What charities do you contribute to?
 

I thought it might be worthwhile to make a thread where people could introduce other board members to their favorite charities, since some worthy charities may not be as well known as others.

Two of my favorites are The Nature Conservancy and Sierra Club. The Nature Conservancy purchases land containing endangered habitats to protect the habitats from industrial exploitation. The Sierra Club acts as an advocate for the environment in Washington and helps shape our country's environmental policies.

What charities do you support?

The local "no-kill" animal shelter.

The Franklinnoble retirement fund.

I support Doctors Without Borders which provides emergency medical relief around the world, often in the harshest conditions. Countries in the midst of civil war, ethnic strife, and refugee crises generally do not have adequate medical personnel and supplies to aid the wounded and stop diseases which can easily break out in bad conditions. They do a lot of amazing work and I'm glad to support them.

I give to Doctors without Borders too. It's a really great organization to support.

I used to give to a Lesbian association but when they included gays I stopped. I gave to the lesbians because we had like interests. They like women, and so do I.

ditto.

Human fund

ASPCA.

Boys and Girls Clubs of America, but specifically the Boys and Girls Club of Stanton.

We give pretty generously where causes that have touched our lives are concerned.

The ALS association (Mrs Sam's father died of this horrible disease)

Hospice of Central New York (they were a great comfort to aforementioned father in law)

The March of Dimes (they are committed to pregnancy and childbirth related health)

LOL...good one

Planned Parenthood (only rape center around here that can get money from United Way)

Money for people.

The Get JeeberD's Ass Though College Finally Fund

If I had any extra cash, though, I would contribute to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (my grandfather died from CLL [chronic lymphocytic leukemia] and my father has been battling it for the past couple of years) and the Coppell Humane Society, the place where I got my latest kitten... :)

The cthomer5000 debt reduction fund and I gave 50 bucks to Rutgers last year.

I donate $10 every other Sunday, to various FOFC members....

I donated $900 bucks to some dirtbag working at a gas station in Folsom...

I never donate money.

I donate platelets, once a month and whole blood every 58 days at Red Cross.
It saves 5 lives for each donation.
That is reward enough for me.

Didn't some guy yesterday give Brown University $100 million?

Yep. Dude dropped out cuz he couldn't afford the tuition, made a fortune in liquor sales, and then gave $100 mil of that to Brown. Wonder if the idea was so that future Brown students wouldn't have the tuition problems he had.

My favored charity would be City of Hope - they're one of the bigger cancer treatment/research centers in, well, the world, really.

I've "donated" $20 to the hooker on the corner.

The Special Operations Warrior Foundation. It provides college scholarships to the children of Special Operations personnel who were killed in an operational mission or training accident.

Pretty interesting rollercoaster.

Rectal Trout Relief Fund

Only in America. Getting an education is a huge leg up, no doubt, but there's no substitute for hard work and perseverance.

Cancer Foundation
Union Gospel Mission (they give food and shelter to homeless/welfare cases)
Local hospital fund
MS Society
Unicef

I've donated money to other places in the past and if they send me some fancy brochure after asking for more, I won't donate again. I abhor having donated money going to overhead, the more making it to someone who needs it the better.

I don't give money to charities. Fuck people.

Yeap. If your willing to take risks, work hard and have perseverance, you'll do just fine. Look at Bill Gates, Michael Dell, ect. for example.

Edited for dumb miskate.

Is doing fan better than doing fine?

American Diabetes Assoc (as I am diabetic, along with my mother, aunt and father-in-law)

Thanks Saboti,

I have no idea what I am thinking about sometimes.

Donald Sterling (LA Clippers owner) "donated" $500 for a hooker once.

Geez, I'm in good company! :rolleyes: