Laptop and charity
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triskellianOn the subject of my latest toy, this, too, is being typed from the comfort of my bed. Oh! The joy of wireless networking! It's taking me a while to get used to the keyboard, which is a strange one even apart from the fact that I'm used to a natural keyboard, but, on the whole, I declare the laptop a thing of beauty and a joy forever, as someone who may have been Rhiannon, referred to it earlier.
On charity, I've recently decided that I should be giving some money to good causes. The difficult question now is which charity. There are so many causes I believe in, and think deserve my money, and only so much money. It's hard to narrow it down even to a reasonable shortlist. The National Asthma Campaign is the only one I'm reasonably sure about, for obvious reasons, but I'd like to choose one or two more. So my question to you is, do you give to charity, and if so, which ones, and how did you decide?
On charity, I've recently decided that I should be giving some money to good causes. The difficult question now is which charity. There are so many causes I believe in, and think deserve my money, and only so much money. It's hard to narrow it down even to a reasonable shortlist. The National Asthma Campaign is the only one I'm reasonably sure about, for obvious reasons, but I'd like to choose one or two more. So my question to you is, do you give to charity, and if so, which ones, and how did you decide?
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Give As You Earn
Date: 2003-02-20 03:36 am (UTC)If you're going to give to charity, it is definitely worth finding out how to maximise the impact of the amount you give. For example, Sky take the money for GAYE from my paycheck before tax (40%), then match my contribution, and add the 10% government contribution. This means that for each £10 I loose in my paycheck, £36.67 makes it to charity.
Personally I give to Azafady (because they're broke) and Shelter (because I live in London). I've got no real opinion on what sorts of charities people should support, though.
Re: Give As You Earn
Date: 2003-02-20 10:00 am (UTC)This is the difficult question ;-) I care about children having a good start in life, animals not being abused, adults having the power to live happy, free, independent lives, the Earth not being harmed, diseases being cured...
With the exception of the asthma thing, I think I'm more interested in giving people - adults and children - the power to have good lives, than I am in animals, the planet, or medicine, although those are all also good causes, and I'm glad my friends support them!
But even that narrowing-down is still quite broad. I shall think some more, but thank you, all, for your comments.