Charity/Noble Cause Work

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I'm guessing many of our members are involved in some sort of charitable work or at least pushing for a noble cause. I'm a bit curious what people do and why they do it. My mom is a professional fund raiser for a local hospital but she started off as a volunteer for all sorts of organisations so I've been surrounded by the "do gooder" attitude pretty much all my life.

Anything you do to help other (whether organised or not) is alright here. Whether you give money, food, time, blood, etc. let us know. And if you can please give us a bit of a description what the charity is about and what they do.

I'm often looking for various things to get involved in that I feel are worth giving of my time or money to so this is also a way to gather ideas and see what's out there.

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I do the Relay for Life every year here in Lake Orion, mainly because my mom is in charge of the whole thing but also because I'm all for helping cancer research. My grandma died of cancer and it hit our family pretty hard, especially my parents. I think that's why my mom took up the cause. The Relay for Life is a 24 hour event which is basically a walk-a-thon to benefit the American Cancer Society (or other Cancer Societies depending on what country you are in).

I have a team of some friends and we raise about $500 a year, which is peanuts compared to the thousands other teams bring in and the $100K plus the event as a whole brings in, but every dollar helps.

I also contribute money to Dance 4 Life on a regular bases because I find it a good combination of the music I love and a cause worth fighting for. It's main goal is to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS but through education and showing how to protect yourself. It also tries to inspire people to become active to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Other than that I give to various food drives and donate my old stuff to the Salvation Army.
 
About the only thing charitable I've done is give old clothes to local churches so they can give them out, and I gave blood for the first time ever this year.
 
I donate to the Cato institute each year.

http://www.cato.org/

I also donate to my university and am an NRA member. That last one doesn't count as a charity, but I think of it in the same light as the others - money spent on a cause I care about.

Sucks that I'm not allowed to deduct charitable donations though.
 
Last weekend I rode from Birmingham to London(130miles) in a sponsored charity ride with 300 other people to raise money for Children With Leukemia which was our sponsored charity this year. This is my 4th year in a row Ive taken part in the ride; its addictive! Next year I want to do a few other bike rides like the London Bikeathon or the London to Brighton Bikeride. Apart from that I dont really donate hugely to charity, just a bit here and there.....
 
I've wanted to get in on some Cystic Fibrosis charity work because of my son, but due to my wife's and my alternated work schedule and the nature of CF (CF patients getting together in groups = big no no), it makes it tough to do so. I have been using goodsearch.com for a while. If you want to contribute to CF research, put "Cystic Fibrosis Foundation" without the quotes in the "Who do you search for" box and hit verify then select the .Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - CFF (Bethesda, MD) option. There is also an option to have GoodSearch as your default search engine for Firefox, IE or Safari with your desired charity receiving about $.01 per click.
 
I don't like to talk about me charity work, mate... and I certainly do not like talking about talking about me charity work...
 
Yes there will be people who don't like talking about their charity work, which is perfectly fine, I know a lot of people who donate thousands every year but never mention it. You only find out when you walk into a place and their name is on a plaque.

And TB, thanks for the link to GoodSearch, I'm going to look into that more.
 
I spent 10 hours one day to help make a playground with a friend... The construction workers were total asshats though and at the end of the day my shoes were filled with that wood chip stuff. And it was a bitch to get out of my socks thanks to all the little splinters... In the end the playground looks really nice, and I see tons of people there every day so I went to good use.
 
I donate money here and there, it depends on the mood. The most-recent donation was to a fund for Haiti, one that is tied to my school, Aquinas College. I've donated to the American Red Cross more than once as well, but that seems to vary, and I tend not to count it.

As for volunteering, I tend not to. Between work and school, I have very little time to spare.
 
I was the vice president of a Parrot Sanctuary. Certified 501c3 non-profit organization. It lasted about 3 years until the director had a meltdown.

When we get settled and the economy rights itself, we'll start our own sanctuary.
 
Joey D
Yes there will be people who don't like talking about their charity work, which is perfectly fine, I know a lot of people who donate thousands every year but never mention it.
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But Chris (Davenport Nice) really does do a lot of work for charidy, he just doesn't like talking about it. Great mate.
 
Does GTP count as a charidee? It's certainly a noble cause, mate.
 
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Excuse my ignorance, but why?
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This page from the CDC goes into a lot of detail about the subject, but basically if there is one person with pseudomonas at a camp, potentially others will get it from that person. It's incredibly difficult to get rid of pseudomonas and the medication to get rid of it is equally incredibly expensive (my son is currently on said medication so I'm all too aware of the cost). As the article says:
in some patients, infection is associated with rapid decline in pulmonary function, increased hospitalization, and earlier death
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Needless to say, it's just a lot safer for everyone to just not bring them together like that. The really frightening part is that pseudomonas is found almost everywhere - from dirt to, get this, it can live in antibacterial soap. :scared:
 
Biggest thing I do is help with the AWANA's program at my church, helping kid learn about God, managing a team during games, etc.

From,
Chris.
 

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