What do you give to charity?

Submitted by suestock on October 25, 2009 - 6:00am.
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If you missed this morning's Work & Money section, do take the time to give it a read. I teamed up with Mary Cornatzer to write about how you can give to area charities this year, even if you are on a budget.

Of course, I wrote about how I donate items I get for free to area charities. Some of my personal favorites include the Raleigh Rescue Mission, the SPCA, Tri-Beagles, Safe Haven for Cats and the Food Bank.

Here's an invitation to share your favorite charities and the items you donate to them. Maybe we will inspire others to give!

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Re: What do you give to charity?

Submitted by cbmulls on October 25, 2009 - 9:20pm.

Hi Sue,
Your column was great. It is something I preach all the time. With the help of double and sometimes triple coupons, I am able to bring a bag of about 15 items to church every week. Rice, pastas, cereal, Hormel dinners, crackers, cans of fruits and vegetables, are easily obtained during sales and coupons. Let's hope people read your column and will try to do the same.

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Re: What do you give to charity?

Submitted by bakinchick on October 25, 2009 - 11:00am.

Like all the previous suggestions. Here is another one: Wake Interfaith Hospitality Network. See them at www.wihn.org -- they help to transition homeless families into affordable housing. Have worked with them through a couple of different churches over the years and feel like they do great work.

Forgot about what you can give: money, as always. In addition, sometimes we find extra furniture to furnish the apartments families move into, and churches donate time/space/manpower to house families for a week at a time.

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Re: What do you give to charity?

Submitted by dandan14 on October 25, 2009 - 8:03am.

This is something K and I were talking about the other day. For the last several years, we have given to a charity on each other's behalf instead of traditional Christmas gifts. For example, ducks, pigs, sheep, etc. are a relatively inexpensive way to help someone in a third world country.
This year we were considering doing something really different. We are considering taking $50 or so each and making micro-loans through Kiva to enterprising people in 2nd and 3rd world countries. Since we are viewing this as a gift, we were thinking that we could add a little as Christmas or birthday gifts and just continue to roll it over to new micro-loans.

Maybe I'll post over on Savvydollar and see if I can get a few people on board.

Dan

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