude, good on you for wanting to contribute to help others.
Here's a cause I donated to a few days ago.
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Can you imagine your life without books, newspapers, magazines, or comic books? We can�t. Do you remember your first book with brightly colored drawings of familiar things? So do we. Unfortunately, many Lao village kids have never seen one, let alone owned one. The story of how Annelene and Jo met is too long to tell. Suffice to say that we found ourselves in the same place at the same time and in a country where even those who are lucky enough to have held a school textbook have not had the chance to spark their imagination by reading a children�s story of urchins, fairies, or other flights of fancy. Although there are libraries in the larger towns, most village children do not have access to them - their villages are too remote and their workdays too long. So, if we can�t bring the kids to the libraries, we�ll just have to bring the library to the kids! Because many Lao villages haven�t seen a road, the books we want to deliver will get the deluxe treatment, on the river, in traditional Lao-style. Yes, that�s right � we�re hoisting the sails of a Floating Library in the hope of bringing books to the children and fun into reading! |
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| Originally posted by echosystm I've been thinking about this alot today... I've been a complete selfish cvnt basically. Everything has been handed to me on a silver platter throughout my entire life. I'm already an organ donor but that's about as far as I've gone. I'm making a rule for myself to give blood once a year. I'm going in next monday when all the alcohol has cleared out. So that's all well and good... but I feel like I need to do something more. I've been considering doing a shift at a homeless shelter or chilling out with sick children, but maybe there are better places my efforts can go? I thought about sponsoring a child, but that just seems like such a waste of money; cherry picking one person will make little difference, and offers the society a pretty poor return for the amount of money invested. I considered making donations to charities but most of them are just money sucking black holes. Any ideas? I want to donate a considerable ammount of money (for an unemployed uni student) to a charity that will actually put most of it towards education and infrastructure in the really fvcked up countries that need it most... Not considering local charities at all; Australia has minimal problems, most of which are of it's own making. |
oh and if you want to volunteer there's lots of charities and worthwhile causes around. I collected some volunteering links not too long ago. Will dig them up for you.
Go to your local hospital. They're always short handed there.
Donate money to the Red Cross.
don't say spending time with one kid is a waste
thats like saying your one vote is a waste, it does nothign in the big picture
i work at a pool during the summer and the town camps come every day to go swimming. its mostly underpriviledged kids, kids with add, kids with working parents, or with other problems. for years we had this one kid mark who had major anger problems. he was like 10 and starting fights over nothing every day, and he hated himself for it.
one of the councilers was a one-on-one with him during the school year, she helped him through things and was there for him 24/7, didn't have a peachy home life as you might expect. anyways, he was actually doing better and in 6th grade and going to graduate into middle school in a few months when all hell broke loose.
the counciler and another one who were pretty much the only people who he'd actualyl talk to and who actually got him moved away after getting awesome job offers, though he still had both of their phone numbers. a few months later, a few months short of graduating he pretty much flipped, threatening to kill himself, and after that and a few other things he was expelled from his school, all the while the only thing he'd say was 'i want to talk to danai and peter' (two councilers)
the school's guidance people were supposed to have their phone numbers, but never called them. we don't know where he is anymore, and the kid everyone thought was a lost cause, who then two great people proved that he wasn't, turned into a lost cause again
heard this from danai (the counciler) a few days back when i ran into her, i've been in a shitty mood ever since, he was a good kid
^^ all kids are good. it's their environment that fucks them up.
that's a sad story dude. hope he's alright.
i always do things that i have a passion in, so think of something that you really want to achieve and do it.
At work we get some of the patients to knit little jumpers, beanies and booties for children that are born in africa because most children who lucky enough to be born in a medical facility go home wrapped in news paper
So i spend most of my free time at work knitting little things for these children, little things like this do make a difference to someone out there.
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| Originally posted by narcism i always do things that i have a passion in, so think of something that you really want to achieve and do it. At work we get some of the patients to knit little jumpers, beanies and booties for children that are born in africa because most children who lucky enough to be born in a medical facility go home wrapped in news paper So i spend most of my free time at work knitting little things for these children, little things like this do make a difference to someone out there. |
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| Originally posted by mezzir aw its kinda hilarious to see a post like that sandwiched in between your avatar and sig though |
she's... complicated and/or confused.
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