A girl that wants to add “Volunteering in India or Africa” to her transcripts is worthless to the Red Cross… What is she going to do? Expose the people in need to Justin Bieber? She can hand out food and medical supplies, but can she sucher wounds and diagnose disnetary or know what medications to try when an infection is proving to be antibiotic resistant? Can she draw up blueprints on who to build quick shelters so people don’t die of exposure?

The only groups looking for unskilled people to travel to other countries are theistic groups looking to hand out Bibles and the Book of Mormon to the poor.

Re the question from Analyst about tax deductions:  I assume this would not be tax deductible.  But problem is taken care of because all of your giving are going to your charity.  If you previously gave $100 to a major charity and received a $20 reduction in taxes, you could now give $80 directly to your cause and still feel confident that more of your givings are actually going to the cause.

So giving to charity is like supporting the inequities of our current system.

It’s like a kid’s bike has been stolen and you bought him a new bike instead of going to the thief’s house to take the bike back.  We need to change the system that allows one class of people to steal from another.

Everytime you give it’s like you’re perpetuating this crappy system.

Charity does not begin at home, contrary to the old cliche.  ‘Charity’ done at home isn’t charity at all.

Your kids are you – anything you do for them you do for yourself.

Charity is something you do for someone else with no hope of reward or payback. 

Be careful you don’t break your arm trying to pat yourself on the back.

Charity does not begin at home, contrary to the old cliche.  ‘Charity’ done at home isn’t charity at all.

Your kids are you – anything you do for them you do for yourself.

Charity is something you do for someone else with no hope of reward or payback. 

Be careful you don’t break your arm trying to pat yourself on the back.